{"id":31412,"date":"2010-12-30T14:02:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T22:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=31412"},"modified":"2010-12-30T14:02:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T22:02:36","slug":"free-prediction-uconn-vs-oklahoma-fiesta-bowl-lines-301210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/gambling\/free-prediction-uconn-vs-oklahoma-fiesta-bowl-lines-301210\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn vs. OU 2011 Fiesta Bowl Odds + Gambling Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Connecticut vs. #7 Oklahoma Preview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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2011 Fiesta Bowl: UConn vs. OU Matchup <\/h3>\n

Date\/Time: <\/strong>Saturday, Jan. 1 2011, 8.30 pm EST
\nVenue: <\/strong>University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale AZ
\nConnecticut Huskies (8-4) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (11-2) Betting Lines from MySportsbook.com<\/strong>
\nMoneyLine: <\/strong>Connecticut +475, Oklahoma -650
\nNCAA Betting Favorite: <\/strong>Connecticut (+17) Oklahoma (-17)
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>55
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Connecticut<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, Big East-automatic-BCS-bid, how you vex us so.<\/p>\n

In undeniably the least enthralling BCS match-up of the season, the Huskies and the Sooners clash in Arizona on New Year\u2019s night. The Huskies bit and scratched their way to the top of the unintimidating Big East conference; they meet an Oklahoma team that almost perennially plays in a BCS bowl.<\/p>\n

If the overmatched Huskies are to have a chance in this one, it has to be done on the legs of RB Jordan Todman. UConn pivot Zach Fraser (a Notre Dame transfer long ago) finishing with 1,200 yards and five TDs. Even with missing two mid-season games, that sucks. Todman was the offense\u2019s bell cow, toting the ball 302 times for 1,574 yards and 14 TDs. He is almost the entire focus of the Connecticut attack. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Defensively, the Huskies are stout, though it doesn\u2019t say much when the most impressive performances have come against FCS Texas Southern, Buffalo and Vanderbilt. UConn did come on strong at the end of the season, but no one in the conference really jumped off the map in terms of \u201cdegree of difficulty.\u201d Suffice it to say, the Big East doesn\u2019t field a competitor of Oklahoma\u2019s caliber.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sooners have an offense that will torch you any way they want. Quarterback Landry Jones racked up a video game-like 4,289 yards and 35 majors. Senior tailback DeMarco Murray eclipsed 1,100 rushing yards to go with 14 TDs. Feature WR Ryan Broyles had a ridiculous 118 receptions for almost 1,500 yards and 13 TDs. One way or another, Oklahoma is going to add to the points on the scoreboard. <\/p>\n

OU finished fourth in the nation in passing, and the defense is nothing to sniff at either; yielding less than 22 points per game in the prolific Big 12 conference. Head coach Bob Stoops has his usual den of NFL talent to deploy and with the exception of slip-ups versus Missouri and Texas A&M, Stoops has deployed them well. Oklahoma\u2019s defense will tend to stop an opponent enough for the offense to put the game out of reach. A bend-but-don\u2019t-break defense works fine if the team\u2019s offensive unit has extremely productive players in every facet, which Oklahoma does.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma has recovered well since its last loss at Texas A&M on Nov. 13; it looks like the Huskies are destined to be the next team to be left in the Sooners\u2019 wake.<\/p>\n

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

Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut’s last 6 games
\nOklahoma is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma’s last 6 games <\/p>\n

The Pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

UConn\u2019s Todman is a beast RB who is one of the most valuable players to his team in the nation. Yet the Huskies don\u2019t have a whole lot to write home about beyond him, and that\u2019s not enough to upset an Oklahoma team that has too many weapons and too much defensive speed. The Sooners should win this one easily, and expect a bunch of points to be scored.<\/p>\n

Connecticut vs. Oklahoma Score Prediction: <\/strong>Connecticut 28 Oklahoma 49
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The UConn Huskies vs. Oklahoma Sooners will both be trying to pick up a win in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl when they battle at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. Odds have the Sooners listed as 17-point favorites the game’s total is 55…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":24383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28750,41831,164,181,20891,287,41955,41956,41957,22065,6236,8024,470,41958,41836,763,17002,20925],"class_list":["post-31412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gambling","tag-28750","tag-2011-fiesta-bowl","tag-betting-lines","tag-betting-trends","tag-bowl-game-predictions","tag-cfb-picks","tag-connecticut-huskies-vs-ou-sooners","tag-connecticut-vs-ou","tag-connecticut-vs-ou-bowl-preview","tag-fiesta-bowl-free-pick","tag-fiesta-bowl-odds","tag-fiesta-bowl-preview","tag-free-pick","tag-huskies-vs-sooners-handicapping","tag-huskies-vs-sooners-predictions","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-ncaaf-spreads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31412","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=31412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31492,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31412\/revisions\/31492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}