The Southern Cal Trojans were a disappointment both SU and ATS for their supporters this season, so they'll be looking to at least go out with a bang on December 31 as big betting favorites against Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl in El Paso.
For updated lines and totals on all of this year's bowl games head over to the college football betting boards at 5Dimes, , and BetOnline today.
Sun Bowl
Monday, December 31 @ 2:00pm ET
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas
Team: Southern Cal Trojans
Conference: Pacific-12
Records: 7-5 SU, 3-9 ATS, 5-7 OU
Team: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Records: 6-7 SU, 8-5 ATS, 7-5 OU
Opening Spread / Total (from BetOnline)
Southern Cal -9.5 / 64.5 Points
Sun Bowl Betting Trends: Nine of past 11 Sun Bowls have played OVER the total . . . Georgia Tech is 2-7 ATS in past nine bowl games . . . USC is 7-1 ATS in past eight bowl games.
Sun Bowl History
Data includes original name of bowl, current name, teams, point spread of the second listed team, SU winner and ATS winner.
| 1995 | Sun Bowl | Iowa | 38 | Washington | 18 | -5 | IOWA | IOWA |
| 1996 | Sun Bowl | Stanford | 38 | Michigan State | 0 | -8 | STANFO | STANFO |
| 1997 | Sun Bowl | Arizona State | 17 | Iowa | 7 | -7.5 | ARIZST | ARIZST |
| 1998 | Sun Bowl | Southern Cal | 19 | TCU | 28 | 17.5 | TCU | TCU |
| 1999 | Sun Bowl | Minnesota | 20 | Oregon | 24 | 2 | OREG | OREG |
| 2000 | Sun Bowl | UCLA | 20 | Wisconsin | 21 | -4.5 | UCLA | WISCSN |
| 2001 | Sun Bowl | Purdue | 27 | Washington State | 33 | -6 | Push | WSHST |
| 2002 | Sun Bowl | Purdue | 34 | Washington | 24 | -2 | PURDUE | PURDUE |
| 2003 | Sun Bowl | Oregon | 30 | Minnesota | 31 | -5.5 | OREG | MINN |
| 2004 | Sun Bowl | Arizona State | 27 | Purdue | 23 | -7.5 | ARIZST | ARIZST |
| 2005 | Sun Bowl | Northwestern | 38 | UCLA | 50 | -3 | UCLA | UCLA |
| 2006 | Sun Bowl | Missouri | 38 | Oregon State | 39 | -3.5 | MIZZOU | OREGST |
| 2007 | Sun Bowl | Oregon | 56 | South Florida | 21 | -5.5 | OREG | OREG |
| 2008 | Sun Bowl | Pittsburgh | 0 | Oregon State | 3 | -1.5 | OREGST | OREGST |
| 2009 | Sun Bowl | Stanford | 27 | Oklahoma | 31 | -10.5 | STANFO | OKLA |
| 2010 | Sun Bowl | Notre Dame | 33 | Miami | 17 | -2.5 | NOTRD | NOTRD |
| 2011 | Sun Bowl | Utah | 30 | Georgia Tech | 27 | -1.5 | UTAH | UTAH |
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This year’s Sun Bowl appearance will mark the 15th straight year that Georgia Tech has earned a bowl bid, but the Yellow Jackets have lost six straight.
For lines and totals on all of this year's bowl games head over to the college football betting board at 5Dimes today.
Sun Bowl
Saturday, December 31 @ 2:00pm ET
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas
Team: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Records: 8-4 SU, 5-6-1 ATS, 7-5 OU
Team: Utah Utes
Conference: Pacific 12
Records: 7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS, 3-8-1 OU
Spread / Total (from 5Dimes)
Georgia Tech -3.5 / 50.5 Points
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Utah Utes enter the Sun Bowl with very contrasting recent bowl histories. Georgia is 0-6 SU in its last six bowl appearances while Utah is 9-1 SU in its last 10 bowl appearances.
Both teams also have contrasting recent forms coming into the bowl game. Georgia Tech started the season 6-0 SU (4-1-1 ATS) but finished it just 2-4 SU (1-5 ATS) while Utah started off 3-4 SU (2-5 ATS) but finished strong at 4-1 SU (3-2 ATS). Georgia Tech’s third-ranked rushing offense (316.8 yards per game) will have a tough matchup against Utah’s seventh-anked rushing defense (98.3 yards per game).
Dual-threat quarterback Tevin Washington is the star of Georgia Tech’s option attack. Washington passed for 1,515 yards and 10 touchdowns (with eight interceptions) and rushed for 890 yards with 14 rushing touchdowns.
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Highly-esteemed Miami and Notre Dame both struggled to identical records and will now meet in the Sun Bowl, with the Hurricanes as a slight 3-point favorite over the Fighting Irish in NCAAF odds.
Sun Bowl
Friday, December 31 @ 2:00pm ET
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas
Team: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Conference: Independent
Records: 7-5 SU, 6-4-2 ATS, 3-9 OU
Team: Miami Hurricanes
Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference
Records: 7-5 SU, 4-7 ATS, 3-7-1 OU
Spread / Total (from SBG Global)
Miami -3 / 47 Points
After season-ending injuries to quarterback Dayne Crist and running back Armando Allen, Notre Dame Fighting Irish freshman QB Tommy Rees led them to a three-game win streak to close out the regular season.
During that winning streak, the Fighting Irish defense held opponents to just 233.3 yards per game, while giving up an average of 393.1 before that. Notre Dame leads the series 15-7-1 and will have to defy the Sun Bowl odds to earn another victory.
Miami lost back-to-back home games to finish the season, and that was enough for head coach Randy Shannon to get the axe last month. Jacory Harris was a strong starter at the beginning of the year, but injuries and a lack of playing time hurt his rhythm in the end.
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All indications are that Harris will start, despite being replaced at times by Stephen Morris.
The Hurricanes came into this season with high hopes of reaching at least the ACC Championship, but after losses in two straight and three of their last five things are spiralling out of control for the lacklustre team. Of note, 7 of the past 9 Sun Bowls have played OVER the total. [ Current best OVER line for Sun Bowl is at 5Dimes. ]
Notre Dame missed the postseason last year and will be emotionally up for this game - combine this with the turmoil of the Hurricanes and you have a popular betting line with the underdog Fighting Irish.
College football betting could see an increase in totals wagers for this contest, as the teams combined to have 16 of their 22 games pay out to UNDER bettors during the year.
