Well, NC St. took care of business as a 3 point dog, knocking off favored West Virgina in the Champs Sport Bowl, 23-7. Then Missouri -2.5, is up by four points and driving. Then their bought QB threw a pick six right to Iowa's DB, giving Iowa the lead, and the ballgame, ouch! Anyway, after a 1-1 ATS 12/28//10, season record is 63-38-5. Not too shabby. On to today's predictions this Wednesday, 12/29/10.

Take Baylor (7-5) at pick 'em vs. Illinois (6-6) in the Texas Bowl. First of all, the game is being played less than 200 miles from Baylor's campus (Houston, Texas - where the NFL Texans play) and Illinois only sold 6,000 of the 12,000 tickets they were alloted, unbelievable. Illinois finished by losing at Fresno State, who already lost to Northern Illinois, a much smaller school than Illinois. The Illini lost 3 of their last 4, beating Northwestern in Illinois' next to last game to become bowl eligible and it was the first week after NW's starting QB Persa - who had accounted for over 60% of Northwestern's offense. Basically, I'm going with Baylor who has home field, a better QB and won against more tough opponents in the Big 12 than Illinois did in the Big Ten. Prediction Baylor 38, Illinois 31.

Take Oklahoma St (10-2) -4 vs Arizona (7-5) in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. Oklahoma State leads the nation in total offense and is coming off a stinging defeat in their last game to give them their second loss of the season. They also have an edge on special teams over Arizona. The Wildcats lost 3 of their last 5 in the Pac Ten and seemed to have lost their edge. Prediction Ok St 34, Arizona 24.

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