Howard Vs. Florida A&M: Exciting Matchup in the Celebration Bowl
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00:00 I went through this and you have now a Howard team that joins SC State, South Carolina State
00:09 as the only other team to make the Celebration Bowl with five or more losses.
00:14 And it just so happened that SC State team got the job done.
00:18 The way that this is kind of broken down is usually the better team does win this game.
00:23 But we've seen plenty of big spreads in the history of the Celebration Bowl.
00:27 The better team winning is an exception when Deion played in it.
00:31 They laid double digits both years and lost both times.
00:34 Maybe a bad omen for Deion if he ever turns this program around and gets to a high, high
00:39 level with CU.
00:40 We'll talk about them a little bit later, but I did think that was noteworthy.
00:43 I could not, I tried, trust me I tried, find the line for this first ever Celebration Bowl
00:51 in 2015, North Carolina A&T out of Horn State.
00:54 They've played almost every, all of these games have been between those two teams.
00:58 But outside of that, five of six, the dog is covered.
01:02 With that said, laying the number with Florida A&M here, going the other way.
01:07 I think because the dogs have not only been good, but because this has been completely
01:12 dominated by the MEAC, you're getting a discount here now on Florida A&M at six and a half.
01:19 I think this line probably should be 10.
01:22 If it was, then I'd play the Trends and the Bison.
01:26 But when you drop this number, a Florida A&M touchdown win here is, again, if the number
01:31 was correct, you should probably be covering with Howard.
01:34 I don't think it's correct.
01:35 I'm going against history and playing Florida A&M.
01:38 I would take the points.
01:39 I'm a big, I'm a big believer that you go with the trend that early on in terms of these
01:44 ball games.
01:45 If a ball game tends to go over, I like to go over and with the dogs potentially covering.
01:50 Now to your point in terms of how dominant Florida A&M has been, they've won the last
01:55 four games in regards to the regular season by an average margin of victory of 20 points
02:00 per game.
02:01 Howard won four of the last five.
02:03 They're a little bit more methodical, averaging 179 passing yards per game.
02:07 Florida A&M a little bit more explosive.
02:10 What moves to their quarterback, 217 per game.
02:13 Terrell Jennings, very good, averaging around six yards per rush.
02:19 It's tough because explosive offense versus more of a blue collar type of team, I would
02:24 probably take the points.
02:25 I'm not betting this game, but I would take the points with the bison.
02:28 I just want to say one of the, how Howard got here was upsetting NC Central, stunning
02:33 performance.
02:34 They were a seven and a half point home dog and won that game 50-20.
02:37 I think that's the Howard upset too as well.
02:40 That's another part of it.
02:41 I think the shocking bison performance has already happened this year.
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