#New Mexico 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…

What a difference a winless month makes. That's the bottom line when it comes to analyzing the recently completed BYU football season, as the Cougars marched out of independence and into the Big 12 with an 8-5 record marred considerably by the 0-for-4 October in which star quarterback Jaren Hall played hurt, the Cougars' defense utterly collapsed…

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.,…

We're heading into the second week of college football's bowl season. It's hard to break down 43 games in depth, so here are some quick-hit thoughts on a few of the more noteworthy ones: • Considering last weekend's New Mexico Bowl featured BYU vs. SMU in ABQ, it should have been called the Acronym Bowl. • No disrespect to either team, but seeing…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Cornerback Jakon Robinson stopped SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai on a 2-point conversion try with eight seconds left in the game, and BYU beat the Mustangs 24-23 Saturday night in the New Mexico Bowl. "I'd go for it again a heartbeat," SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said of the decision. "I trust these guys and I wanted to give…

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…

In case you missed it, the Bayou Bets crew is holding their second annual College Bowl Pick'Em, and we're hoping you're the big benefactor from our predictions. Like we did last year, we started with $1000 Bowl Bucks, and we're making a play on each of the 42 bowl games this season. And when it's over, we'll take whatever money we have left and…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to MLive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. The college football regular season is officially over, and DraftKings Sportsbook is getting into the Christmas spirit for the upcoming bowl games. New…

It could be a shootout Saturday when the SMU Mustangs and BYU Cougars face off in Albuquerque at the 2022 New Mexico Bowl. Both teams average more than 30 points per game, and the defenses are allowing about the same. One team will go into the offseason on a solid run that could help build momentum. The Mustangs (7-5) won four of their final five…

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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…

There are seven Mountain West teams that made it to bowl games this year, tied for the most by the conference in its 24-season history (other years with seven teams are 2019, 2016, 2015, 2014). It's tied for fifth-most bowl teams for a conference this season behind the SEC (11), Big Ten (nine), ACC(nine) and Big 12 (eight), and tied with the AAC…

Washington State and Fresno State are two programs that you'd expect to have more of a history with one another given the close proximity, but the LA Bowl on Saturday marks just the fifth meeting between the pair as they have only played four times in their history. The last meeting was in 1994 when the Cougars beat the Bulldogs 24-3 in Pullman,…

The lineup is set for the College Football Playoff, with Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State set to battle for the 2022 national championship. The two semifinal games will be played on Dec. 31. The national title game is on Monday night, Jan. 9, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The pairings were announced on Sunday, as was the entire college…

BYU and SMU produced an all-time classic in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, and 42 years later, they'll try to reproduce that magic in the New Mexico Bowl. That 1980 classic featured BYU rallying from a 20-point deficit in the final minutes and stunning SMU on a Hail Mary touchdown pass from Jim McMahon. That SMU team featured future NFL Hall-of-Famer and…

Who's ready for bowl season? The most wonderful time of the entire college football season has finally arrived with some New Mexico Bowl action taking place in the heart of Albuquerque as the SMU Mustangs of the AAC Conference take on the BYU Cougars. Let's take an exclusive look at our college football odds series where our SMU-BYU prediction and…

A battle of top offenses is on tap Saturday when the SMU Mustangs face the BYU Cougars in the 2022 New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque. Both teams come into the matchup with 7-5 records, and BYU has won three in a row while the Mustangs have won four of their past five. SMU is one of the highest-scoring teams in the nation, averaging more than 38 points…

The Mustangs and Cougars are set to square off in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday as both enter this bowl game with a 7-5 regular season record. Find out where the betting edge lies in our SMU vs. BYU betting picks. The Southern Methodist Mustangs and Brigham Young Cougars face off in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday. This line opened with the…

SMU, which gave up 40 or more points four times and more than 6 yards a play, is just happy to be playing in a bowl as its last two scheduled postseason appearances were wiped out by COVID-19. This is BYU's last hurrah as an independent as it heads off to the greener pastures of the Big 12. Saturday, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m. ET at University Stadium in…

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…

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…

Kickoff for the New Mexico Bowl is slated for 7:30 pm ET on Saturday night at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM, with ABC providing the coverage. The forecast is currently calling for clear skies, 25-degree game-time temperatures, and 6 mph sustained winds. Of all the BYU injuries, none is more significant than the one to starting QB Jaren…

BYU and SMU clash in the 2022 New Mexico Bowl as part of the NCAA College Football Season. Here you will find all the details about the game such as date, kickoff time and TV channel to watch or live stream free. In the US, you can enjoy it on fuboTV (7-day free trial). BYU made an amazing final run to clinch bowl elegibility with a 7-5 record.…

BYU vs SMU prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. New Mexico Bowl, Saturday, December 17 Date: Saturday, December 17 Game Time: 7:30 ET Venue: University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM How To Watch: ABC Record: BYU (7-5), SMU (7-5) - - It's the last game for BYU before being off to the Big 12 next season, and SMU would love to show the conference…

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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UTSA vs Troy prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Duluth Trading Cure Bowl, Friday, December 16, 2022 Date: Friday, December 16, 2022 Game Time: 3:00 ET Venue: Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL How To Watch: ESPN Record: UTSA (11-2), Troy (11-2) - - None of the College Football Playoff games match up conference champions. This is the only bowl…

Bowl season is here and we finished the regular season with over a 6% return on investment from my college football betting model. Absolutely no complaints from me and I'm happy with how things have gone for us. Do I wish we had won more? Yes, of course. But you can't be too greedy as this is a tough business to win in. Season record: 65-55-5,…

After one of the most unpredictable seasons of college football in recent history, fans will be looking forward to kicking back, relaxing, and enjoying one of the best times of the year, College football Bowl season. However, with 41 bowl games kicking off, starting this Friday there is a lot of football to keep track of. US sports streaming…

The SMU Mustangs and the BYU Cougars will meet for the New Mexico Bowl. The bowl matchup is December 17, 2022, starting at 7:30 PM ET, airing on ABC. The Mustangs played the Memphis Tigers in their most recent game, winning 34-31. The Cougars' most recent outing ended in a 35-26 win over the Stanford Cardinal. Tanner Mordecai had 228 yards on…

Another wild and wonderful college football season is drawing to a close, but fortunately the best part is what's saved for last. It's bowl season, and there are more than 40 matchups still to be played. The latest: The College Football Playoff semifinals won't kick off until New Year's Eve, but we'll have bowl action to enjoy from mid-December…

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…

The New Mexico Bowl is set for Saturday afternoon when the SMU Mustangs (7-5) play the BYU Cougars (7-5). SMU is set to make their 18 bowl appearance but have not won a bowl since the 2012 season. BYU is appearing in a bowl for the 40 time and currently have a record of 16-22-1. Below is my college football pick for SMU vs BYU. This game will be…

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…

UAB is the biggest favorite of the Bowl Season, laying 11.5 points over Miami (OH). There are several contests that see of a favorite of just 1.5 points, including the Rose Bowl, while the SMU-BYU matchup in the New Mexico Bowl has the highest over/under. This line is a slap in the face to #5 Alabama and will surely be used as bulletin board…

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…