{"id":11920,"date":"2010-12-28T09:36:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T14:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11920"},"modified":"2010-12-28T09:36:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T14:36:05","slug":"ncaa-football-handicapping-iowa-hawkeyes-vs-missouri-tigers-insight-bowl-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-football-handicapping-iowa-hawkeyes-vs-missouri-tigers-insight-bowl-picks-11920\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Handicapping: Iowa Hawkeyes vs Missouri Tigers Insight Bowl Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa Hawkeyes vs Missouri Tigers
\nTuesday, 12\/28\/10, 10:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Missouri Tigers are slight favorites over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2010 Insight Bowl in Tempe, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa will meet Missouri of the Big 12 Conference in the 2010 Insight Bowl after losing the last three games and finishing the regular season with a 7-5 record.\u00a0 The Hawkeyes had to deal with numerous off-the-field issues, but none bigger than suspending All-Big Ten wide receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos on drug charges.\u00a0 Head coach Kirk Ferentz immediately dismissed the senior from the team and also had to announce that sophomore running back Adam Robinson would not play in the bowl game for failing to comply with \u201cteam expectations and policies\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cTo finish up like we did, I think, left certainly a bad taste in everyone\u2019s mouth,\u201d Ferentz stated.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re very anxious to get back on the field and have a chance to compete again.\u201d\u00a0 Iowa is 8-2 ATS as an underdog over the past three years and currently getting points on the college football lines page.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes finished the season bowl eligible for the 10th straight year and will be playing in their 25th bowl games.\u00a0 Iowa hold a 13-10-1 all-time bowl record and has recorded a 5-3 mark under Ferentz in postseason play.\u00a0 The program has played seven games in the state of Arizona, posting a 2-5 record, including a 34-27 loss versus the Arizona Wildcats on September 18.\u00a0 The Big Ten Conference is 2-4 in the Insight Bowl.\u00a0 Seven of Iowa\u2019s 12 regular season opponents earned bowl invitations, while posting a 77-63 combined overall record this season.<\/p>\n

Missouri will be facing Iowa for the first time since 1910 in a nationally televised contest in Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday night.\u00a0 The Tigers, ranked 12th in the last BCS standings, come into the game with a 10-2 overall record, including a 6-2 conference mark.\u00a0 \u201cWe really got better as the year went on,\u201d said head coach Gary Pinkel.\u00a0 \u201cWe had a lot of players who had really good years.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we finished with the record we did.\u201d\u00a0 The school will be playing in its sixth-consecutive bowl game, which has replaced the program\u2019s record of four in a row.\u00a0 In all, the 2010 bowl game will mark Missouri\u2019s 28th appearance in a bowl game, posting a 12-15 record in the process.\u00a0 The team was 7-5 ATS on the season.<\/p>\n

The Tigers offense averaged 401.1 yards despite the dismissal of leading rusher Derrick Washington before the season.\u00a0 Missouri got at least 380 yards from three backs and a career-best 62.2 percent completion rate from second-year starter Blaine Gilbert.\u00a0 The team will be attempting to bounce back from last season\u2019s 35-13 loss to Navy in the Texas Bowl.\u00a0 \u201cI think there\u2019s some things that we have to do better as coaches,\u201d said Pinkel.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s really important to me for our players to have a good time, but it\u2019s more important to win.\u201d\u00a0 Missouri has done a lot of winning recently, tallying 40 wins since 2007, which ranks as 10th-most in the nation.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Tigers being 5-12 ATS versus teams with a winning record, while the Hawkeyes are 15-6 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports are dominating the bowl season and can\u2019t wait for you to enjoy the ride.\u00a0 Get a bowl season package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iowa Hawkeyes vs Missouri Tigers Tuesday, 12\/28\/10, 10:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 46.5 Iowa will meet Missouri of the Big 12 Conference in the 2010 Insight Bowl after losing the last three games and finishing the regular season with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3566,1267,1281,3377,433],"class_list":["post-11920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-gary-pinkel","tag-insight-bowl","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-kirk-ferentz","tag-missouri-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11922,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920\/revisions\/11922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}