Miami vs. Iowa State: Betting Odds & Pop Tarts Bowl Insights

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00:00The spread here between Miami and Ohio State, with the Hurricanes being 3.5-point favorites

00:04in the Pop-Tarts Bowl, tells us two things.

00:07Miami, probably a little overrated over the course of the season.

00:11And I'm going to guess here, Bill, there's like a 90% chance Cam Ward plays.

00:16But you can see this line is a little dangerous here, sort of telling us, let's be 100% sure

00:23by the time they kick this off, I mean, Bill, we have seen quarterbacks opt out two hours

00:28before the game.

00:30And if, I don't think he is, he's saying all the right things and he's practiced with the

00:33team, but if for some crazy reason he doesn't play in this game, Bill, this line is going

00:38to flip.

00:39Ohio State is going to be favored.

00:41Oh, they'll be favored by at least three.

00:43So you really got to wait on this one, I think.

00:45And now if Cam Ward does play, and it's confirmed, and you see him out there warming up in the

00:51pregame warm-ups, I would hit Miami here, if he plays.

00:55You know, they averaged 44 points per game.

00:58They were 3-0 when favored by four points or less against the spread.

01:02And all of those things would line up, plus this is a fun bowl.

01:05I mean, the bad news is you might not see Cam Ward warming up because they're going

01:09to be showing the Pop-Tarts mascot the entire pregame.

01:12And we're going to be asked what our favorite, I saw a tweet yesterday from somebody that

01:18said they didn't toast Pop-Tarts, and I'm like, how do you eat those things?

01:22It should be a fun bowl game just the same.

01:25But Miami, I like them to win if Cam Ward plays.

01:29You may have to wait and do it in-game or close to in-game as possible.

01:32But and I hope he does play.

01:34It would send a good trend.

01:35Yeah, I mean, look, every sign points toward him playing.

01:38I don't want to tell people out there that he's not.

01:40It's just it's bowl season, and you don't really know.

01:43Even when the guy says he's going to play, and it's 99 percent, you got to wait till

01:47kickoff.