Orange Bowl Preview Is This The Worst One Yet?

The 2011 – 12 college football betting bowl games season was filled with controversial decisions, as many teams qualified for bowl games that in any other year they likely would not have. One of the major bowl games that defines this belief completely, is the Orange Bowl, featuring the Big East Champion West Virginia Mountaineers taking on the ACC winning Clemson Tigers. The Mountaineers were a bookie software worst nine and three on the season, giving them the lowest win loss record to qualify for a major bowl game. Clemson is a big more respectable at 10 and three on the season. Here is an NFL preview of the Orange Bowl.

If you ask any bookmaker, they are without question taking the Clemson Tigers to destroy the West Virginia Mountaineers and with good reason too. In Clemson’s 10 victories, sophomore quarterback Tajh Boyd looked like a grizzled veteran, ready to be drafted in the lottery of the NFL draft. Conversely, in Clemson’s three losses, Boyd threw for five interceptions, and was under 50 percent in completions. If the Tajh Boyd that single handily won the first eight games of the regular season shows up on January 4, 11 the West Virginia defense will be in for a long night.

Clemson wasn’t just good this season, they were fantastic, as they killed the Virginia Tech Hokies in both games this season. The Clemson defense, made the ACC’s best offense look like the worst offense, as they limited the Hokies to 13 points on the season. Meaning to say, if Clemson’s defense plans a similar attack against the Mountaineers, they should be given the Orange Bowl title, as the game will just be a formality. Pick: Clemson 28 – 13.