{"id":17531,"date":"2010-01-02T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=17531"},"modified":"2010-01-02T13:00:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T18:00:57","slug":"papa-john-bowl-uconn-vs-south-carolina-picks-lines-20110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/papa-john-bowl-uconn-vs-south-carolina-picks-lines-20110\/","title":{"rendered":"PapaJohns.com Bowl: Huskies vs. Gamecocks Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Papajohns.com Bowl Preview \u2013 Connecticut vs. South Carolina<\/h2>\n

The tragic memory of deceased teammate, Jasper Howard, will be hanging over the Huskies as they hit the gridiron of Legion Field to battle the South Carolina Gamecocks. Sometimes that kind of motivation is enough to push a fringe team over the edge, but finding seams against the Gamecocks will be almost impossible. South Carolina prides itself on defense and has endured a season filled with tough, SEC-caliber opponents.<\/p>\n

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Handling the Huskies should be an easy feat for them.<\/p>\n

UConn wasn\u2019t able to use the motivation of Howard\u2019s death affectively, pilling up three-straight losses after the funeral of their corner-back. The bulk of the workload in the Huskies offense comes from the tailback tandem of Todman and Dixon, who totaled 2,119 yards on the ground with 27 touchdowns between them. Shutting those studs down will be the a key for the rush defense of the Gamecocks that allow 137.0 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Despite the ups and downs of their emotionally draining season, the Huskies showed serious resolve in a comeback victory against the South Florida Bulls 29-27 which gave them a three-game winning streak. In the past five games overall they\u2019re 3-2 SU\/ATS and are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Connecticut Huskies (7-5) vs. South Carolina Gamecocks (7-5)
\nSaturday, January 2 nd — Legion Field, Birmingham — 2:00pm EST
\nNCAAF Betting Line: South Carolina -4.5 (51.5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gamecocks have been lost in the mad shuffle of the SEC. They managed to decimate Clemson 34-17 in their season finale, ending a three-game losing skid and giving them a 2-0 ATS record to finish the season. Quarterback Stephen Garcia tallied 2,733 yards and 17 touchdowns in his sophomore year and showed that, at times, he can seriously carry this team. Garcia ended the season with a favorable quarterback rating of 124.54.<\/p>\n

The key to betting this bowl game properly is noting how efficiently the Gamecocks were able to contain C.J. Spiller of Clemson. They held one of college\u2019s all-time great running-backs to just 18-yards on 9 carries and though the one-two punch of Todman-Dixon will be formidable, it certainly won\u2019t test Spurrier\u2019s ability to craft stingy defenses.<\/p>\n

This line has dropped inexplicably by almost three-points and I say that you take advantage of it. Garcia may be just a sophomore, but he\u2019ll be able to manage an effective gameplan. I\u2019ll take an SEC team that had a winning record over UConn any day\u2026especially with a great sports betting line.<\/p>\n

Free Pick: South Carolina -4.5 (UNDER)<\/strong>
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The Connecticut Huskies and the South Carolina Gamecocks will both be gunning for a victory when they meet at Legion Field in the Papajohns.Com Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Gamecocks listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game’s total is sitting at 50…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[10330,164,470,502,2979,548,3732,21990,21991,7287,21992,21993,21949,7377,2977,2167,21994,1294],"class_list":["post-17531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-10330","tag-betting-lines","tag-free-pick","tag-gambling-lines","tag-gamecocks","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-huskies","tag-huskies-gamecocks-spread","tag-huskies-vs-gamecocks","tag-papa-johns-bowl-picks","tag-papa-johns-bowl-betting-preview","tag-papa-johns-bowl-free-picks","tag-papa-johns-bowl-odds","tag-papajohnscom-bowl-spreads","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-uconn-huskies","tag-uconn-vs-south-carolina","tag-vegas-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17531","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17764,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17531\/revisions\/17764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}