#LendingTree Bowl

Greetings, all. It's the MOOOOOOST WONDERFUL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME OF THE YEAR. It's bowl time. And here at State of the U, I'll be going through and picking every single bowl game. Play along, if you like (as FanForYears has done all year). And now, on with this week's picks... December 16 Bahamas Bowl Miami (OH) vs. UAB (-10.5) The Bahamas are…

The son of one of the most prolific running backs in NFL history made quite a name for himself during college football's bowl season. Southern Mississippi sophomore Frank Gore Jr. rushed for 329 yards - the most in any bowl game ever - to lead the Golden Eagles to a 38-24 victory over Rice at the LendingTree Bowl on Dec. 17, the second day of bowls…

The son of one of the NFL's most prolific running backs made quite a name for himself this bowl season. Southern Mississippi's Frank Gore Jr. rushed for 329 yards - the most in any bowl game ever - to lead the Golden Eagles to a 38-24 LendingTree Bowl victory over Rice. The record had been held by Appalachian State's Camerun Peoples, who rushed for…

A look at the 2022-23 college football bowl schedule. First is a look at the three games involved in the College Football Playoff; then comes the listings of the "other" bowls. All times Eastern. Semifinal: Fiesta Bowl Date: December 31 Site: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. Matchup: No. 2 Michigan (13-0) vs. No. 3 TCU (12-1) Time/TV: 4 p.m.,…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

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College football bowl season is now in full swing, with six juicy matchups set to take place throughout this loaded Saturday. The action will begin at 11:00am ET at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts for Cincinnati-Louisville, and run beyond 9:15pm ET with a late-night showdown in the Frisco Bowl between North Texas and Boise State. For those…

After an appetizer on Friday, the 2022-23 college football bowl schedule ramps up on Saturday with six matchups. The 2022 LendingTree Bowl is one such contest, with the Rice Owls and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles meeting in Mobile, Ala. The game will take place at Hancock Whitney Stadium, with the programs splitting 12 all-time meetings at 6-6.…

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College football bowl season moves into Day 2 on Saturday after playing a pair of games to kick things off, with five more matchups set for today. That includes games featuring four teams and one head-to-head matchup from Power Five conferences on the field this weekend. Every region of the country gets some of the action on Saturday, starting up…

Looking at the college football bowl games today and every day throughout the CFB postseason with picks, schedule and TV info and much more. There's no time like the end of December into the start of the new year when college football bowl games reign supreme. Virtually every day, we game postseason CFB to really get fans into the mood for the…

Our college football bowl game opt-out tracker is here to take stock of who is in and who is out of every CFB postseason game for the 2022-23 slate. In the modern era of college football, things have changed in a big way thanks to the transfer portal, the preservation of NFL Draft stock and much more. And the college football bowl game opt-out has…

One of the most compelling matchups of college football bowl season will take place right out of the gate. UTSA and Troy will face off this afternoon in the 2022 Duluth Trading Cure Bowl in Orlando, Florida, with both teams looking to end the season with 12 wins. UTSA (11-2, 8-0 Conference USA), who won the Conference USA crown for the second…

College football bowl season kicks into high gear on Saturday. Six games are scheduled across the FBS landscape, with the 2022 LendingTree Bowl taking place at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Ala.. The Rice Owls take on the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for the 13th all-time meeting between the programs. Rice is 5-7 in 2022 after three straight…

A pair of former conference foes clash in the LendingTree Bowl when Southern Miss battles Rice in Mobile, Ala. Despite a 5-7 record, Rice qualified for a bowl game due to its strong academic progress rates (APR). The Owls may not be flash, but this matchup has some juice since these teams used to both be in Conference USA together. Southern Miss…

Because there are 82 bowl slots to be filled and not enough teams with six wins to fill them, Rice earned a postseason bid as the only team going bowling with a losing record. Southern Miss had to win its final game against Louisiana-Monroe just to qualify for a bowl game. Saturday, Dec. 17, 5:45 p.m. ET at Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile,…

The sun is about to set on another college football season. But with a heavy dose of bowl games coming our way, the sport is going out with a bang. Before the national championship game on January 9, we've got 41 other bowl games to enjoy. And to be honest, it's hard sometimes to keep track of them all (case in point: did you know Cheez-It is…

Rice vs Southern Miss prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. LendingTree Bowl, Saturday, December 17 Date: Saturday, December 17 Game Time: 5:45 ET Venue: Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, AL How To Watch: ESPN Record: Rice (5-7), Southern Miss (6-6) - - There weren't quite enough eligible teams, so the bowl types had to dip into the APR…

Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends. Follow @thegoldsheet on Twitter. Friday Miami (Ohio) vs. Alabama-Birmingham (-11, 44½) - Bahamas Bowl: The RedHawks have covered their past four bowl games dating to 2010, including last year…

Often, bowl game opponents are unfamiliar with each other, but that's not going to be the case as the Rice Owls (5-7, 7-5 ATS) and Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-6, 9-3 ATS) clash in the LendingTree Bowl. The Owls and Golden Eagles were both Conference USA members from 2005-2021. Prior to the 2022 season, Southern Miss, Marshall and Old Dominion…

Over the years, VSiN has provided all kinds of historical trends for bettors to use when handicapping bowl games. That continues this year, just on a different schedule. This piece focuses on the trends and systems that have developed in each of the bowl series in recent years. You'll see that along with the details of the games, the teams/lines,…

It's officially college football bowl season, and this weekend it's full steam ahead. Southern Mississippi finished the year 6-6 and will face the 5-7 Rice Owls this Saturday down in Mobile, Alabama. The Owls are bowl eligible because there weren't enough six-win teams to fill out the 82 team field. They'll play the Golden Eagles regardless, giving…

It's the most wonderful time of the year for college football teams that had the type of seasons worthy of bowl games. While, in a lot of cases, the postseason has become a glorified showcase of depth and future talent as NFL-caliber players sit out non-playoff contests, there are still some terrific matchups full of good players and teams you may…

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The LendingTree Bowl sees the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Rice Owls hit the field on Saturday, December 17, 2022. The matchup kicks off at 5:45 PM ET and airs on ESPN. In their last outing, the Golden Eagles beat the UL Monroe Warhawks 20-10. The Owls' most recent game ended in a 21-17 loss to the North Texas Mean Green. Trey Lowe III had…

The college football bowl season is here, with 41 games to fill your appetite for postseason football around the holiday season. Some are more meaningful to others to fans and, ahem, players and coaches, but they're all here and all available for sports bettors. Starting with the Bahamas Bowl between Miami of Ohio and UAB on Dec. 16 and going…

The college football bowl season is here, with 41 games to fill your appetite for postseason football around the holiday season. Some are more meaningful to others to fans and, ahem, players and coaches, but they're all here and all available for sports bettors. Starting with the Bahamas Bowl between Miami of Ohio and UAB on Dec. 16 and going…

College football bowl season is back and just as weird as ever. Before Georgia, TCU, Michigan and Ohio State battle for a national title in the College Football Playoff, fans have more than 40 matchups serving as season finales for the respective programs involved. Where else are you going to see matchups like Oregon vs. North Carolina (San Diego…

And as an independent team, UConn easiest path into a bowl game is with one offers at-large bids, since the majority of the 82 slots in the 41 bowl games have contracts with conferences. Will UConn be selected? That remains to be seen.This week players went home for Thanksgiving, likely with the bowl question looming over their heads. It will…

What are the early college football lines and odds for the bowl games and College Football Playoff. Where are the potential values? Trying to figure out the lines for the bowl games is next to impossible early on. Who's playing? Which stars will opt out, which coaches will be leaving, who's going to care about playing in the exhibitions? Which…

2022 has been a season of historic achievements for the Eastern Michigan University football team. Through a display of grit, hope, and determination, the Eagles will hear their name called during the NCAA bowl game selections. Having only finished with two wins in the 2020 season, the Eagles have rejuvenated their presence in the MAC for the 2022…

As exciting as the latest Alabama-Georgia game was in Saturday's SEC championship game, we still don't know which team will win this season's national championship. We do, however, know the College Football Playoff semifinal matchups - and the betting lines for those matchups. In fact, we know the opening lines for more than 40 college football…

BYU is on a three-game losing streak heading into its Friday night home matchup against East Carolina. That slide has people questioning whether the Cougars, who at one point were ranked in the top 15, will even make a bowl this season. While Deseret News writers Jay Drew and Dick Harmon believe BYU will lose a fourth straight game this week to…

The College Football Playoff has been determined and Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati are in. The CFP being decided also means that we have 41 total bowl games to wager on, with lines now out for every single one. Here are the early consensus odds for every 2021-22 college football bowl game. To find the most up-to-date odds, check out…

This past season's NCAA tournament was historic, as, for the first time in the 83-year history of the event, Duke and North Carolina met in the Final Four. Now, the college football season promises to make more state history. For the first time ever, all four of North Carolina's ACC teams - Duke, North Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest - are bowl…

Perhaps it's the hectic nature of the holidays - the festivities, tending to the Christmas lists, the Egg Nog(!) - or all the emphasis on NFL playoff scenarios. But in comparison to March Madness, which draws an estimated 40 million Americans to bet upward of $9 billion, the college bowl pool gets undeservedly lost in the shuffle. It isn't right.…

First, Tennessee got thumped by Georgia, with the Vols suffering their first defeat of the season. Then Clemson also fell from the ranks of the unbeaten, losing at Notre Dame, and Alabama was knocked off by LSU. Just like that, three of the top six teams in the initial College Football Playoff rankings had lost, turning the playoff hunt upside…

It's officially College Football Bowl season. The action officially gets underway on Friday (Dec. 17) with the Bahamas Bowl and Tailgreeter Cure Bowl, the first and second of the 42 Bowl Games on this year's schedule. For football fans this is the best time of the year. There will be football on television for each of the next 19 days giving you an…

The Army West Point Black Knights will take on the Georgia State Panthers at noon ET on Saturday at Center Parc Stadium. These teams last met in the 2019 season where the Panthers prevailed 28-21. Both programs are coming off successful 2020 seasons as Army went 9-3, while Georgia State went 6-4 and won a bowl game. The Panthers are favored by two…

What can one week of college football tell us? In the scope of a full season, probably not a lot more than how a team starts off. Still, that doesn't stop college football experts from evaluating each week in its own prism, and that includes weekly updates on bowl projections. Here's the latest bowl projections for Utah's three FBS programs…