FanDuel has included the 11:30 am game between UNC and South Carolina.
Mayo Bowl – UNC vs South Carolina
Yes, Sam Howell and Josh Downs are playing for UNC. So this essentially concludes who you should be looking at on FanDuel today considering Kenny Pickett is sitting out for Pittsburgh. The Cocks pass defense is better than their rush defense, but I would still expect Howell to air it out in his final game. A full stack of Howell-Chandler-Downs does make sense.
The Cocks are going through changes on offense, which isn’t saying much but if Kevin Harris does actually get to play then he’s the obvious choice for SC exposure.
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Music City Bowl – Tennessee vs Purdue
This is always one of my favorite Bowl games and we have word that Purdue QB Aiden O’Connell might sit this one out which really kills the buzz on this potentially high scoring game. Zander Horvat should be a chalky and good RB play on DK.
Play Hendon Hooker — all the Hendon Hooker for Tennessee.
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Peach Bowl – Pittsburgh vs Michigan State
Kenny Pickett and Kenneth Walker are sitting out here but Jordan Addison and Jayden Reed are both playing and are both must owns. There is no clear word on who is going to be the lead RB for Michigan State, but if you get news on that in warm-ups then that is a good spot to consider.
Pittsburgh TE Lucas Krull could factor more into this game with a first time QB under center, but I would also expect that the Freshman TE Gavin Bartholomew to have better chemistry with Nick Patti. Michigan State has a terrible pass defense and Pittsburgh’s entire offensive line is playing in this game, so there’s good reason to suspect that they will see what they have in Patti with all the other weapons in place. Pitt had a magical season, they are going to finish things off today.
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Las Vegas Bowl – Wisconsin vs Arizona State
If you want a sneaky game on this slate it’s obviously the one with a sub 45 total compared to the others and features Wisconsin. Good environment for points out in Vegas and Braelon Allen should have success as he has all season long. We wan’t nothing from Arizona State given the other games on this slate but I wouldn’t be shocked to see Graham Mertz account for 2 touchdowns with 1 going to Senior Jake Ferguson.
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- Hendon Hooker – Tennessee
- Sam Howell – UNC (FanDuel)
- Nick Patti – Pittsburgh
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- Braelon Allen – Wisconsin
- Ty Chandler – UNC (FanDuel)
- Zander Horvath – Purdue
- Jabari Small – Tennessee
- Michigan State RB – Check news pre kick off for who is the lead RB.
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You will want 4 WR on this slate simply beacuse of the depth up top and I could really flip a coin on any of these four as the primary play, the point here being you need atleast two of these guys.
- Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh … The Million dollar play on the slate. He is either going for 45 or 5. So if you do not have him then you’ll need to take a gamble somewhere on this slate with other Pittsburgh weapons (Shockey, Krull or Bartholomew the logical value plays)
- Cedric Tillman – Tennessee
- Josh Downs – UNC (FanDuel)
- Jayden Reed – Michigan State … Reed to me is the Michigan State entire offense today. It’s better to run against Pitt but I don’t trust that Michigan State will feature one player, so Reed is going to have to be the guy to do the work in the red zone.
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VALUE PLAYS
- JaVonta Payton – Tennessee – Value play who should hit a big deep threat TD.
- Jake Ferguson – Wisconsin
- Lucas Krull / Shockey Jaques-Louis / Gavin Bartholomew – Pittsburgh
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DFS CORE BUILD
QB – Hendon Hooker
RB – Braelon Allen
WR – JaVonta Payton (I’m taking my gamble here)
SFLEX – Nick Patti
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PRE GAME BET LEANS
UNC -9.5
Tennessee -7
Pittsburgh +3
ASU/Wisconsin OVER 41