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The New Orleans Saints will travel to Lincoln Financial Field to open their postseason against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Saints have struggled on the road this season, while Philadelphia put together a better record away from home than in their own building during the regular year.
The Indiana Pacers will make the trip up to the Air Canada Centre to take on the Toronto Raptors on New Year’s Day. Toronto has been streaking since moving Rudy Gay out of town, while Indiana has been simply lights out this season, posting the top record in the Association at the close of 2013.
The 12th-ranked Clemson Tigers will face off with the seventh-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Jan. 3 in the Orange Bowl in Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida.
The 15th-ranked Central Florida Knights will battle the sixth-ranked Baylor Bears in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day.
The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels and North Texas Mean Green will face off in the Heart of Dallas Bowl in Cotton Bowl Stadium on New Year’s Day.
The sixth-ranked Louisville Cardinals will make the trip to over to Lexington and to legendary Rupp Arena where they will take on their in-state rivals, the 18th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats in a matchup of the last two national champions.
The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles will meet under the lights on Sunday night in Cowboys Stadium with the NFC East division title on the line. Dallas is coming off a last-second win that helped keep them alive in the playoff hunt, while Philadelphia beat up Chicago in a meaningless Week 16 contest.
The Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans will face off in Nashville on Sunday to close out each of their seasons. Tennessee’s year started with promise following a 3-1 start but quickly unravelled after a three-game losing streak going into their bye week, while Houston’s season has been even more disastrous, with the team losing 13 in a row after winning their first two games.
The Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens will face off at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 17. The Ravens would need a lot of help to make the postseason, while the Bengals look to close out their home schedule without a loss.
The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers will face off on Sunday in a game that will decide the NFC North. Both teams are coming off disheartening losses, but they’ll each need to find the motivation to get up for this pivotal game in a hurry.
The Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers will square off in Week 17 of the NFL season. One club will be jockeying for playoff positioning, while the other will be playing out an incredibly disappointing year, so the motivation for both sides will play a major factor.
The Toronto Raptors will make the trip down to Madison Square Garden in New York to take on the New York Knicks on Friday night. Despite terrible starts to the year, both teams are right in the thick of things in the weak Atlantic Division.
The 14th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils will take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Dec. 30 in the National University Holiday Bowl.
The Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies will face off in the Toyota Center on Thursday.
The Kansas State Wildcats and Michigan Wolverines will do battle on Dec. 28 in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.!–more–>
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Michigan Wolverines (7-5) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (7-5)
Date: Saturday, December 28, 2013
Time: 10:15 PM ET
Venue: Sun Devil Stadium
City: Tempe, Arizona
O/U Odds: 55.5
Spread: Kansas State -3.5
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Kansas State was expected to enter a rebuilding year of sorts after taking a run at the title game a year ago, while Michigan had their sites set on a championship this season but could not maintain their strong early season play for long and could now have some trouble finding motivation as they find themselves slotted into a lesser bowl game.
The teams will enter this game in very different form as Kansas State won five of its final six games to earn a berth in the postseason, while Michigan dropped four of its final five games.
The last of those losses for Michigan came in an absolute thriller though, as the team combined with Ohio State to put on a heck of show at the Big House. Quarterback Devan Gardner lit up the Buckeye secondary in that one, completing 32 of 45 passes for 451 yards and four scores without an interception, adding a fifth score on the ground.
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He connected with top wideout Jeremy Gallon nine times for 175 yards and a score as the Michigan offense put up 41 points, but couldn’t complete a late two-point conversion attempt and fell to Ohio State by a score of 42-41 in a heartbreaker. With another 47 yards in this game, Gallon would set the school’s single-season mark for receiving yards.
Kansas State supporters must not have thought there would be a bowl game in the cards for the team after a 2-4 start to the year, but a strong finish to their regular year has the team in the postseason against a solid opponent. Even looking back, none of those initial four losses was by more than 10 points, so the team must have known there was something there. They’ll need to buck the trend of recent play in bowl games as the team has dropped five in a row. Conversely, Michigan is 20-22 all-time in bowl appearances.
Quarterbacks Jake Waters and Daniel Sams filled in for the departed Collin Klein and combined to throw for 2,650 yards and rush for 1,054 more, and each will get time against Michigan’s defense in Tempe.
The time off should serve Michigan well and allow them to re-gain the form they started the year with, while Kansas State likely would have preferred to play this game three weeks earlier so they could continue to ride the wave of momentum they closed the season with.
The Wolverines are 4-1 ATS in their last five games against Big 12 opponents, while the Wildcats are 0-5 ATS in their last five bowl games.
The play: Michigan +3.5
The Minnesota Golden Gophers and Syracuse Orange will face off in the Texas Bowl on Dec. 27.
