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December 31st, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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The Iowa State Cyclones and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane are going to square off on the Liberty Bowl odds and betting lines. Join us here at Cappers Info, as we make our Liberty Bowl picks & predictions for football for what should be a great game on Monday.

Liberty Bowl Picks: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Date: Monday, December 31st, 3:30 ET
Location: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN
Liberty Bowl Betting Odds: Iowa State -1
Iowa State vs. Tulsa Live TV: ESPN

This is the only bowl game that results in a rematch from a game that was played earlier in the season. In that game, we learned that the Golden Hurricane just didn’t have the offensive genius to keep it up for a full 60 minutes against the Cyclones. Granted, a heck of a lot has changed with both of these teams since the beginning of the season, but that first outing might be a good indicator of what we can expect in this one. QB Cody Green threw for just 198 yards with two TDs and two picks for Tulsa, while QB Steele Jantz really had his offense moving and picked up 441 total yards as a team for Iowa State. Since that point, Jantz has been benched in favor of first QB Jared Barnett, then QB Sam Richardson.

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The Cyclones got a good look at the sometimes gimmicky offense that the Golden Hurricane are running, but Tulsa never did get a look at Richardson. That could be a key in this one, knowing that Richardson is a much better dual threat than Jantz was at the time. Richardson threw for 412 yards and seven TDs without tossing a pick, and he rushed for 187 yards and a TD in limited action at the end of the season. The Golden Hurricane also had troubles defending WR Josh Lenz, who led the team in receiving this year with 430 yards and six scores. Iowa State didn’t have a single rusher have more than 504 yards or a receiver with more than 430 yards, but the offense still mustered a relatively solid 25.2 points per game.

The real question here is whether Tulsa really has learned anything since going to Ames and getting rocked. The answer? We really don’t think so. Sure, winning Conference USA was great, but Tulsa’s only truly notable wins this year were against Fresno State (by 1 point), Rice (by 4 points), and UCF twice (by 2 and 6 points). Though the ground game for the Golden Hurricane is great, we think that having the extra time to prepare for this game has gone a long way for the Cyclones, and they’ll notch their second triumph of the year over an overrated Tulsa outfit.

Iowa State vs. Tulsa Pick: Iowa State Cyclones +1
Liberty Bowl Score Prediction: Iowa State 31 – Tulsa 21

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December 31st, 2012 By Jack Wilshire

BovadaThe Iowa State Cyclones and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane are set to kick off the 2012 Liberty Bowl on Monday 12/31, and I’m set to make my Liberty Bowl pick for the affair at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, TN. Kickoff is set for 3:30 ET, and I’ve got the perfect NCAA football pick for the Liberty Bowl.

2012 Liberty Bowl
Iowa State Cyclones (6-6, 5-6-1 ATS) -1
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (10-3, 7-5 ATS) +1
Over/Under 51

When these two teams met the first time around, the over/under was just 50.5 points, and the game got to 61. In that game, Tulsa only rushed for 160 yards as a team, and Iowa State was still using the lousy QB Steele Jantz under center. Why then, have the oddsmakers only moved this ‘total’ up a half point? It just doesn’t make all that much sense to me.

Iowa State’s offense is underrated with QB Sam Richardson calling the shots. He has a great football IQ, and he knows when to take off and run with the football. In the games that he quarterbacked this year, the Cyclones put up 75 points combined against the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Kansas Jayhawks. Granted, those two teams don’t have the greatest defenses in the world, but it’s not like Tulsa is a defensive world beater either. The Cyclones have also struggled defensively, allowing at least 21 points in nine straight games and averaging conceding 27.6 points per game in that stretch.

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And then there is the crazy Golden Hurricane. This team can really fly around the field when given the chance to do so, as we saw in the final four games of the season when the team outgained its foes by an average of 217.0 yards per game. RB Alex Singleton rushed for 21 TDs, and each of RB Trey Watts, RB Ja’Terian Douglas, and RB Alex Singleton averaged calling the ball at least 10 times per game. The three each had at least 765 yards on the ground, and they combined for almost 2,600 yards in 13 games. It is clear that WR Keyarris Garrett could be a factor as well after he caught 64 passes for 826 yards and nine TDs. There are just too many offensive weapons here for the Golden Hurricane to be held under 28 points, and if that turns out to be the case, there is no reason to think that the Liberty Bowl won’t get past the ‘total’.

Iowa State vs. Tulsa Picks & Tips: Over 51

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December 30th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan

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The Cincinnati Bearcats were the co-Big East champs this year, but they could be up against it when they have to play a de facto road game at the Liberty Bowl against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Check out our 2011 Liberty Bowl free picks for the game on December 31st!

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Liberty Bowl Matchup: Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Vanderbilt Commodores
Liberty Bowl Date/Time: Saturday, December 31st, 3:30 ET
Liberty Bowl Location: Liberty Bowl Stadium, Memphis, TN
Liberty Bowl Odds: Vanderbilt -1.5
Liberty Bowl Total: 48.5
Liberty Bowl TV Coverage: ABC

The Bearcats and the Commodores both overachieved this season, though both teams took significantly different paths to reach this point in the campaign. UC took advantage of a very weak schedule and an incredibly weak conference to finish up the year at 9-3, but it was passed over for one of the elite bowl games due to that scheduling. Vandy is never really seen as a team that is a threat in the SEC, and it only has one bowl win coming into this year. The Commodores took their lumps against the best teams in the conference, but when push came to shove, they weren’t nearly a pushover this season, especially when they played at home, and that’s why they could be a nuisance in this game for the Bearcats.

The news for Cincinnati QB Zach Collaros is getting better and better as the days are progressing. It is starting to look as though he will be ready to go after suffering an ankle injury against the West Virginia Mountaineers over a month ago, and that will be a huge boost for an offense that was suspect at times all season long. Collaros has seemingly digressed over the years, but he is still a viable quarterback and could do some real damage. However, the real key to this team is going to be the success of RB Isaiah Pead. Pead rumbled for 1,110 yards and had 14 total trips to the end zone this year, though he is going to have his work cut out for him against a Vandy defense that was one of the more unheralded units in the SEC this season.

Of course, the Bearcats have a great defense as well, ranking No. 6 in the country against the rush. That would seemingly bode poorly for the Commodores, who really only throw the ball when they are behind in down and distance. However, we have to remember that the teams that do run the ball quite a bit in the Big East, such as the Pitt Panthers, South Florida Bulls, and Connecticut Huskies, all had more success against this defense than a lot of the pure passing teams did. Vandy can push the ball up the field when it has to, but RB Zac Stacy is the man that really has to make the big time difference for it to keep moving the pigskin.

We just look at this Cincinnati team and we see its one game this year against a Big East team… The Tennessee Volunteers absolutely took the Bearcats behind the shed in Week 2 with a 45-23 defeat. Add that to the fact that the Dores scored a huge 41-7 victory over a relatively comparable Wake Forest Demon Deacons team in a road game at the end of the year. The makings are really set for the de facto hosts in this one to come out strong and to steal their second bowl victory in team history. The Bearcats are just up against it too hard to be able to deal with a sneaky Vanderbilt team that earned its way to a bowl game in spite of its 6-6 record.

Free Liberty Bowl Pick: Vanderbilt -1.5

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