Rose Bowl Betting Odds Preview: Utah vs Penn State  

Lions Covered Six Straight and 13 of 19 Non-Conference 

The Rose Bowl has been played consecutively since 1916, making it the longest-running college football bowl game in College Football. This will be the second straight year that Utah has made its way to Pasadena after finishing 10-3 overall and 8-5 ATS, after covering four of their last five games.

Utah lost to Ohio State 48-45 in 2022, Penn State finished 10-2 Overall and 9-3 ATS. This will be the Nittany Lions’ fourth Rose Bowl, they’ll try to improve on a 1-2 record.

Rose Bowl: Utah Utes (10-3) vs Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2)

Date & Time:
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Streaming: ESPN


Utah Looking for Second Major Win at Rose Bowl in 2022

The Utah Utes have made Pasadena, California the second home of sorts after winning the Pac-12 championship game a few weeks back against USC. The Utes suffered through one rough patch for bettors in the middle of the season with three straight ATS losses against UCLA Bruins, Washington state, and USC.

Since they’ve covered four of five NCAAF games, scoring over 42 points in all four covers. Like Utah, Penn State also went through a three-game losing streak against the number versus C. Michigan, Northwestern, and Michigan, but since, has covered six straight. Neither team lost back-to-back games straight-up in 2022, but the Lions did lose two of three with those coming against the Wolverines and Ohio State.

After suffering through spots of adversity, it’s safe to say that both are thrilled to be playing in this College football bowl game.

Let’s continue our Rose Bowl Betting Odds preview by breaking down both teams as we pick our way through the list of college bowl games point spreads

Utes Missing Top Weapon

The difficulty of handicapping bowl games is that the NCAAF teams are not really what most remember from a few weeks back when the regular season ended. It’s a tricky dance around what you knew a team to be and what they are now after the dust settles from injuries, guys who would rather prepare for the NFL draft, and the transfer portal.

For Utah, they’ll be without Dalton Kincaid who was their top offensive weapon from the tight end position. That’s a tough blow considering how much the Utes rely on the tight end. Will Hardy will once again ask Thomas Yassmin to step up and play a significant role as he did against USC in the Pac-12 Championship Game.

From a betting standpoint, Utah is 9-5 ATS in their 14 bowl games since 2005, but 5-3 ATS since 2014-15.

Let’s continue our Rose Bowl Betting Odds preview by swinging over to Penn State.

Lions Have a Glaring Hole on Defense

Utah isn’t the only team with a major gap to fill after corner Joey Porter, Jr opted out of the bowl game.

Porter is considered to be the best corner in the 2023 class, so his departure will likely be tested early and often by Utes OC Andy Ludwig. Although the Nittany Lions have had issues running the ball against the better teams on their schedule, getting the run game kick-started should be the number one expectation for head coach James Franklin.

If Penn State becomes one-dimensional, we fear it is going to be a long day for the Nittany Lions.

Let’s conclude our Rose Bowl Betting Odds preview by looking at current Utah vs Penn State odds and betting trends.

Major Line Move Utah vs Penn State Odds

After the number opened at Utah -1 for about 90 minutes on the fifth of December, the betting public showed the oddsmakers what they thought of this number by pushing it to 3 ½ points, making Penn State a 2 ½ point favorite.

That number will sit for a while because bookmakers will be reluctant to move it to the key number of three unless the money forces them to do just that.

There’s been just as much movement with the total as well. It took the pros three hours to push the total to 52.5, where it has stuck.

To conclude our Rose Bowl betting odds preview, we recommend jumping on the over as well. You have two teams that were a combined 15-10 to the over this NCAAF season, while the loss of Porter will prove costly to the entire Lions secondary.

Anticipate plenty of points in this one, but get it now because the over-money isn’t slowing down.

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