2010 Armed Forces Bowl Game Predictions: Army vs SMU Odds

Thursday’s foursome of bowl games on ESPN begins at 12:00pm EST with the Bell Helicopter 2010 Armed Forces Bowl from Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, TX, home of the SMU Mustangs, who will be taking on the Black Knights of Army. Online sportsbooks opened with SMU as a 7-point favorite in bowl game predictions vs Army with an over/under betting total of 52. The money line has opened at sportsbooks with SMU as a -280 favorite in college football odds vs Army as a +240 underdog. SMU has a record of 7-6 straight up and 6-6-1 against the spread heading into 2010 Armed Forces bowl game predictions with 7 of their games going UNDER the total.

The Mustangs are bowling for the second consecutive year as June Jones is working the same magic at coach that he did at Hawaii when he led them to a BCS bowl berth. Jones of course does it with the run and shoot offense and sophomore QB Kyle Padron passed for 3,526 yards with a 29/12 TD/INT ratio. The Mustangs can run as well as shoot heading into college football odds as favorites as Zach Line had 1,391 yards rushing with a 6.1 YPC average and 10 TD’s. Aldrick Robinson and Cole Beasley each had over 1,000 yards receiving. The mediocre defense ranks 60th overall. SMU won the Conference USA West Division but lost the title game to Central Florida 17-7.

Army is bowling for the first time since 1996 as Rich Ellerson is making big strides in just 2 years on the job as coach. The Cadets finished 6-6 straight up and 5-7 against the spread heading into 2010 Armed Forces bowl game predictions as underdogs with 8 of their games going OVER the total. Army runs the option well and ranks 10th overall for rushing as Jared Hassin led the team with 931 yards. The defense made great strides to rank 23rd overall nationally. The Cadets paid out in college football odds for 4 of 6 away games. The Pinstripe Bowl, Music City Bowl and Holiday Bowl will all be played on Thursday and can be seen live on ESPN.

2010 Armed Forces Bowl Game Predictions: Army Black Knights +7