Connecticut - South Carolina

Papajohns.com Bowl January 2, 2:00pm Birmingham, AL

Connecticut (7-5) __________ BigEast ________ 100.28 ____ ____________YPG = 390.3 (111%) → +8% ____________PPG = 30.3 (130%) → +43% dYPG = 403.7 (114%) dPPG = 26.4 (112%) ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Ohio 116.67 W, 23-16 2 North Carolina 195.12 L, 10-12 3 Baylor -105.91 W, 30-22 4 Rhode Island -508.81 W, 52-10 6 Pittsburgh 224.38 L, 21-24 7 Louisville -108.86 W, 38-25 8 West Virginia 240.94 L, 24-28 9 Rutgers 102.84 L, 24-28 10 Cincinnati 473.38 L, 45-47 12 Notre Dame 23.90 W, 33-30 13 Syracuse -108.38 W, 56-31 14 South Florida 79.25 W, 29-27

South Carolina (7-5) ______________ SEC __________ 113.85 ____ YPG = 357.6 (103%) PPG = 20.3 (87%) -35% ← dYPG = 302.7 (79%)__________ -38% ← dPPG = 21 (74%)_________ ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 NC State -70.92 W, 7-3 2 Georgia 159.43 L, 37-41 3 Florida Atl -101.06 W, 38-16 4 Mississippi 152.02 W, 16-10 5 South Carolina St -508.51 W, 38-14 6 Kentucky 90.38 W, 28-26 7 Alabama 589.24 L, 6-20 8 Vanderbilt -246.01 W, 14-10 9 Tennessee 115.05 L, 13-31 10 Arkansas 121.91 L, 16-33 11 Florida 470.00 L, 14-24 13 Clemson 149.95 W, 34-17

The Huskies & Gamecocks are pretty evenly matched in terms of how they've performed against competition this year. Both lost to the best teams on their schedule, didn't take a bad loss, and had one or two good wins. But while the Connecticut offense might be better, the South Carolina D is definitely better. The OBC should be able to have fun in this one.

The Line: Connecticut +3.5

The Call: South Carolina by 10

The Result: Connecticut 20-7

Really, that was a pathetic effort from the Gamecock offense. Spurrier's going to be steaming about that one all season. But congrats to the Huskies who played well, took no penalties, and add another notch to the BigEast's belt this season (that will probably go unnoticed).