Saturday's college bowl schedule is highlighted by a Big Ten/ACC matchup that should have been named the "Woulda Coulda Shoulda Bowl" between the 12-1 Wisconsin Badgers and the 10-2 Miami Hurricanes. These two national powers will actually play one another in this season's Capital One Orange Bowl in the Hurricanes' back yard at Hard Rock Stadium. Game time on ESPN is set for 8 p.m.
The knock on Wisconsin all season long was its strength of schedule, but when you win all of your regular season games as a major program you should be considered a College Football Playoff team. The problem with this impressive 12-0 run is that the Badgers could not seal the deal with one more win against Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship which would have them playing on New Year's Day in one of two CFP semifinal matchups.
Miami was another major program out of the ACC that steamrolled its way to a perfect 10-0 start while not playing the toughest of schedules. The Hurricanes biggest victory in this run was against Notre Dame in a big way as 3.5-point home underdogs with BetAnySports. The stage was set for a showdown against Clemson in the conference title game, before Miami looked past Pittsburgh in its regular season finale. Even with that bad loss. the Hurricanes could have still earned a CFP berth with a victory against the top-ranked Tigers, but they came up well short in a 38-3 loss in the ACC Championship.
Turning to this Saturday's matchup, I believe that one of these teams has the clear edge over the other to the point where this would be one of my higher unit plays of the day. In a full game preview for ScoresandStats.com at the link below, I have released my official pick for the 2017 Capital One Orange Bowl.
LINK: 2017 Capital One Orange Bowl Free Betting Pick- No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers vs. No.10 Miami Hurricanes
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