{"id":20624,"date":"2011-12-29T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20624"},"modified":"2011-12-28T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T22:29:47","slug":"robert-griffin-iii-baylor-bears-take-on-the-washington-huskies-in-the-valero-alamo-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/robert-griffin-iii-baylor-bears-take-on-the-washington-huskies-in-the-valero-alamo-bowl-20624\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Griffin III: Baylor Bears Take On the Washington Huskies in the Valero Alamo Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Huskies vs. No. 12 Baylor Bears
\nThursday, 12\/29\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 76.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 79
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Baylor Bears QB Robert Griffin III will get plenty of media attention in the Valero Alamo Bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington will be making its 32nd bowl appearance in heading to San Antonio and playing in the Alamo Bowl, as the program looks to improve upon its 16-14-1 overall record in the postseason.\u00a0 The Huskies will rely heavily on quarterback Keith Price in trying to pull off an upset, setting a single-season school record with 29 touchdown passes this year.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s an absolute stud,\u201d commented Huskies head coach Steve Sarkisian.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a warrior, an amazing competitor.\u201d\u00a0 Sarkisian has made his mark on the program and brought back his entire staff for a third consecutive year.\u00a0 Washington is 13-11 ATS as an underdog the past two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Huskies are 13-12 all-time against current members of the Big 12 Conference, including a 1-0 mark versus the Bears.\u00a0 Washington has been very impressive when Sarkisian has more than a week to prepare for an opponent, posting a 6-1 mark in such contests, including wins in six straight.\u00a0 Price will definitely want to hand the ball off to running back Chris Polk, who ranks third in the Pac-12 Conference in gaining 1,341 rushing yards.\u00a0 He gained 177 yards and scored a touchdown in the program\u2019s 19-7 win over Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl.<\/p>\n

Baylor is seeking its second 10-win season in program history and comes in riding a five-game winning streak.\u00a0 The Bears have been national news this season and quarterback Robert Griffin III walked away with the 2011 Heisman Trophy award.\u00a0 \u201cThis is unbelievably believable,\u201d stated Griffin after receiving the hardware.\u00a0 \u201cEverybody associated with Baylor has a reason to celebrate.\u201d\u00a0 He led an offensive unit that finished the regular season as the only school to average 300-plus passing and 200-plus rushing yards.\u00a0 Baylor is 6-2 ATS as a favorite this year.<\/p>\n

The Bears are definitely going to score some points Thursday night, but will want to try and get the rushing game going.\u00a0 Baylor is 5-0 this season when out-rushing its opponent, while posting a 18-7 mark when doing so during the Art Briles era.\u00a0 All-American Kendall Wright is a major weapon on the outside, ranking second nationally in collecting 1,572 receiving yards, while catching 13 touchdown passes.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the squad has played in four games that were decided by three points or less this season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Huskies due to their 4-0 ATS mark as a bowl underdog, while the Bears are 1-4 ATS when playing on a natural surface.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Huskies vs. No. 12 Baylor Bears Thursday, 12\/29\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 76.5 Current Total:\u00a0 79 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Washington will be making its 32nd bowl appearance in heading to San Antonio and playing in the Alamo Bowl, as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1278,6258,3714,5124,3697,567,563],"class_list":["post-20624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alamo-bowl","tag-chris-polk","tag-keith-price","tag-kendall-wright","tag-robert-griffin-iii","tag-steve-sarkisian","tag-washington-huskies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20624","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=20624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20630,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20624\/revisions\/20630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}