College Football Prospects – Thursday’s Music City Bowl Prefers North Carolina

4th January, 2011 - Posted by writer - No Comments

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The Music City Bowl on Thursday features North Carolina and Tennessee with the Tar Heels a 2-point favorite in ncaa nfl odds.



This match should be quite cut-throat in ncaa nfl gambling lines with North Carolina liked but with Tennessee having the home crowd edge.

Sold Out
The Music City Bowl is sold out with many of the fanatics established to cheer for Tennessee. The Volunteers did well to make it to a bowl match whatsoever this season. They lost 6 of their 1st 8 games but rallied to win their last four under first-year head coach Derek Dooley. Tennessee will have a huge edge in crowd support however the Tar Heels are still the favorite in ncaa nfl gambling lines at the Sbg worldwide sportsbook.

Points Should be Considerable
Both teams should be scoring lots of points in this game. North Carolina’s defense wasn’t that fantastic this season and it is going to be worse in the bowl match without starting linebacker Bruce Carter and offensive lineman Alan Pelc. Tennessee has been much greater offensively with Tyler Bray at quarterback. Bray threw 12 td passes in their four-game winning streak. Tauren Poole ran for an average of 91.5 yards in the last four games with 5 TDs. On the other hand, North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates was second in the ACC with 265.3 passing yards per match. He led the conference with a 67.6 completion ratio. North Carolina was in fact a team that fell under the total more frequently than they went over but Tennessee was a major over team as 9 of their 12 games went over the total.

Match Facts
North Carolina and Tennessee have met 17 times but not since 1961 and never in a bowl match. Tennessee hasn’t defeated an ACC team since 1999.
The Volunteers have performed lots of games in their home state this season. This’ll be the tenth match for the Vols in Tennessee as they had 7 home games plus games at Memphis and Vanderbilt. Since this is a virtual road game for North Carolina it is essential to note that the Tar Heels were 3-2 vs the ncaa nfl odds on the road this season.

Music Bowl Facts
The Music City Bowl has a history of upsets. Long shots have won the match 6 from the 9 times it’s been performed. The biggest longshot win was when Kentucky (+10) defeated Clemson 28-20 in 2006. Other big upsets contain Minnesota (+7) defeating Arkansas 29-14 in 2002 and Virginia (+6) defeating Minnesota 34-31 in 2005. Boston College was a 4 point longshot when they defeated Georgia 20-16 in 2001.


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