Utah State -2.5 -110
3.3x to win 3
USU might be the most motivated team out of all the non BCS bowl teams. This is their first bowl game since 1997, and they're playing in Boise, just under 300 miles from their campus. This team hasn't even sniffed .500 in 14 years. The whole USU community will be thrilled about this and probably show a solid turnout of support in Boise.
USU also has a crazy passionate coach, Gary Anderson, who is close to a contract extension and only wants to be in USU. He led USU to 5 straight victories to close the season in order to get in this bowl. Before the season, he promised his team he would get a tattoo if they made a bowl game. They did, and he got one of the school logo
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...ch-gets-tattoo
On the other side, Ohio could be the worst motivated team. They will be 2 weeks removed from a disgusting choke. They blew a 20-7 lead with 7 mins left in the 4th against NIU in the MAC Champ. Watched that game and saw how completely shocked and devastated all the players were. Now they travel 2000 miles to play in a game after they just choked their goal of the season away. They're also plenty used to bowl games, losing them. 2 bowl losses the last 2 years (0-2 ATS) against other nonAQs (Troy and Marshall).
MAC is a joke. To give an idea, they've lost 16 of their last 19 bowl games.