Originally posted on 12/03/2012:

Post some motivation angels for teams. I've found some teams with the best motivation are ones who letdown late in season, lose a heartbreaker in Conf Champ, then come out loose and roll in the bowl. Also teams with an Interim HC play well.

Wash +7.5 vs Boise

Whaaat Boise is trash and this is possibly the best team they've played this season. This is a joke line that has no chance to stay. Wash redemption off the choke @WSU

Wisconsin +7 and ML

Vegas knew they, especially OL, improved astronomically from early season. They've bought into this "everyone doubts us, we don't belong here", and it fuels them. The B10CG was the greatest motivated games I've ever seen, and it should carry over to the Bowl as the doubters grow "a 5 loss team in the Rose Bowl?". And the fact they've lost the last 2 Roses. They have 3 monster RBs to use to keep fresh legs going hard. Best OL Stan has seen.

2nd best D Stan has seen to handle their predictable O. 7 is absurd Stan does not have the Offense to cover

Northwestern ML on +2.5

NW pretty underrated and was too close from beating Neb and UM. Fitzgerald gets the long pursued bowl win over Miss State who are nothing

UCLA ML on +1

UCLA redemption off P12CG loss. Mora a pretty good motivator will be hungry for a bowl win in his first season.

NIU +13

Shady line that should be at least 14.5 and it moved down to 13. Interim HC, everyone doubting them, FSU no motivation

KSU +8

KSU strong run D 16th. Too many points. Klein and KSU get up big for this game with huge fan support

Louisville +15

All the doubters, no chance vs big bad SEC. Ville D good enough and absolutely no FLA O for a huge blow out