Michigan St Spartans versus TCU Horned Frogs Pick Prediction Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl NCAA College Football Preview 12-29-2012

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The TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 conference will face the Michigan St Spartans from the Big Ten conference in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in an NCAA college football game on Saturday night December 29th. Kick off time from Tempe Arizona is scheduled for 10:15PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The point spread opened up with the TCU Horned Frogs favored by -2 ½ points with an over under line of 41 points. Early money has landed on the Horned Frogs as TCU is now favored by -3 points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current line of 41 ½ points.
There has been no previous meeting between TCU and Michigan St. CFB Trend: TCU Horned Frogs are 3-0 to the under in their past three games.
TCU concluded play during their regular season with a record of 7-5 on the year. They finished the year closing two of their past three games. The Horned Frogs have notable wins against Texas, West Virginia and Baylor on the road. They have a bad home loss to Iowa St by a 37-23 margin. The Horned Frogs played very good defense on the year with 332 yards allowed ranking 18th in college football. They defended the run very well by allowing just 103 yards per game and good for 10th in the nation. On offense the Horned Frogs were a mid-pack team. The team averages 29 points and allows 23 on the season. Freshman quarterback Trey Boykin threw for 15 touchdowns and 9 picks with a 58% completion percentage.
The Michigan St Spartans concluded play with a mark of 6-6 on the year and 4-8 against the spread. They needed a win in their final regular season game at Minnesota by a score of 26-10 as a -8 point to finish at .500 on the year. Notable wins came against Boise St in week on a neutral field and on October 27th they pulled out a win at Wisconsin in overtime. They have a bad home loss in overtime to Iowa 19-16 in overtime on October 13th. They were competitive in losses losing by one point to Ohio St, by 2 points against Michigan and by 4 points against Nebraska. Michigan St had a Rose Bowl quality defense as they finished fourth in the nation by allowing 273 yards per game. The offense held back this team greatly. They put up just 20 points a game ranking 109th in the nation. Michigan St gains 370 yards a game good for 91st in college football. Junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell hit on just 52% from the field with 13 touchdowns and 9 picks. Those numbers can be acceptable from a freshman but not a junior as it gives the Spartans not much hope for a Rose Bowl bid next season.

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