Air Force kept shooting itself in the foot yesterday, and it cost me. That brings my bowl record to a miserable 4-4 record. But it's bowl season, and college football has 4 more bowls for us today. I like the matchup in the Belk Bowl.
Also, if you like college basketball, I have 6 free picks for today's games in my basketball blog. You can find that through this link.
Mississippi State (-6.5) vs North Carolina State
Belk Bowl, Charlotte, NC
Mississippi State has the better offense. North Carolina State has the better defense. The NC State defensive statistics are flawed though, as the first 4 games of the season against non-conference opponents really padded the stats. In fact, they haven't really played a passing team, nor an offense as potent as Mississippi State this season. The closest was Clemson and they lost by 15 in that game and were outgained by 234 yards. Plus to me this boils down to conference. Would you rather have a middle of the pack SEC team or a middling ACC team? NC State had a losing record in the ACC. In fact they only had 3 ACC wins and those were against Wake Forest, Boston College and Syracuse. Mississippi State beat in conference opponents Auburn, Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas. I'm really impressed by the Missouri victory, as they won that by 18 points, and Prescott threw for over 300 yards in that game. If you saw any Missouri game this year, you know that was a difficult task, as they probably had the best defense in the nation. I'm throwing my weight behind the SEC and taking Mississippi State in this one.
Good Luck today.
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