12/22 PAPA JOHN'S BOWL on ESPN2 Southern Miss @ Cincinnati

[motodawg]

- Cincinnati aims to finish a terrific 9-3 season with a Papajohns.com Bowl victory over Southern Mississippi. The Bearcats were International Bowl victors last season and boast a 7-4 ATS mark heading into this game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The Golden Eagles were just 5-6 ATS on the year.

Oddsmakers currently have the Bearcats listed as 11½-point favorites versus the Golden Eagles, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Southern Mississippi was anything but golden in their 16-10 win over the Arkansas State Indians last time out. Southern Mississippi could not cover the 14-point spread in the win, and the 26 points were well UNDER the posted total of 55.5.

Damion Fletcher carried the ball 27 times for 132 yards and a touchdown in that contest.

Cincinnati racked up 544 yards last time out in a 52-31 win at Syracuse, failing to cover the 22.5-point road spread. The 83 points scored were OVER the posted total of 53.

Ben Mauk went 29-for-42 for 431 yards and four touchdowns, and Marcus Barnett had 11 receptions for 127 yards and three scores for the Bearcats.


Team records:
Southern Miss: 7-5 SU, 5-6 ATS
Cincinnati: 9-3 SU, 7-4 ATS

 

[Spartacus]

bearcats!

 

[Spartacus]

Mauk is NFL caliber

 

[motodawg]

cinci is the crowd favorite this will make the games interesting

 

[Beaumont]

The Golden Eagles are up 7 to 0 (little play by play upping the post count thing).

 

[Beaumont]

12:30 left in the 2nd and still 7/0. Looking good for Motodawg.

 

[Beaumont]

Cincy evens it up at 7. There's a nice K-mart down there where I purchase my underwear.

 

[Spartacus]

I started watching at 21-7
looks to me like cincy should have covered