College football is back with 18 games on the slate tonight. South Carolina hosts Southern Mississippi, USC visits Hawaii, Marshall takes on Ohio State in Columbus and plenty of other games on tap. Good luck!

Minnesota -1.5
USC/Hawaii over 53

Overall Record:

College Football 37-24 (2009-10) 142-115-1 (overall)
MLB 60-41 (2010) 150-110-5
NFL 35-20 (2009-10) 138-92-5 (overall)
College Basketball 60-46-3 (2009-10) 257-195-9 (overall)
NHL 0-2 (2010) 1-4 (overall)
NBA 21-17 (2010) 65-53 (overall)

No the BCS Championship game isn’t this evening instead we have the all impressive GMAC Bowl to watch. Troy takes on Dan LeFevour and the Central Michigan Chippewas. Former head coach Butch Jones won’t be with Central Michigan this evening because he is now the head coach of Cincinnati. Don’t worry about a thing though because LeFevour and gang will still cover.

Central Michigan -2.5

Overall Record:

College Football 36-24 (this year) 141-115-1 (overall)
NFL 33-18 (this year) 136-90-5 (overall)
College Basketball 8-3 (this year) 205-152-6 (overall)
NBA 44-36
NHL 1-2
MLB 90-69-5

This evening Georgia takes on Texas A&M in the Independence Bowl. A lot of the trends point to this game going over tonight, but I’m going with the under. Good luck!

Texas A&M/Georgia under 66

Overall Record:

College Football 35-24 (this year) 140-115-1 (overall)
NFL 33-18 (this year) 136-90-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 8-2 (this year) 205-151-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36

Tonight the SMU Mustangs take on the Nevada Wolfpack in the Hawaii Bowl. June Jones returns to Hawaii where he previously coached before taking over as head coach of the SMU Mustangs two years ago. Jones has done big things with SMU in a very short time span when you consider they hadn’t made a bowl game in the last 25 years and were 1-11 last year in his first year at SMU.

Nevada started off the season 0-3, but finished out the year with an 8-1 record and a shot at the WAC title, but came up short against Boise. Nevada has two key players missing in the backfield tonight so we think SMU gets under the line.

SMU +12.5

Overall Record:

College Football 34-24 (this year) 139-115-1 (overall)
NFL 33-18 (this year) 136-90-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 8-2 (this year) 205-151-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36

Tonight there is an excellent matchup in the Las Vegas Bowl. We have #14 BYU and #15 Oregon State in theSU.com College Football Poll colliding in what should be a high-scoring affair. The over/under is set at 58.5 and there is a very strong chance this game will go over. While I like the over I’m going to take Oregon State -2.5 The Beavers were close to winning the PAC-10 title and they always play good in bowl games.

Oregon State -2.5

Overall Record:

College Football 34-23 (this year) 139-114-1 (overall)
NFL 33-18 (this year) 136-90-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 8-2 (this year) 205-151-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36

The FCS Championship game is on tonight and it pairs up Villanova and Montana. Montana is 14-0 and Nova is 13-1 with their only loss to New Hampshire on the road. The Grizzlies are good, but I like Nova to win the game and the National Championship.

Villanova -2.5

Overall Record:

College Football 34-22 (this year) 139-113-1 (overall)
NFL 32-18 (this year) 135-90-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 8-2 (this year) 205-151-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36