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Las Vegas - Hope you're planning to stay up late tonight because we're heading to the Islands and gonna grab San Jose State -9 points in the Hawaii Bowl against Coastal Carolina. And if you're in Vegas, you can still find San Jose -8.5 points at the Westgate Superbook. We're not thrilled laying over a touchdown in a bowl game, but every single metric points to State. We always look for teams that roll in on a heater, and MAN is San Jose on fire. The Spartans have won SIX in a row and covered six of the last seven. Since almost every bowl is usually a road game, we look for teams that travel well. And San Jose KNOWS how to pack a bag. In the last three on the road, they beat New Mexico 52-24, then threw a 35-0 BAGEL at Hawaii. And yes, on the very same field where this bowl game is being played. They closed out the season with a 37-31 W at UNLV. And of course, if we look for teams that are hot, then we naturally check out the cold fish. Put Coastal Carolina in the frigid zone. The Chanticleers, maybe my favorite nickname in all of college football, were pretty ugly down the stretch. They came up on the short end of a 27-21 score against Army, ARMY, and were blown away, AT HOME, by James Madison, 56-14. OUCH! Want more? Gotcha. Coastal QB Grayson McCall has opted out, backup QB Jarrett Guest has opted out, which means the Chanticleers will be forced to go with their THIRD STRING QB, redshirt freshman, Ethan Vasko. On the other side of the field, the QB situation could not be in better hands. Its a homecoming for Chevan Cordeiro who grew up in Honolulu, went to Saint Louis School and backed up a guy you might have heard of, Tua Tagovailoa. He played four seasons for the Rainbow Warriors before transferring to San Jose, so he KNOWS EVERY BLADE OF GRASS/TURF on the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex field. In his two years at San Jose, he has passed for 5,809 yards, a 61% completion rate, with 42 TDs and just 10 INTs. Pushing my chips ALL IN on the Spartans from San Jose!

With my traditional mug of Eggnog and Baileys Irish Cream in my hand and raised high, wishing a Merry & Happy to all my millions!!!

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For your wagering pleasure, here are your spread stats for the Las Vegas Bowl between Utah and Northwestern. Utah comes in with a 8-4 straight up record and 6-5-1 against the spread. The Utes have covered two of four on the road with one push and have a 4-1-1 record as a favorite. On the totals board, Utah has gone Over five times and Under seven. Northwestern comes in with a 7-5 straight up record and 8-3 against the spread. The Wildcats have covered four of six on the road and have a 6-3 record as an underdog. On the totals board, the 'Cats have gone Over six times and Under six.

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