The Michigan State Spartans only turned in two OVER results in 12 games this season, which will make them interesting to totals bettors on the college football odds as they take on TCU in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl on December 29 in Tempe.
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Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Saturday, December 29 @ 10:15pm ET
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Team: TCU Horned Frogs
Conference: Big 12
Records: 7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS, 4-7 OU
Team: Michigan State Spartans
Conference: Big Ten
Records: 6-6 SU, 4-8 ATS, 2-9-1 OU
Opening Spread / Total (from BetOnline)
TCU -2 / 42.5 Points
[Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Matchup Stats]
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Betting Trends: OVER is 11-3 in past 14 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowls (formerly Insight Bowl) . . . Big 12 schools are 5-1 SU in past six vs Big Ten schools . . . TCU is 0-4-1 ATS in past five bowl games.
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl History (formerly Insight Bowl)
Data includes original name of bowl, current name, teams, point spread of the second listed team, SU winner and ATS winner.
| 1995 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Texas Tech | 55 | Air Force | 41 | 4 | TXTECH | TXTECH |
| 1996 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Wisconsin | 38 | Utah | 10 | 8 | WISCSN | WISCSN |
| 1997 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | New Mexico | 14 | Arizona | 20 | -9 | NEWMEX | ARIZON |
| 1998 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | West Virginia | 31 | Missouri | 34 | -2 | MIZZOU | MIZZOU |
| 1999 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Colorado | 62 | Boston College | 28 | 9 | COLO | COLO |
| 2000 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Pittsburgh | 29 | Iowa State | 37 | -3 | IOWAST | IOWAST |
| 2001 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Syracuse | 26 | Kansas State | 3 | -6 | SYRACU | SYRACU |
| 2002 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Pittsburgh | 38 | Oregon State | 13 | -1.5 | PITT | PITT |
| 2003 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Virginia Tech | 49 | California | 52 | 3 | CAL | CAL |
| 2004 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Oregon State | 38 | Notre Dame | 21 | 3 | OREGST | OREGST |
| 2005 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Rutgers | 40 | Arizona State | 45 | -9 | RUTGER | ARIZST |
| 2006 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Minnesota | 41 | Texas Tech | 44 | -8 | MINN | TXTECH |
| 2007 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Indiana | 33 | Oklahoma State | 49 | -6.5 | OKLAST | OKLAST |
| 2008 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Minnesota | 21 | Kansas | 42 | -9 | KANSAS | KANSAS |
| 2009 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Iowa State | 14 | Minnesota | 13 | -2 | IOWAST | IOWAST |
| 2010 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Missouri | 24 | Iowa | 27 | 3 | IOWA | IOWA |
| 2011 | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | Insight Bowl | Iowa | 14 | Oklahoma | 31 | -14 | OKLA | OKLA |
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Both the Oklahoma Sooners and Iowa Hawkeyes come into this year’s Insight Bowl with bowl winning streaks on the line as Oklahoma won in its last two bowl appearances and Iowa won in each of its last three.
For lines and totals on all of this year's bowl games head over to the college football betting board at today.
Insight Bowl
Friday, December 30 @ 10:00pm ET
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Team: Oklahoma Sooners
Conference: Big 12
Records: 9-3 SU, 6-6 ATS, 6-6 OU
Team: Iowa Hawkeyes
Conference: Big Ten
Records: 7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS, 7-4 OU
Spread / Total (from 5Dimes)
Oklahoma -13.5 / 57.5 Points
Coming into the year with the No. 1 ranking, the Oklahoma Sooners had much higher hopes than playing in the Insight Bowl. But here they are, and they’ll take on the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Oklahoma looked poised to make a run at the national championship at 6-0 SU (4-2 ATS), but the Sooners went just 3-3 SU (2-4 ATS) in the second half of their schedule, including an inexplicable home loss to Texas Tech. Season-ending injuries to star wide receiver Ryan Broyles and running back Dominique Whaley didn’t help matters down the stretch. Iowa had a decent year in a rebuilding campaign, highlighted by an upset win over Michigan in November.
Landry Jones failed to live up to preseason Heisman Trophy hype and took a step backwards from last year’s production. Still, he ended up fourth in the nation in passing yards with 4,302, and had 28 touchdown passes with 14 interceptions.
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Despite the dismissal of their all-time top receiver and the benching of their best running back, Iowa rolls into the Insight Bowl as just a slight 1-point underdog to 14th-ranked Missouri in the NCAAF odds menu.
Insight Bowl
Tuesday, December 28 @ 10:00pm ET
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Team: Missouri Tigers
Conference: Big 12 Conference
Records: 10-2 SU, 6-5 ATS, 3-8 OU
Team: Iowa Hawkeyes
Conference: Big Ten Conference
Records: 7-5 SU, 5-5-1 ATS, 4-7 OU
Spread / Total (from )
Missouri -1 / 47 Points
Consecutive losses to Nebraska and Texas Tech cost Missouri a trip to their third Big 12 championship in four years, but a win in the Insight Bowl will take some of the sting out of those defeats. The Tigers rebounded to take their final three games and can reach the 11-win mark if they take down the Hawkeyes.
The Tigers are known to spread the ball around on offense, as three different backs had at least 380 yards. Missouri will rely mostly on its FBS sixth-best 15.2 points per game allowed to shut down the relentless Hawkeyes.
Missouri should draw lots of interest in college football betting circles with the intriguing Insight Bowl odds. The strong finish by Missouri and sluggish end for Iowa should lend plenty of confidence to bettors who think Missouri will be an easy line to cover.
Iowa hopes to silence all doubters in NCAAF odds for this game, but when two of your best players are gone it can be a daunting task – or a rallying cry. The Hawkeyes were ranked ninth entering the season and were expecting to earn a second consecutive trip to a BCS game.
Three straight losses brought them to fourth in the conference and the Hawkeyes will now have to overcome adversity to get a school-record third straight postseason victory.
Usually a total set at 47 for a college game is not conducive to UNDER betting, but considering these teams combined to pay UNDER bettors 15 times this season you may think twice on that wager.







