Northwestern Wildcats versus Mississippi St Bulldogs Pick Prediction Gator Bowl NCAA College Football Preview 1-1-2013
- 11 years ago
The Mississippi St Bulldogs from the SEC conference will face the Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten conference in the Gator Bowl in an NCAA college football game on Tuesday January 1st. Kick off time from Jacksonville Florida is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.
The point spread from the Gator Bowl opened up with the Mississippi St Bulldogs favored by -2 points with an over under line of 51 ½ points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the underdog Wildcats as Mississippi St is now favored by -1 ½ points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current line of 52 points.
There have been no recent meetings between the Bulldogs and Wildcats from college football. CFB Trend: Mississippi St Bulldogs are 1-4 ATS in their past five games.
Mississippi St will play in the Gator Bowl with a record of 8-4 on the year. The team went 2-3 away from home. They closed their schedule with four losses in their past give games to finish their regular season. They finish up play with a 41-24 road defeat to rival Mississippi as a -1 point favorite. The Bulldogs have no notable wins this season beating many downtrodden SEC schools and very weak non-conference opponents. They lost all step up games with losses to Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU by 20 points or worse. The team puts up 30 points and allows 22 points a game. Mississippi St is a mid-pack team on both sides of the football. Junior quarterback Tyler Russell completed 59% of his passes with 22 touchdowns and six picks.
The Northwestern Wildcats finished off play with a record of 9-3 on the year. They closed with three wins in their past four games. They have notable wins against Vanderbilt and a road win at Michigan St. Two of their three losses were very close decisions with a one point home defeat to Nebraska and an overtime road win at Michigan. The Wildcats defense held their opponents to just 22 points a game. Teams ran for just 123 yards a game against them for 20th best in college football. Offensively the Wildcats ran effectively with 230 yards per game ranking 14th in the nation. The team scores 31 points a game. Sophomore quarterback Trevor Siemian completed 59% of his throws with 6 touchdowns and 2 picks.
The point spread from the Gator Bowl opened up with the Mississippi St Bulldogs favored by -2 points with an over under line of 51 ½ points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the underdog Wildcats as Mississippi St is now favored by -1 ½ points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current line of 52 points.
There have been no recent meetings between the Bulldogs and Wildcats from college football. CFB Trend: Mississippi St Bulldogs are 1-4 ATS in their past five games.
Mississippi St will play in the Gator Bowl with a record of 8-4 on the year. The team went 2-3 away from home. They closed their schedule with four losses in their past give games to finish their regular season. They finish up play with a 41-24 road defeat to rival Mississippi as a -1 point favorite. The Bulldogs have no notable wins this season beating many downtrodden SEC schools and very weak non-conference opponents. They lost all step up games with losses to Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU by 20 points or worse. The team puts up 30 points and allows 22 points a game. Mississippi St is a mid-pack team on both sides of the football. Junior quarterback Tyler Russell completed 59% of his passes with 22 touchdowns and six picks.
The Northwestern Wildcats finished off play with a record of 9-3 on the year. They closed with three wins in their past four games. They have notable wins against Vanderbilt and a road win at Michigan St. Two of their three losses were very close decisions with a one point home defeat to Nebraska and an overtime road win at Michigan. The Wildcats defense held their opponents to just 22 points a game. Teams ran for just 123 yards a game against them for 20th best in college football. Offensively the Wildcats ran effectively with 230 yards per game ranking 14th in the nation. The team scores 31 points a game. Sophomore quarterback Trevor Siemian completed 59% of his throws with 6 touchdowns and 2 picks.