Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Alamo Bowl is coming up on December 29th, and the ESPN-televised clash will be a battle between the Washington Huskies (7-5) and the #16 Baylor Bears (9-3).
Although the game is technically a neutral field affair, you almost have to consider Baylor the home team since they are not far from where they practice and play.
Baylor opened up as a 10-point favorite but has surprisingly been bet down to -9.5 despite college football bet-tracking websites showing that the Bears are garnering around 80% of point spread wagers on the Alamo Bowl.
The total was opened very high at 75 points and has been bet even higher to 78.5 throughout the week.
The Bears score 43.5 points per game, while Washington puts up 31.5 on average this season.
Neither defense looks capable of stopping their opposition with the two teams combining to give up 69.0 points per game.
The two squads have combined to go under the total in just 6 of their 24 games this season.
Washington and Baylor have been horrible away from their home stadiums this year and each has a single win on their record when having to travel.
The Huskies enter the Alamo Bowl as losers in 3 of their last 4, and they have just 2 covers of the point spread over their last 6 games after previously covering in 4 straight.
The Bears are currently on a 5-game winning streak heading into the Alamo Bowl and they’ve covered the point spread in 4 of those 5 contests.
Baylor has gone under the total just once all season long and they still managed to put up a combined 61 points in that game.
The Bears haven’t covered a point spread in a road game all season, while Washington has failed to do so in their last 3 trips away from home.
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