Date: December 30, 2010
Venue: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California
Time: 10:00 PM ET
Coverage: ESPN
Teams: Nebraska (10-3, 6-2 Big-12) vs Washington (6-6, 5-4 Pac-10)
Over 1,700 players, coaches and fans will gather the day before the game to enjoy an afternoon of sports highlights and gourmet dining. The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, since 1978. Beginning with the 2010 playing the bowl will officially be known as the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl after Bridgepoint Education signed on to replace Pacific Life as the bowl’s title sponsor.
Previous sponsors have included SeaWorld, Thrifty Car Rental, Plymouth, and Culligan.
• SeaWorld (1986-1990)
• Thrifty Car Rental (1991-1994)
• Plymouth (1995-1997)
• Culligan (1998-2001)
• Pacific Life Insurance Company (2002-2009)
• Bridgepoint Education (2010-Present)
Nebraska humiliated Jake Locker and Washington 56-21 in Seattle on Sept. 18. Well, the Huskies will get a second chance against the Huskers as the bowl was forced to create a rematch because the Huskies were the only available team from the Pac-10. The downward spiral of Locker’s NFL prospects began with the loss to Nebraska, in which he completed just 4 of 20 passes for 71 yards.
Here we can indlude some statistics of both teams. Is important to check this stats because despite a team have good numbers it does not mean that another team from another division (with less efficient numbers) could not win against the “good team”. Here are the stats for both of the teams in order to analyze them.
Nebraska
Win-Lose: 10-3
Average Points: 32.7
Average Points Allowed: 17.2
Home Record: 6-2
Road Record: 4-1
Division Record: 5-0
Conference Record: 6-2
Washington
Win-Lose: 6-6
Average Points: 22.1
Average Points Allowed: 31.2
Home Record: 3-3
Road Record: 3-3
Division Record: 5-4
Conference Record: 5-4
Is also important to have a good idea of the performance of the key players of each team. Bellow there is a complete report of such performance which is useful to decide what team is in a better position to win the game.
Nebraska Leaders
Passing: Martinez – 109-187, 1578 yds, 9 tds
Rushing: Helu Jr. – 177 car, 1211 yds, 11 tds
Receiving: Paul – 39 rec, 516 yds, 1 td
Washington Leaders
Passing: Locker – 179-316, 2209 yds, 17 tds
Rushing: Polk – 226 car, 1238 yds, 8 tds
Receiving: Kearse – 62 rec, 1001 yds, 12 tds
Take the time to check at the LIVE LINES. They show important information about who the fans think that is going to be the winner of the game and that is the first clue that has to be taken on count in order to lay some action on the game. Take the chance to look at the odds and lay some action now. More line information here.
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