NCAA football revolved around a handful of season-ending contests before the influx of bowl matches in recent years. One of these matches started 35 years ago in Shreveport, Louisiana was the Independence Bowl. The sports book has this at Missouri -5 with the over/under at 52 ½.


College football odds

Missouri enters into the game with a 7-5 overall record and a 5-4 record in the Big 12. The Missouri Tigers are headed by tenth year head coach Gary Pinkel who has gathered an 84-54 record on his watch. As they have averaged 236.3 yards per game that is ranked 11th in the nation, special mention must be made to the rushing offense of the Missouri Tigers. Coming off of a three-game winning streak, Missouri has done favorably vs ranked teams this year with an impressive 5 matches vs them. Leading the Missouri Tigers behind center is sophomore scrambling Qb James Franklin.

Super Bowl odds

The Tar Heels enter the mix with an identical 7-5 overall record and a poor 3-5 record in the ACC Coastal division. In the head coaching department, North Carolina is in a state of transition. Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora has been stated as the new head coach to take effect after Fedora’s bowl game with the Golden Eagles vs Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl on December 24th. Temporary head coach Everett Withers has done a respectable job in changing from his defensive coordinator post to head the Tar Heels this season. With UNC announcing Fedora’s employment, Withers is rumored to be signing up for Urban Meyer’s coaching staff in Columbus after the Independence Bowl. Withers lead the Tar Heels on an interim basis after UNC dismissed Butch Davis back in July. The Tar Heels have averaged 28.3 points per game on offense and 23.5 points per game on defense. UNC is headed by steady sophomore Qb Bryn Renner. Renner’s 161.2 rating is now ninth on the list of country’s leading quarterbacks and his 68.8 completion ratio rates 13th best in the nation.