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Alamo Bowl : Michigan State vs. Texas Tech : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

By Andis Kaulins

January 2, 2010, Saturday

30. Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, Texas, Michigan State vs. Texas Tech, 9:00 pm

The "Battle at the Alamo" this year has started much earlier than normally. Can we call this the "Suspension Bowl"?

Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio recently suspended numerous players, including 3 starters, for a brawl which has thus far resulted in 9 misdemeanor charges by authorities against Spartan football players and some player dismissals.

As if that were not enough, there are now strange doings in Lubbock, Texas, as well, as the university has suspended its head football coach, Mike Leach. As reported for the AP by Betsy Blaney at Rivals.com:

"Texas Tech coach Mike Leach was suspended Monday while the school investigates complaints from a player and his family about treatment after an injury.

The school said in a release that defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill will be the interim coach and lead the team in the Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2 against Michigan State."

Texas Tech was favored in the opening line by 8.5 points and that has dropped at the time of this posting to 7.5 points. YPPSYS ranks the Red Raiders 14th with a rating of 0.2 and Michigan State 44th with a rating of -0.9, a difference of 1.1 x 9 = 9.9 points.

Our call: We call the game for Texas Tech, 38-28.

Full post as published by LawPundit on December 28, 2009 (boomark / email).