Owls vs Falcons College Football Spread\/Handicapping<\/p>\n
Typical of early bowl matchups there is not much to get excited for in this one. \u00a0I am always a big fan of the service academies as I love seeing those triple option attacks pound against opponents, there might not be much else to entertain though. <\/p>\n
Rice Owls (6-6) vs Air Force Falcons (6-6) ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n The Owls had to finish very strong to earn a bowl spot this season. \u00a0They won 5 of their last 6 games to qualify, ultimately placing 4th in the Conference USA West division. \u00a0The lone loss was to eventual conference champion Tulsa and the the way they were playing they probably didn\u2019t want the season to end. \u00a0At least they won\u2019t have too far to travel for their fans to cheer them on…Key to the Owls success of late was tightening up their defense. \u00a0<\/p>\n The averages don\u2019t reflect it because they were hammered early in the year but in their late season run they gave up more than 24 points in just one victory. \u00a0Offensively this team is very balanced averaging more than 200 yards on the ground and through the air. \u00a0Junior QB Taylor McHargue is not a fantastic thrower but he does protect the ball and can be a running threat when pressured…I am surprised that Rice was installed as the slim favourite in this one. \u00a0They have been favoured 4 times this season and are just 2-2 in those contests. \u00a0I guess the linesmakers feel they have an advantage of being in-state but betting against a service academy in the Armed Forces Bowl doesn\u2019t sound right to me.<\/p>\n Air Force<\/strong><\/p>\n This will mark the 4th time in the last 6 years the Falcons will play in this bowl game – they won the last one in 2009 against Houston. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Air Force had a disappointing season with their most regular season losses since 2006. \u00a0The only real head scratcher though was the one at UNLV who they usually dominate. \u00a0AF finished just behind the leaders in the Mountain West with a 5-3 conference record…The Falcons are as committed to the run game as ever, finishing #2 in the nation with 329ypg. \u00a0Running back Cody Getz was second string heading into the season but wouldn\u2019t be denied. \u00a0He is small (5\u20197\u201d) but durable carrying almost 200 times for more than 1200 yards. \u00a0No need to cover him though as he caught just two balls for 1 yard over the course of the season. \u00a0For the second year in a row the defense struggled giving up 28ppg, something they hadn\u2019t done in 5 years before last…Air Force was an awful 3-9 ATS this season but with a -1 in this one you can throw that figure out. \u00a0I like them to overwhelm the Owls with their running game. Coach Calhoun will get them to play 4Q of defense and they should win easily.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Air Force +1 Owls vs Falcons College Football Spread\/Handicapping Owls vs Falcons College Football Spread\/Handicapping Typical of early bowl matchups there is not much to get excited for in this one. \u00a0I am always a big fan of the service academies as I love seeing those triple option attacks pound against opponents, there might not be much else […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[57503,2749,7638,324,325,766,770,57507,2894,57508,57509],"class_list":["post-58040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-2012-armed-forces-bowl","tag-air-force-falcons","tag-armed-forces-bowl","tag-college-football-odds","tag-college-football-picks","tag-ncaa-football-lines","tag-ncaa-football-predictions","tag-owls-vs-falcons","tag-rice-owls","tag-rice-owls-vs-air-force-falcons","tag-rice-vs-air-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58040","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58040"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58733,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58040\/revisions\/58733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSaturday December 29
\nAmon G. Carter Stadium – Fort Worth, TX
\n11:45AM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0No ML currently posted SportsBettingOnline.ag<\/a>
\nSpread: \u00a0Rice -1
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\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0Under
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Air Force 35 – Rice 17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"