Suspensions and Controversy Hangs Over Alamo Bowl – Michigan State vs. Texas Tech

The Michigan State Spartans are primarily a basketball school, but their football program has surged in to prominence in recent years after some steady play.

Of course, they’ve made headlines for all the wrong reasons. With 14 players suspended due to their participation in a campus brawl, the Spartans will have a depleted roster trying to matchup against one of the most potent aerial attacks in the country.

Texas Tech, however isn’t without controversy of their own. Apparently fired head coach Mike Leach was too busy stuffing concussed players in to lockers and has been suspended until the school can figure out just what’s going on. The player who has thrust these allegations on the head coach is Adam James, son of an ESPN football analyst.

Maybe if you’re going to traumatize a player, you should make sure his father doesn’t have a means of broadcasting your transgressions all over the universe.

That doesn’t necessarily mean that the Red Raiders’ offense will suffer. With an average of 36.7 points per game powered by 380.6 yards per game through the skies, the team will look to interim head coach Ruffin McNeill, the defensive coordinator of Texas Tech.

Against a defense that allows 251.6 passing yards in a conference that focuses primarily on the run, the Spartans are going to have a handful of troubles protecting their endzone from being raided by Texas Tech.

Michigan State Spartans (6-6) vs. Texas Tech Raiders (8-4)

Saturday, January 2nd — Alamodome, San Antonio — 9:00pm EST

NCAAF Betting Line: Texas Tech -7.5 (60.5)

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Michigan State’s secondary got torched for 29 scores this season, and starter Taylor Potts will be able to play virtually risk-free in the Alamo Bowl. The Spartans grabbed just five picks this season – the fewest in the league by any defense. Potts threw for 3,068 yards and 20 touchdowns with a quarterback rating of 135.76.

The Red Raiders have nine receivers that had 20+ receptions and were led by freshman sensation Alexander Torres who had 65 catches with 791 yards along with six touchdowns.

This game may be clouded by suspensions to a coach and several players, but the fact remains that Texas Tech knows how to run its offense with or without Leach. If the Raiders were playing a team that had the personnel and the reputation of being better, this would be a tough game to offer you an expert college bowl free pick. But with the hit to the Spartans’ depth chart, there’s no way they can keep Texas Tech off the board.

Furious Free Pick: Texas Tech -7.5 (OVER)

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