{"id":58967,"date":"2013-01-04T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=58967"},"modified":"2013-01-04T10:10:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T18:10:20","slug":"bbva-compass-bowl-pitt-panthers-vs-ole-miss-rebels-free-gambling-prediction-4113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/bbva-compass-bowl-pitt-panthers-vs-ole-miss-rebels-free-gambling-prediction-4113\/","title":{"rendered":"BBVA Compass Bowl &#8212; Pitt vs. Ole Miss Gambling Prediction &#038; Bowl Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Panthers vs Rebels College Football Spread\/Handicapping<\/h2>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how things got weird and a game of this calibre got pushed to this late in the bowl calendar. \u00a0I do know that there is nothing to like about it. \u00a0SEC vs BIg East is not a good matchup in this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittsburgh Panthers (6-6) vs Ole Miss Rebels (6-6)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Saturday January 5<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Legion Field &#8211; Birmingham, AL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 1:00PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Moneyline: \u00a0Ole Miss -160, Pittsburgh +140 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/sbo\">SportsBettingOnline.ag<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Spread: \u00a0Ole Miss -3.5<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> O\/U: \u00a052<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/football\/ncaaf-matchups.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAF\/matchups\/g8_summary_1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/football\/ncaaf-preview.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAF\/matchups\/g8_preview_1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/handicappers\/ray-monohan-sports-picks\" target=\"_parent\">Buy Razor Ray&#8217;s Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Pittsburgh<\/h3>\n<p>The Panthers needed to win their final two games to become bowl eligible and they did. \u00a0In fact they have gone the whole season on two game streaks, losing then winning, creating their current symetrical 6-6 record.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly they are getting it done on the defensive side of the ball as the Panthers are inconsistent on offense at best&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At running back they have a difference maker in Ray Graham. \u00a0The pint sized senior finally broke through with a 1000 yard season &#8211; but with his worst average per carry. \u00a0He is tougher than he looks and plays well when the team wins.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"NFL Picks\" href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK GRAB OUR BEST Expert NFL Picks for 2012 FOOTBALL GAMBLING season!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>QB Tino Sunseri has taken a lot of heat over the years but he put up some nice numbers as a senior too including a TD\/INT ratio of 19\/2&#8230;Pitts was 7-4 ATS this season including 5-1 the last two months of the season.<\/p>\n<p>I think the only way you can like this team is as the underdog because you just can\u2019t rely on them too much. \u00a0That extra half point provides some value though. <\/p>\n<h3>Ole Miss<\/h3>\n<p>Ole Miss also got their bowl qualifying win in the last week of the season, beating in-state rival Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl. \u00a0They play in the toughest division in college football and held their own this year, losses to Vanderbilt, LSU and Texas A&amp;M were all by 6 points or less. 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