East Carolina-Boise State

the Hawaii Bowl Sunday, December 23rd, 8:00pm Honolulu, Hawaii
East Carolina (7-5)_____Conf USA____89.72				Boise State (10-2)______WAC_____229.42
Week	Opponent	oPts	Res, Score	Week	Opponent	oPts	Res, Score
6	Central Florida	266.42	W, 52-38	9	@ Fresno State	151.92	W, 34-21
5	@ Houston	111.86	W, 37-35	7	Nevada	54.01	W, 69-67
10	@ Memphis	21.53	W, 56-40	5	Southern Mississippi	53.31	W, 38-16
2	North Carolina	7.58	W, 34-31	3	Wyoming	-10.46	W, 24-14
7	@ Texas-El Paso	-110.58	W, 45-42	8	@ Louisiana Tech	-48.56	W, 45-31
13	Tulane	-144.98	W, 35-12	10	San Jose State	-53.89	W, 42-7
9	Alabama-Birmingham	-232.53	W, 41-6	6	New Mexico State	-156.16	W, 58-0
1	@ Virginia Tech	439.86	L, 7-17	11	@ Utah State	-209.20	W, 52-0
4	@ West Virginia	364.93	L, 7-48	12	Idaho	-335.67	W, 58-14
3	Southern Mississippi	53.31	L, 21-28	1	Weber State	-	W, 56-7
8	North Carolina State	34.24	L, 20-34	13	@ Hawaii	395.58	L, 27-39
11	@ Marshall	-158.83	L, 7-26	2	@ Washington	-9.10	L, 10-24

Boise State has the lead here, not only having a better record but also having played in Hawaii less than a month ago. The only blemish on the Bronco's record is an somewhat unexplainable loss to Washington in September.

Intangibles: Everyone still remembers what Boise State did to Oklahoma last year in one of the greatest bowl games ever. Will their hearts be in Hawaii this year?

The Line: East Carolina +11

The Story: Can East Carolina score? To have any shot at all they'll need to - their D has given up a ton of points this year.

The Call: Boise State by 14

The Result: East Carolina 41-38 = Well done, Pirates. Boise State's D isn't too shabby, but East Carolina just stepped on the gas from the start.