Here’s a look at the other three bowl games today.

Franklin Mortgage Music City Bowl

Ole Miss Rebels/Black Bears (7-5) vs Georgia Tech Yellow

Jackets (7-5)

LP Field,. Nashville (68,798)

3:15 PM ET/2:15 CT

ESPN

Talent: Mark Jones, Brock Huard and Jessica Mendoza

Refs: Big 12, Reggie Smith

Surface: Grass

Coaches: Ole Miss: Hugh Freeze, second season, 14-11. Georgia Tech: Paul Johnson, sixth season, 47-31.

Weather: Mostly cloudy, 39 @ kickoff, 10% rain, Wind N 4MPH

Line: Ole Miss by 3

Ole Miss is averaging 30.4 points per game while the Ramblin Wreck is averaging 36.6. Ole Miss gives up 24.2 per game and Tech gives up 22.7. Ole Miss suffered a heartbreaker @ Mississippi State, 17-10, in overtime to close out the season, while Tech suffered their own heartbreaking loss, 41-34, in double overtime to Georgia at Atlanta. Bo “Sunshine” Wallace triggers the Rebels offense at qb. Sunshine has completed 261-of-405 passes (64.4%) for 3,09o yards, 17 TDs and nine ints. Wide receiver Laquon Treadwell is one of his favorite receivers. Treadwell caught 67 passes for 557 yards and five TDs. The other is Donte Moncriefm who caught 53 passes for 825 yards and five  TDs as well. Running back I’Tavius Mathers rushed for 505 yards and 3 TDs this season while the electric Jeff Scott ran for 493 yards and two TDs. Ole Miss’s best player on defense is linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, who was hurt some of the year–he only played in nine games. Nkemdiche had 34 tackles on the season. His brother, Robert, a defensive end for the Rebs and the number one player in the country last year coming out of high school, had 29 tackles and eight for loss. Denzel is 5’11”, 207 and Robert is a massive 6’5″, 294.

Georgia Tech runs the triple option and their leading rushers are David Sims (846 yards, 11 TDs) and Robert Godhigh (694 yards and six TDs) Quarterback Vad Lee runs well too, he finished with 489 yards and eight TDs. Lee can throw it OK. He completed 77-of-163 passes (47.2%) for 1,414 yards, 10 TDs and nine ints. He did have a good game against Georgia passing the ball particularly in the first half. Godhigh and DeAndre Smelter are the leading receivers with 21 catches apiece. Godhigh had 420 yards receiving and two TDs, while Smelter had 345 yards receiving and four TDs. The Jackets are led on defense by senior defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu (6’3″, 242), who had 15.5 tackles for loss of -91 yards and 12 sacks for -83. He was tied for fourth in the country in sacks.Defensive tackle Adam Gotsis (6’5″, 277) had 13 tackles for loss and five sacks. The Jackets had 13 ints on the season.

Final Call:

Looks like another good game coming up. Georgia Tech gave the Dawgs everything they wanted and could have won that game, they led 17-0 in the first half. Still like Ole Miss to pull this one out, but expecting a closely contested game.

Ole Miss 31, Tech 30

Valero Alamo Bowl

No.10 Oregon Ducks (10-2) vs. Texas Longhorns (8-4)

Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (72,000)

6:45 PM ET/5:45 CT

ESPN

Talent: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe

Whistles: ACC, Dennis Hennigan

Surface: Artificial

Coaches: Oregon: Mark Helfrich, first season (10-2); Texas: Mack Brown, 16th season, 166-51 (76%).

Weather: Indoors

Line: Ducks by 14 1/2

Final call:

The Quack Attack and quarterback Marcus Mariota and D’Anthony Thomas and all their weapons will send Mack Brown packing with an L, unfortunately for him. Charlie Strong would be a strong candidate for the Texas job, but he may not want to deal with the Longhorn Network and that soap opera out there.

Oregon 45, Texas 30

National University Holiday Bowl

Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-5) vs. No.14 Arizona State Sun

Devils (10-3)

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego (71,294)

10:15 PM ET/9:15 CT

ESPN

Joe Tessitore (Tess), Matt Millen and Maria Taylor

Refs: SEC: Matt Austin

Surface: grass (Joe Namath’s favorite)

Coaches: Arizona State: Todd Graham, second season, 18-8; Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury, first year, 7-5.

Weather: 62, clear, 0% rain, wind N @ 2 MPH

Line: ‘Zona State by 14 1/2

Final Call:

Kliff KIngsbury has done a good job at Texas Tech having the the Red Raiders ranked as highly as 10th in the country midway through the season. But they don’t play great defense and their starting quarterback has transferred. Todd Graham has done an excellent job at Arizona State and they should have a big night tonight in San Diego.

Arizona State 48, Texas Tech 28

Record:

Bowls: 9-6

Against the spread in bowls: 9-6

Overall: 134-49 (73%)

I will have the other three bowls today in a later blog that will come out at around 11 AM.

Here’s a look at the first bowl of the day, an interesting one:

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl

Navy Midshipmen (8-4) vs. Middle Tennessee State Blue

Raiders(8-4)

Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas (50,000)

11:45 AM ET/10:45 CT

ESPN

Broadcasters: Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway and Paul Carcaterra

Whistles: Mid American Conference (MAC): Mark Kluczynski, lead ref

Surface: Grass

Coaches: Navy: Ken Niumatalolo, 6th year: 48-30; MTSU: Rick Stockstill, eighth year: 51-48

Bowl records: Navy: 7-10-1; MTSU: 1-2

Weather: Sunny, 36 @ kickoff, 0% chance of rain, wind, NW @4 MPH

Line: Navy by 6 1/2

Navy is led on the ground and through the air, though not as prominently as on the ground, by sophomore quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who’s from Antioch, Tennessee. Reynolds is 5’11”, 185, but is very quick and has run for 29 touchdowns this season; which is  second in the country behind Colorado State’s Kapri Bibbs, who finished his season with 31 in his and his team’s victory over Washington State in the New Mexico Bowl. Reynolds ran for 1,260 yards, and while he didn’t throw it a lot, he was OK in the passing game, completing 65-of-121 passes (54%) for 1,038 yards, eight TDs and two interceptions. Reynolds set an NCAA record for rushing touchdowns in a single game with seven against San Jose State in the Midshipmen’s 58-52 triple overtime victory. He also ran for 240 yards in that game. His 29 rushing TDs broke the single season marks for touchdown runs by quarterbacks set by Navy’s Ricky Dobbs and K-State’s Collin Klein, both of whom had 27. MTSU will have their work cut out stopping Reynolds. The Midshipmen don’t  rely on a lot of other guys in the ground game. Running back Chris Swain rushed for 398 yards and four TDs. Their leading receiver for TDs is Matt Aiken who pulled in only two. Casey Bolena led Navy with 13 receptions for 164 yards but 0 TDs.

On defense, inside linebacker Cody Peterson (senior, 6’3″, 228) leads the team in tackles with 135, which is tied for fifth in the country. He also had 5 1/2 tackles for loss and a sack. The other inside backer, DJ Sargenti (6’1″, 216), posted 103 tackles and six for loss of -20. Star linebacker Chris Johnson had 78 tackles and was tied for the team lead in interceptions with three along with free safety Parrish Gaines and freshman cornerback Brendon Clements.

Navy averages 34.3 points per game and gives up 25.9.

For Middle Tennessee State, senior quarterback Logan Kilgore (6’3″, 206) has completed 197-of-322 passes (61.2%) for 2,289 yards, 16 TDs and 11 ints. His leading receiver is senior Tavarres Jefferson (5’9″, 206) who has caught 41 passes for 532 yards and five TDs. Senior wide out Kyle Griswould has caught 36 passes for 359 yards and four TDs. The Blue Raiders leading rushers are Jordan Parker (6’1″, 220 sophomore) who has 741 yards on 145 carries (5.1 yards per carry) and six TDs, and junior Reggie Whaley (5’7″, 171), who has 631 yards on 93 carries (6.8) and three TDs. If Whaley  he gets some daylight in the open field he has a chance to house it. The Blue Raiders leading tackler is sophomore linebacker T.T. Barber (6’1″, 215) who has 112 stops on the season with 10.5 for loss of -41 yards. Safety Kevin Byard is next with 92 tackles and five interceptions, two he’s returned for touchdowns. Barber and linebacker Stephen Roberts also have interception returns for TDs. Roberts (senior, 6’3″,236)  has 60 tackles, four for loss.

The Blue Raiders are averaging 30.9 points per game and giving up 26.4. They’ve allowed 125 yards rushing per game.

Final Analysis:

This should be a very good game with two pretty potent offenses and a prolific player in Reynolds. The Blue Raiders can score some points and they have some 300 pounders on their offensive line and some pretty big guys up front on defense, so Navy will be at a disadvantage in size, but they usually are. I like this to be a high scoring game and for Reynolds to get the job done at the end and the Naval Academy to squeak this one out over a pretty good Blue Raiders team. It’s been a good season for both teams. Both coaches doing stellar jobs at places where it’s not easy to win eight in the regular season.

Navy 37, Middle Tennessee State 35