Fiesta Bowl Picks: Connecticut vs Oklahoma Odds

Saturday Night’s Tostitos Fiesta Bowl has what many observers are calling a mismatch as the #7 Oklahoma Sooners take on the unranked Connecticut Huskies. ESPN will air the game starting at 8:35pm EST. Online sportsbooks have opened with Oklahoma as a 14.5-point favorite in college football picks vs Connecticut with an over under betting total of 54. Oklahoma is the champion of the Big 12 Conference with a record of 11-2 straight up and 7-6 against the spread in college football odds with 7 of their games going UNDER the total.

The Sooners are coming off a 23-20 win in the Big 12 title game over Nebraska but failed to cover as 4.5 point favorites. Oklahoma has the nation’s 4th ranked passing attack as Landry Jones completed 65% of his passes with 4289 yards and a whopping 35/11 TD/INT ratio. DeMarco Murray completes a balanced lineup with 1,121 yards rushing and 14 TD’s. Ryan Broyles was the top target of Jones as he had 1,452 yards receiving and 13 TD’s. Heading into Fiesta Bowl picks as heavy favorites, Oklahoma won their final 4 games of the season straight up and paid out gamblers in 3 of those games.

Connecticut is the much ridiculed and little respected champion of the Big East Conference heading into Fiesta Bowl picks as they finished 8-4 both straight up and against the spread with 7 of their games going UNDER the total. UConn rallied to win its final 5 consecutive games both straight up and against the spread in college football odds and beat West Virginia and Pitt straight up to claim the league title. Jordan Todman is the man that makes the Huskies go as he rushed for 1,574 yards and had 14 TD’s. The Huskies are very reliant upon Todman as their passing attack was virtually nonexistent and ranked 112th. The defense was respectable and ranked 23rd for points allowed.

Fiesta Bowl Picks: Oklahoma Sooners -14.5