2010 Rose Bowl Game Odds: Wisconsin vs TCU - Bowl Picks

New Year’s Day of course will feature “The Granddaddy of Them All” with the 2010 Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO with a scheduled kick-off time on ESPN at 5:00pm EST as the #3 TCU Horned Frogs will take on the #5 Wisconsin Badgers in one of the most intriguing bowl games of the year. Online sportsbooks have opened with TCU as a 3-point favorite in college football picks vs Wisconsin with an over/under betting total of 57. The money line at sportsbooks has opened with TCU as a -145 favorite in 2010 Rose Bowl odds and Wisconsin as a +125 underdog. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will be the final game on Saturday with Connecticut vs Oklahoma kicking-off at 8:30pm EST on ESPN.

Wisconsin is a co champion of the Big Ten with Ohio State and Michigan State and will enter this game with a record of 11-1 straight up and 7-5 against the spread heading into bowl game picks with just 3 of their games going UNDER the total. The Badgers steamrolled at the end of the season with wins of 83-20 at home over Indiana, 48-28 at Michigan, and 70-23 at home in the season finale against Northwestern. The Badgers rank 5th in the nation for scoring offense and 21st in the country for overall defense heading into 2010 Rose Bowl game odds as underdogs. Wisconsin has a massive and powerful offensive line that blows open gaping holes for three outstanding backs.

James White, John Clay and Montee Ball each averaged better than 5 yards per carry while Scott Tolzien finished with a stellar 74% completion rate, 9.4 yards per attempt, and a 16/6 TD/INT ratio. TCU won the Mountain West Conference with a record of 12-0 straight up and 7-5 against the spread in college football picks with an even 6-6 split on totals. TCU ranks 4th in the nation for scoring offense and best in the country for scoring defense heading into 2010 Rose Bowl game odds as field-goal favorites. Andy Dalton hit on 66% of his passes for a 26/6 TD/INT ratio and a 9.0 yards per attempt average while Ed Wesley rushed for 1,065 yards.

2010 Rose Bowl Game Picks: Wisconsin Badgers +3