It's time to go BOWLING !
Hedgie is always wary of the Bowl games. Coaches are changing jobs and you never really know the motivation for the young players in the smaller Bowls. Already we've had the MAKERS WANTED BAHAMAS BOWL in the rain and wind. Buffalo crushed Charlotte 31-9. Hard to get an angle on that one. Then there's the TROPICAL SMOOTHIE FRISCO BOWL. Utah State was favored by 7 and then their NFL bound QB was arrested for smoking dope 3 days before the game Kent State won that game 51-41. The CHERIBUNDI BOCA RATON BOWL pitted the once top 20 SMU Mustangs vs FAU who's coach Lane Kiffin is departing for the Ole Miss coaching job. SMU has more talent and was favored by 3 . UNTIL 3 more FAU players were suspended and the star TE got the flu. The Vegas line jumped to SMU -8 . Guess who won that one !? YEP ! FAU 52 - 28
So you see where The Hedgie is going with this one. In 2005 Hedgie was chilling in Miami and playing all the bowls. Life was good. People were festive. Until the Hedgie went 0-7 in the early bowls and the Hate mail started flowing in ..... Lesson Learned... These days Hedgie only bets the games where there's a clear angle......So on the eve before Christmas Hedgie is playing a 2 Star stocking stuffer on :
BYU -2.5 2 stars
BYU might have had a down year finishing 7-5 BUT there is clear motivation. Being a mormon school BYU has many players and students all over the world doing their missions. In fact BYU has satellite campus in Hawaii. So the 'home field' advantage that Hawaii usually has will not be here. BYU head coach is the first Tongan coach in the FBS and this carried a lot of meaning to him and the team who also has many Polynesian players on the roster. When these two teams met in 2018 . BYU won 49-23 . Hedgie sees a similiar result tonight.
(BYU Coach Kalani Sitake)