Saturday, December 15th, 2012:
Nevada vs Arizona, 12:00 pm ESPN, Arizona's has made strides in year one under Rich Rodriguez but they're still a flawed team. Nevada is good but they aren't what they were in Kaepernick's senior year. Neither of the defenses are going to have much to say agaisnt these offesnses which means it comes down to offensive game plans. Winner: Arizona ATS: Arizona -8.5
Toledo vs #22 Utah State, 3:30 pm ESPN, Utah State has had a bunch of near misses this season versus AQ competition, but they are legit team with some very good showings this year. Toledo looked like it was in control of the MAC this season but they faded late and made the early season success look like a mirage. Winner: Utah State ATS: Utah State -10
Thursday, December 20th, 2012:
BYU vs San Diego State, 7:00 pm ESPN, This will be a low scoring slugfest that will feature good defense and not much to look at on offense. I don't have much more to say about this. Winner: San Diego State ATS: San Diego State +3
Friday, December 21st, 2012:
Ball State vs UCF, 6:30 pm ESPN, UCF has had potential the last couple of seasons but they haven't put it all together yet. Ball State surprised a bit in the MAC and should be able to take advantage of some of the weaknesses on this years UCF squad. Lastly, George O'Leary. Winner: Ball State ATS: Ball State +7
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012:
East Carolina vs Louisiana- Lafayette, 11:00 am ESPN, The University of Louisiana- Monroe got all teh pub this season and for good reasons but ULL beat Monroe and was a better than expected team in the Sun Beast. East Carolina is that solid CUSA team that gets it's bowl bid and leaves people underassuming it. Winner: ULL ATS: ULL -5.5
Washington vs Boise State, 2:30 pm ESPN, Washington has been up and down and up and down all season, if you can predict if the Stanford beaters or the losers to Wash State shows up good luck. Starting with the Michigan State game Boise State has continued to grow, although the offensive growth has been slow. The surprise for the Broncos is how far the defense has come along after all of the losses after last season. Winner: Boise State ATS: Boise State -4.5
Monday, December 24th, 2012:
Fresno State vs SMU, 7:00 pm ESPN, Last up this week is a matchup of teams that alwasy seem to be right around third in their league. Fresno State is built around it's rushing game but the younger of the Carr's has had a superb season. SMU under June Jones, heads back to his former coaching spot but I'm not sure this Mustangs team is consistant enough to scar most teams this season. Winner: Fresno State ATS: SMU + 12.5
So this is it for the pre-Christmas lineup, I'll have the post-Christmas predictions up before the holiday and it should be a lot of fun to watch and see who proves us right and wrong.
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