{"id":17382,"date":"2009-12-29T18:23:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T23:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=17382"},"modified":"2009-12-30T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:14:54","slug":"gator-bowl-free-pick-291209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/gator-bowl-free-pick-291209\/","title":{"rendered":"Gator Bowl: Seminoles vs. Mountaineers Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

2010 GATOR BOWL – FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (6-6) vs. WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (9-3)<\/h2>\n

Event:<\/strong> Gator Bowl
\nDate<\/strong>: Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, 1:00 pm EST
\nSite<\/strong>: Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, FL
\nMY Sportsbook.com LINE<\/strong>: West Virginia -2.5<\/p>\n

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Team records:<\/strong>
\nFlorida State: 6-6 SU, 3-8 ATS
\nWest Virginia: 9-3 SU, 5-6 ATS <\/p>\n

Preview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

How times have changed for college football fans in the Florida panhandle. There was a time when the ‘Noles and their fans would have been disgusted with a Gator Bowl invite; they should count themselves lucky this year. <\/p>\n

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The year 2009 has been a story of inconsistency for the Florida State program.<\/p>\n

The ‘Noles would win a couple of games back-to-back, only to be embarrassed the following week (a three-game losing streak to USF, Boston College and Georgia Tech was particularly humbling). <\/p>\n

The feelings are surely buttressed by long-time head coach Bobby Bowden calling it quits after this game. \"\"<\/a> No one can accuse Florida State of not being able to score. When healthy, QB Christian Ponder has matured into a fantastic weapon, averaging 322 ypg. The running game is lackluster, but Ponder is a great athlete and FSU also showcases a pair of speedy wideouts in Bert Reed and Taiwan Easterling.<\/p>\n

The defense has nuggets of young talent (read: LB Nigel Bradham) but hasn’t shown up at all this season. The Mountaineers should be able to exploit FSU’s defense with their balanced yet lethal rushing attack. Running back Noel Devine is a pinball; Ryan Clarke, Jock Sanders and big QB Jarrett Brown can also move the chains on the ground. Defensively, the whole is worth more than the individual parts for WVU, but that doesn’t mean scoring for the ‘Noles won’t rest solely on the shoulders of Ponder.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Florida State beat the Mountaineers in the Gator Bowl by double digits. <\/p>\n

The ‘Noles must hope a combination of precedent and the desire to send Bowden out on a winning note is enough to overcome a dangerous spread attack.<\/p>\n

2009 Team Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Team Offense<\/strong>: Florida St 27th
\n West Virginia 60th<\/p>\n

Team Defense<\/strong>: Florida St 110th
\n West Virginia 34th<\/p>\n

Trends:<\/strong>
\nThe total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida State’s last 8 games
\nFlorida State is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
\nFlorida State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
\nWest Virginia is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games<\/p>\n

Pick: Florida State -3.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Florida State Seminoles and the West Virginia Mountaineers will both be trying to pick up a win when they battle at Municipal Stadium in the Gator Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Mountaineers listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Seminoles, while the game’s total is sitting at 60…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[10330,21829,164,181,20891,287,21830,21831,470,21833,7868,7870,763,17002,20925,21832],"class_list":["post-17382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-10330","tag-2010-gator-bowl","tag-betting-lines","tag-betting-trends","tag-bowl-game-predictions","tag-cfb-picks","tag-florida-st-seminoles-vs-west-virginia-mountaineers","tag-florida-st-vs-west-virginia","tag-free-pick","tag-gator-bowl-free-pick","tag-gator-bowl-odds","tag-gator-bowl-preview","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-ncaaf-spreads","tag-seminoles-vs-mountaineers-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17437,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions\/17437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}