Monthly Articles: December 2009

Jason Horowitz and Spencer Tillman of CBS Sports preview the Chick-fil-A Bowl between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Virginia Tech Hokies (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Tillman predicts a Virginia Tech victory by nine or 10 points. The Hokies are listed as 5.5-point favorites and the total is set at 49 at BetUS.com.

Tyler Mirkovich and Emory Hunt of FootballGameplan.com preview the Insight Bowl between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona (6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN). Both analysts predict an Iowa State upset. The Cyclones are listed as 2-point underdogs and the total is set at 48.5 at BetUS.com.

Jason Horowitz and Spencer Tillman of CBS Sports preview the Holiday Bowl between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Arizona Wildcats (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN). Tillman predicts a Nebraska victory. The Cornhuskers are listed as 3-point favorites and the total is set at 40.5 at BetUS.com.

Tyler Mirkovich and Emory Hunt of FootballGameplan.com preview the Humanitarian Bowl between the Idaho Vandals and the Bowling Green Falcons (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Hunt predicts a Bowling Green upset. The Falcons are listed as 1-point underdogs and the total is set at 68 at BetUS.com.

Jason Horowitz and Spencer Tillman of CBS Sports preview the Champs Sports Bowl between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Miami Hurricanes (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN). Tillman predicts a Miami victory. The Hurricanes are listed as 3 1/2-point favorites and the total is set at 57 at BetUS.com.

Tyler Mirkovich and Emory Hunt of FootballGameplan.com preview the EagleBank Bowl between the Temple Owls and the UCLA Bruins (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Hunt predicts a Temple upset victory. The Bruins are listed as 4.5-point favorites and the total is set at 44.5 at BetUS.com.

Jason Horowitz and Tim Brando of CBS Sports preview the Independence Bowl between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Georgia Bulldogs (5:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2). The Bulldogs are listed as 6 1/2-point favorites and the total is set at 67 at BetUS.com.

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College basketball rankings as of December 21, 2009. Records shown are straight up (SU) and against the spread (ATS). AP Top 25 1.Kansas (10-0, 4-3) 2.Texas (10-0, 7-1) 3.Kentucky (11-0, 4-5) 4.Purdue (10-0, 5-4-1) 5.Syracuse (11-0, 5-2) 6.West Virginia (8-0, 4-3) 7.Duke (9-1, 6-3) 8.Villanova (10-1, 7-3) 9.Michigan St. (9-2, 3-7) 10.North Carolina (8-3, 3-5)…