subject: Navy vs San Diego State: 2010 Poinsettia Bowl Odds [print this page] Navy vs San Diego State: 2010 Poinsettia Bowl Odds
Thursday night's 2010 Poinsettia Bowl betting lines between the Navy Midshipmen and San Diego State Aztecs will feature two outstanding quarterbacks that lead explosive offenses along with plenty of local interest as the San Diego area hosts one of the biggest Naval bases in the United States. The home town San Diego State team will be bowling for the first time in 12 years and looks to be a program on the rise and a nice crowd is expected. Qualcomm Stadium will be the venue and ESPN will telecast the game with a start time of 8:00pm EST. Online sportsbooks have opened with San Diego State as a 3.5-point favorite in 2010 Poinsettia Bowl odds with an over/under total of 60.5.
Sportsbooks also favor the Aztecs -160 in money line bowl betting lines vs the Midshipmen +140 for Thursday game on ESPN. San Diego State finished 8-4 both straight up and against the spread as junior quarterback Ryan Lindley passed for 3,554 yards with a 26/14 TD/INT ratio. Freshman Ronnie Hillman ran for 1,304 yards and a 5.6 YPC average with 14 TD's and senior Demarco Sampson had 1,175 receiving yards with 18.1 YPC and 8 TD's. Senior Vincent Brown added 1,127 receiving yards for 19.4 YPC and 9 TD's heading into 2010 Poinsettia Bowl betting lines as favorites while the Aztecs averaged 35 PPG which ranked 20th in the nation. Brady Hoke is building a potential power for the future as this is an exciting and promising team.
Navy finished 9-3 straight up and 7-5 against the spread as senior QB Ricky Dobbs ran for 860 yards and passed for 1,296 more with a 12/5 TD/INT ratio. Dobbs is a respected leader that has been the full time starter the past two seasons and has seen plenty of action in the last 3 years. Dobbs has rushed for 48 career TD's and throwing for over 2,500 yards with 19 TD's as well. Navy has paid out in 5 of their last 6 bowl betting games while covering 14 of their last 16 against Mountain West Conference teams. Heading into 2010 Poinsettia Bowl odds, Navy has gone OVER the total in 5 of their last 6 bowls.
2010 Poinsettia Bowl Betting Picks: San Diego State -3.5
