College Football Bowl Odds from Bodog SportsBook
Las Vegas Bowl: Cal -8 vs BYU +8. Total 61
Poinsettia Bowl: Colorado St. +3 vs Navy -3. Total. 62
*** Bears face Cougars in Las Vegas Bowl ***
The California Golden Bears and the Brigham Young University Cougars will meet Dec. 22 in the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl. The Cougars own a 2-0 record over the Golden Bears, including a 44-16 victory in 2001.
The Cougars had a 6-5 overall record in 2005 and went 5-3 in the Mountain West Conference. BYU won five of its last seven games under first-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall. BYU's director of athletics is former Cal head football coach Tom Holmoe. The bowl game will mark the third time the two teams have met, dating back to the 1999 season when the then 24th ranked Cougars posted a 38-28 win in Provo. Two years later, BYU claimed a 44-16 win over Cal at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.
While it will be the first-ever appearance for both teams at the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, both teams have been to a combined 38 bowl games. The Cougars will be making their 24th bowl appearance, while Cal will be playing in its 16th bowl game. BYU has posted a 7-15-1 bowl record, while the Golden Bears are 6-8-1 in post-season play. While the Cougars will be looking for their first bowl victory since 1996, Cal has won four of its last six bowl games, including a 52-49 win over Virginia Tech in the 2003 Insight.com Bowl. Cal lost to Texas Tech, 45-31, last season at the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl.
The game will mark the sixth time in the bowl's 14-year history a team from the Mountain West Conference will meet a team from the Pac-10. The Pac-10 has won three of the previous five games; however, the Mountain West won the last meeting with Wyoming beating UCLA, 24-21, last season.
Prediction: The Bears have proven themselves over the years. They are used to playing in big time games and more experienced in handling pressures both on and off the playing field. The Cougars will self destruct in the game. Bet on the Bears at MINUS 8.
*** Poinsettia Bowl: Rams seek to drown Navy ***
Colorado State will make its ninth bowl appearance in the past 12 seasons, and 11th in school history, when coach Sonny Lubick’s Rams face the Navy Midshipmen in the first-ever San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
The Rams earned their sixth bowl trip in the last seven years with a 6-5 record and 5-3 Mountain West Conference mark (tie, second). Colorado State has been bowl eligible 11 times in Sonny Lubick’s 13 seasons as head coach.
Navy enters the game 7-4 after defeating Army Dec. 3 to win a third consecutive Commander in Chief Trophy. Colorado State returns to a familiar bowl site in San Diego for the game. Three times in the 1990's - 1994, '95, '97 - the Rams played in the Holiday Bowl. Colorado State defeated Missouri, 35-24 in 1997, the team’s most recent trip to San Diego for a bowl game. Colorado State has made more bowl appearances - nine - since 1994 than any other current MWC member institution.
The teams share one common opponent. Each defeated Air Force during the 2005 season. CSU won 41-23 Sept. 29 in Fort Collins, while Navy downed the Falcons, 27-24 in Annapolis on Oct. 8. This will be the first meeting between Navy and Colorado State and Navy's 12th bowl game appearance overall and a school-record third-straight postseason appearance.
A victory over Colorado State in the Poinsettia Bowl would give Navy 18 wins over a two-year period (Navy went 10-2 last year), tying the school record for wins over a two-year span. Navy won 18 games in 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08. Navy's 25 wins over the last three years are the most since 1906-08 when the Mids won 26.
Prediction: The Midshipmen will instead bury the Rams. Bet on Navy to win at MINUS 3.
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Las Vegas Bowl: Cal -8 vs BYU +8. Total 61
Poinsettia Bowl: Colorado St. +3 vs Navy -3. Total. 62
*** Bears face Cougars in Las Vegas Bowl ***
The California Golden Bears and the Brigham Young University Cougars will meet Dec. 22 in the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl. The Cougars own a 2-0 record over the Golden Bears, including a 44-16 victory in 2001.
The Cougars had a 6-5 overall record in 2005 and went 5-3 in the Mountain West Conference. BYU won five of its last seven games under first-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall. BYU's director of athletics is former Cal head football coach Tom Holmoe. The bowl game will mark the third time the two teams have met, dating back to the 1999 season when the then 24th ranked Cougars posted a 38-28 win in Provo. Two years later, BYU claimed a 44-16 win over Cal at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.
While it will be the first-ever appearance for both teams at the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, both teams have been to a combined 38 bowl games. The Cougars will be making their 24th bowl appearance, while Cal will be playing in its 16th bowl game. BYU has posted a 7-15-1 bowl record, while the Golden Bears are 6-8-1 in post-season play. While the Cougars will be looking for their first bowl victory since 1996, Cal has won four of its last six bowl games, including a 52-49 win over Virginia Tech in the 2003 Insight.com Bowl. Cal lost to Texas Tech, 45-31, last season at the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl.
The game will mark the sixth time in the bowl's 14-year history a team from the Mountain West Conference will meet a team from the Pac-10. The Pac-10 has won three of the previous five games; however, the Mountain West won the last meeting with Wyoming beating UCLA, 24-21, last season.
Prediction: The Bears have proven themselves over the years. They are used to playing in big time games and more experienced in handling pressures both on and off the playing field. The Cougars will self destruct in the game. Bet on the Bears at MINUS 8.
*** Poinsettia Bowl: Rams seek to drown Navy ***
Colorado State will make its ninth bowl appearance in the past 12 seasons, and 11th in school history, when coach Sonny Lubick’s Rams face the Navy Midshipmen in the first-ever San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
The Rams earned their sixth bowl trip in the last seven years with a 6-5 record and 5-3 Mountain West Conference mark (tie, second). Colorado State has been bowl eligible 11 times in Sonny Lubick’s 13 seasons as head coach.
Navy enters the game 7-4 after defeating Army Dec. 3 to win a third consecutive Commander in Chief Trophy. Colorado State returns to a familiar bowl site in San Diego for the game. Three times in the 1990's - 1994, '95, '97 - the Rams played in the Holiday Bowl. Colorado State defeated Missouri, 35-24 in 1997, the team’s most recent trip to San Diego for a bowl game. Colorado State has made more bowl appearances - nine - since 1994 than any other current MWC member institution.
The teams share one common opponent. Each defeated Air Force during the 2005 season. CSU won 41-23 Sept. 29 in Fort Collins, while Navy downed the Falcons, 27-24 in Annapolis on Oct. 8. This will be the first meeting between Navy and Colorado State and Navy's 12th bowl game appearance overall and a school-record third-straight postseason appearance.
A victory over Colorado State in the Poinsettia Bowl would give Navy 18 wins over a two-year period (Navy went 10-2 last year), tying the school record for wins over a two-year span. Navy won 18 games in 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08. Navy's 25 wins over the last three years are the most since 1906-08 when the Mids won 26.
Prediction: The Midshipmen will instead bury the Rams. Bet on Navy to win at MINUS 3.
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