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December 26th, 2012 By Jack Wilshire

I’ve been studying the ‘total’ for the Little Caesars Bowl odds for quite some time, and I’m ready to make my Little Caesars Bowl picks for the clash between the Central Michigan Chippewas and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET at Ford Field in Detroit, MI, and I’m going to show you which way to bet on college football to make your CFB pick on for this great game.

2012 Little Caesars Bowl
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (7-5, 8-4 ATS) -5.5
Central Michigan Chippewas (6-6, 5-7 ATS) +5.5
Over/Under 57.5

It shouldn’t be considered all that surprising that the early bowl games have seemingly all gone past the ‘total’. As a result, some of the bowl games are featuring rising ‘totals’. This is one of these games that has gotten just a bit too high in my eyes, and I think that this is a game that is just inflated too high.

The Hilltoppers only averaged 28.8 points per game this year, and down the stretch, they didn’t score more than 29 points in a game over the course of their last five outings. They probably shouldn’t be in a bowl game, but in fairness, Central Michigan really shouldn’t either. The Chippewas averaged 29.2 points per game this year, but they had a woeful defense that really cost them against some of the best teams in the MAC. There is some talent on this team for sure, knowing that QB Ryan Radcliff is a three-year starting quarterback and RB Zurlon Tipton accounted for 20 TDs on the campaign. Western Kentucky is going to be playing under a lot of stress with Head Coach Bobby Petrino watching from the stands, ready to take over the team after this one is said and done with.

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I really just don’t think much of the Chippewas in this game. They averaged just 21.8 points per game against bowl teams this year, while Western Kentucky averaged just 23.8 points per game against bowl games in 2012. Granted, we probably should take out the game against the Alabama Crimson Tide in which WKU was shut out. They averaged 31.7 points per game in the other three outings, but even if you add these two numbers together, I just don’t see this one getting to the number. I expect to see this game getting into the low-50s or so.

Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Picks & Tips: Under 57.5

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December 26th, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the Central Michigan Chippewas are going to square off on the Little Caesars Bowl odds and betting lines. Join us here at Cappers Info, as we make our Little Caesars Bowl picks & predictions for football for what should be a great game on Wednesday.

Little Caesars Bowl Picks: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Central Michigan Chippewas
Date: Wednesday, December 26th, 7:30 ET
Location: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Little Caesars Bowl Betting Odds: Western Kentucky -5.5
Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Live TV: ESPN

This is a game that truly drives us crazy, knowing that neither of these teams had any business being in a bowl game this year. That being said, we’re stuck at this point handicapping this awful game, and we have no choice but to look over two teams that really had very little good going for them over the course of the season. Western Kentucky played the more difficult of these two schedules, but the team lost four of its last six games to finish out the campaign at 7-5. Still, that was good enough to come to a bowl game this year for the first time in school history.

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The Chippies are back for the first time in a bowl game since 2010, but they clearly don’t deserve it and would have been left out any other year after going 6-6 and clearly being no more than the seventh best team in the MAC. That being said, this is a team that does have the ability to score some points at times, as RB Zurlon Tipton and QB Ryan Radcliffe are both solid players. Tipton rushed for 1,391 yards and 19 TDs on the campaign, and Radcliffe threw for 2,895 yards and 20 scores against nine picks. Radcliff is making his final start as a senior, and he needs another 105 yards to reach the 3,000 yard mark for the third straight year.

In the end, we’re going to take Central Michigan and the points in this game because we think that both of these teams stink. Yes, the Hilltoppers are going to be amped up, knowing that they are about to be coached by a legitimate SEC caliber coach in Bobby Petrino and that they are playing in a bowl game for the very first time. However, this game is played at Ford Field, and the little “home field advantage” there will be will be held by the Chippewas. We do think that WKU is going to win this game, but in the end, we still want the points on our side.

Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Pick: Central Michigan Chippewas +5.5
Little Caesars Bowl Score Prediction: Western Kentucky 27 – Central Michigan 24

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December 17th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan

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Ford Field in Motown will be the site of what has become a very interesting bowl game throughout the years. The Little Caesars Bowl odds will be contested between the Big Ten’s Purdue Boilermakers and the MAC’s Western Michigan Broncos.

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Little Caesars Bowl Matchup: Western Michigan Broncos vs. Purdue Boilermakers
Little Caesars Bowl Date/Time: Tuesday, December 27th, 4:30 ET
Little Caesars Bowl Location: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Little Caesars Bowl Odds: Purdue -2.5
Little Caesars Bowl Total: 60
Little Caesars Bowl TV Coverage: ESPN, ESPN3.com

This is a game that the boys from the MAC always get up for regardless of what team is in this game. Just getting the chance to take down a team from the Big Ten, a team that is local to you, no less, on national television is just a rush like these kids from the smaller conferences never truly get. For many, this is their last game, and they get to play in on an NFL field in front of a tremendous audience. Normally speaking, the Big Ten team isn’t all that thrilled to be here, but this year we get the rare exception that Purdue, a team that just barely squeaked into the bowl season, is going to be thrilled to be in Detroit.

Of course, the players in the Purdue secondary are probably going to wish that they never met WR Jordan White. White had 128 receptions this year, and he led the nation in receiving with 1,646 yards. QB Alex Carder does everything that he can to put the ball in his top receiver’s hands, and when he gets going, White can be a beast that is virtually impossible to stop. He and Carder are the catalysts for a passing game that ranks No. 8 in the nation at 328.8 yards per game. Don’t kid yourself about how good this offense really is. The Broncos scored 68 on the Akron Zips in their last game of the year (without Carder in the lineup, mind you!), and two weeks prior to that, they scored 63 in a losing effort against the Toledo Rockets.

Purdue typically has a relatively good pass defense, but the passing games in the Big Ten just aren’t what they are in the MAC. When the Boilers ran up against a receiver of this magnitude in WR Michael Floyd, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish absolutely torched them, and Floyd had a dozen receptions for 137 yards and a TD. That just can’t happen again, especially since the Purdue offense really isn’t all that proficient.

Dogs, dogs, dogs. We love ‘em in the bowl season, and this is no exception. Purdue only won one game away from home this year, and that came against an Indiana Hoosiers side that we just don’t trust. Western Michigan will be flying all over the field, and we tend to think that this game has the potential to not just be an upset, but to be a relatively ugly upset at that. If Purdue is going to win this game, it is going to have to score 40 points. If it doesn’t intend on doing that, Carder and the gang are going to get out of Motown with a huge victory for a program that still has a chip on its shoulder after being left out of the bowl season last year with a 6-6 record.

Free Little Caesars Bowl Pick: Western Michigan +2.5

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December 26th, 2010 By Andrew Ryan

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The Motor City hosts its first bowl game of the year this season on Sunday night in a standalone duel in primetime. Making college football picks on the clash between the Florida International Golden Panthers and the Toledo Rockets should be relatively easy, and here at Cappers Info, we have the ins and outs for the game that you need to know in order to be successful and cash in big!

Little Caesars Bowl Matchup: Florida International Golden Panthers vs. Toledo Rockets
Date: Sunday, December 64th, 8:30 ET
Location: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Little Caesars Bowl Line: Toledo -1.5
Over/Under 56

Golden Panthers Notes: The Golden Panthers are playing in their first bowl game in team history on Sunday, and if they have the same sort of success in their first bowl game is their brethren, the Florida Atlantic Owls, they're going to be in great shape. We have to give Head Coach Mario Cristobal all the credit in the world for getting this team to .500 and winning the Sun Belt this year in a season in which many thought that this would be a last place team. Truth be told, a very difficult schedule really didn't play into the hands of the Golden Panthers, though they nearly claimed a scalp from a big time conference against the Maryland Terrapins, Texas A&M Aggies, and Rutgers Scarlet Knights. QB Wesley Carroll is the only many on this roster to have played in a bowl game before. He took the Mississippi State Bulldogs to the Liberty Bowl in 2007 and won the game 10-3 in one of the ugliest displays that we college football bettors have seen in a bowl game. Still, he can rally this team around and can show them that they have the ability to win this duel in spite of the fact that the Little Caesars Bowl odds are stacked against them. The Golden Panthers have a fantastic running game that once had three men rush for 100+ yards in a game against the Troy Trojans earlier this year. RB Darriet Perry rumbled for 707 yards and 14 scores this year, while his backup, RB Darrian Mallary had 669 yards on the ground with two scores. Meanwhile, Carroll did have the best season that an FIU QB has ever had, throwing for 2,483 yards and 15 TDs.

Rockets Notes: We'd probably feel a lot better about the Rockets if we didn't know that they were the last team to get into a bowl game this year. Their fellow MAC squad, the Temple Owls, were left home in spite of the fact that they had the exact same record at 8-4. Where Toledo gets the nod is the fact that it really stood in the face of adversity this season when it lost starting QB Austin Dantin. Since that point, the ball has been in the hands of QB Terrance Owens, who has played spectacular ball in his freshman campaign. Owens has thrown for 1,112 yards and 12 TDs, which is five scores more than Dantin had for the rest of the season. Keep a very close eye on WR Eric Page in this one, as he had 94 grabs for 1,081 yards and eight TDs in his second season with the Rockets. Page might only be 5'10", but he is a speedy receiver that has some fantastic hands. Page is averaging right at nine catches per game over the last nine games. RB Adonis Thomas averaged over six yards per carry this year, and it is a shame that he really doesn't get the ball in his hands enough to make a tremendous impact on some games. Still, Toledo's top back had 905 yards and visits to pay dirt this year. Defensively, the Rockets might have allowed 28.1 points per game this year, but if you take out the 41 the Arizona Wildcats scored and the 65 the Northern Illinois Huskies put on the board, you realize that this was a very respectable 'D' all season long.

The Final Word: The Golden Panthers might be the better team in this game in spite of the fact that they came from the worse conference and had a worse record. This was a significantly harder schedule that they had to play to get to this point, and it is going to show on Sunday night with a big time triumph over the Rockets.

Little Caesars Bowl Free Pick: Florida International +1.5
Little Caesars Bowl Prediction: Florida International 31 – Toledo 19

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