Obviously, the main attraction of every college football bowl season is the BCS games including the BCS National Championship. However, some of the best plays and games come from the non-BCS bowl games. Here is a breakdown of the Gildan New Mexico Bowl from Albuquerque, which kicks off the bowl season on December 17th.
Gildan New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico between Temple (8-4, 5-3 MAC) and Wyoming (8-4, 5-2 MWC) on December 17th: The Temple Owls are very proud to be in just their fourth bowl game in program history and their second in three years. Its only other two bowl game appearances were in 1979 when it beat the Cal Bears in the Garden State Bowl and in 1925 when it lost to Tulane in the Sugar Bowl. The Owls have one of the most underrated running backs in the country, as Bernard Pierce was second in the FBS amongst running backs in touchdowns with 25 and he even had a 5 touchdown game against Maryland on the road in one of his 6 multiple touchdown games. The Owls will be able to score on the Wyoming defense, which allowed an average of over 35 points per game against bowl opponenets. Temple are led by their tough defense though. It ranked 3rd in the FBS, only behind LSU and Alabama who are playing in the BCS National Championship, in points allowed at 13.8 per game. The Owls held Penn St. to 14 points in a near upset in September. The Owls defense will be the key in their victory over Wyoming.
Winner: Temple
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