Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Washington Huskies from the PAC 12 conference will battle Robert Griffin III and the Baylor Bears from the Big 12 conference in the Alamo Bowl in an NCAA college football game on December 29th.
The Alamo Bowl will begin from a dome in San Antonio Texas at 9PM Eastern Time with live national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The point spread in the Alamo Bowl opened up with the Baylor Bears lined as a -10 point betting favorite with an over under of 78 points.
Money has shown early on the side of the underdog as the Baylor Bears has been bet down to a -9 point favorite.
The total has moved down to 78 points.
Baylor Bears money line gamblers will lay –335 odds with the underdog Washington Huskies bringing back +275 odds to earn the straight up win with no need for points on their side.
Washington and Baylor have no recent head to head meetings on the college football field.
The Washington Huskies will play in the Alamo Bowl with a record of 7-5 on the season. The club is 1-4 away from home.
Washington puts up 31 points and 392 yards per game with 152 rushing yards for 4.4 yards a carry.
On defense the Huskies give up 33 points and 426 yards per game. Opponents rush for 142 yards against them for 4.5 yards per rush against average.
The team is 2-3 versus bowl teams this season. They have wins against Utah and California and have losses to Oregon, Stanford and Nebraska.
Washington broke their three game losing streak in their final regular season game as they defeated their in-state rival Washington St Cougars by the score of 38-21 as a -8 ½ point betting favorite.
The over under came in at under the total of 62 ½ points.
The Huskies gained 434 offensive yards while giving up 382 yards to the Washington St Cougars.
The team ran for 143 yards on 29 carries for 4.9 yards per rush.
The club had no turnovers and took two from Washington St.
Washington allowed their PAC 12 conference opponent just 38 yards rushing on 29 carries for 1.3 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Keith Price hit on 21 of 29 passes for 291 yards with three touchdowns.
Chris Polk rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries with a rushing touchdown. Polk had a touchdown out of the backfield in passing game to go with this two catches for 36 yards.
Jesse Callier had four runs for 44 yards.
Kasen Williams led Washington with five receptions for 74 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Austin Seferian Jenkins caught four passes for 62 yards.
Jermaine Kearse grabbed five balls for 62 yards.
The Baylor Bears will play in-state in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Texas with a record of 9-3 on the season. The team is 1-3 away from their home field.
Baylor averages 43 points and 570 yards per game with 214 yards rushing for 4.9 yards a carry.
On defense the Bears give up 35 points and 478 yards per game. Opponents run for 199 yards against them for 5.2 yards per rush against average.
Baylor is 6-3 versus bowl teams on the year. They have wins against Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa St and TCU. The Bears dropped games to Oklahoma St, Texas A&M and Kansas St.
The Bears closed the year very strong winning five straight games.
They concluded regular season play with the 48-24 home win against the Texas Longhorns as a -1 ½ point betting favorite.
The over under came in at over the closing total of 62 points.
Baylor got outgained by the Texas Longhorns in the victory by a 557 yard to 511 yard differential.
The team ran it 38 times for 191 yards with a 5 yards per rush average.
The Bears had one turnover and forced six away from the Longhorns.
They allowed Texas 201 yards rushing on 45 carries for 4.5 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Robert Griffin III hit on 15 of 22 passes for 320 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Griffin had 12 rushes for 32 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Terrance Ganaway had 23 rushes for 152 yards and two touchdowns.
Kendall Wright led Baylor with six receptions for 166 yards with a receiving touchdown.
Terrance Williams caught four passes for 88 yards and a touchdown.
Lanear Sampson had three catches for 49 yards.
Tevin Reese had a 12 yard pass reception.
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