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No conference is as desperate for a solid showing this bowl season as the Pac-12, which doesn't have another team in a New Year's Six bowl and went just 1-8 in bowls last season. Washington carries as much weight as any team in the conference playing on the biggest stage and being the PAC 12 champ. Although,there are a few concerns with the Huskies going into the post season. First, Washington went 4-9 against the spread this year, losing 6 of their last 8 down the stretch. Second, the two ATS wins were very fortunate for the Washington backers, a weather influenced win over a pass happy WSU team and a non-offensive scoring win and cover in the PAC 12 Championship game with a huge pass interference non-call favoring UW to end it. Outside of a September win over BYU, it is very difficult to find reasons on the field to justify a bet on UW.

The discrepancy in caliber of athlete will be on display across the field in the Rose Bowl, no position more glaring than the QB position, which will be drastically favoring the Buckeyes. Sure, Jake Browning will finish his career as the PAC 12’s most winning QB. Although, that hardly means he is the more talented signal caller. Jake Browning threw for 2,800 yards with a 16-10 TD to INT ratio, compared to Dwanyne Haskins who threw for 4,500, with a 47-8 TD to INT ratio, plus a 70% completion percentage. The Rose Bowl is historically one of my favorite games of the year to watch, this year it will be one of my favorite games of the year to bet. Take the Buckeyes -6!

The New Year's Day, Rose Bowl kickoff at 5 pm eastern on ABC will be Urban Meyer’s last game as a college football head coach for the foreseeable future as he heads into “retirement”. Urban is 4-2 in bowl games since roaming the sidelines as the Buckeyes head ball coach. Interesting betting angles on both sides of the ball leaves perceived value on a side, in one of the better matchups of the 2018/2019 bowl season.

No conference is as desperate for a solid showing this bowl season as the Pac-12, which doesn't have another team in a New Year's Six bowl and went just 1-8 in bowls last season. Washington carries as much weight as any team in the conference playing on the biggest stage and being the PAC 12 champ. Although,there are a few concerns with the Huskies going into the post season. First, Washington went 4-9 against the spread this year, losing 6 of their last 8 down the stretch. Second, the two wins were very fortunate for the Washington backers, a weather influenced win over a pass happy WSU team and a non-offensivescoring win and cover in the PAC 12 Championship game with a huge pass interferencenon-callfavoring UW to end it. Outside of a September win over BYU, it is very difficult to find reasons on the field to justify a bet on UW.

Ohio State suffered a well publicizedloss to Purdue in West Lafayettein October and a scare in College Park, but came out on top over Maryland. After the game againstthe Terps, OSU has been lights out smashing Michigan and Northwestern in back to back games while averaging over 50 points in route to the BIG 10 Championship. Yes, Urban Meyer has some questions to his character off the field, but his success on the field is one of the best of recent history. A main reason is his ability to recruit. His first full recruiting class in 2013 ranked No. 3 nationally, according to ESPN. He would bring in top-10 classes every year, including ESPN's No. 2 class in both 2017 and 2018.

The discrepancy in caliber of athlete will be on display across the field in the Rose Bowl, no more glaring than the QB position, which will be drastically favoring the Buckeyes. Sure, Jake Browning will finish his career as the PAC 12’s most winning QB. Although, that hardly means he is the more talented signal caller. Jake Browning threw for 2,800 yards with a 16-10 TD to INT ratio, compared to Dwanyne Haskins who threw for 4,500, with a 47-8 TD to INT ratio, plus a 70% completion percentage. The Rose Bowl is historically one of my favorite games of the year to watch, this year it will be one of my favorite games of the year to bet. Take the Buckeyes -6!