{"id":9239,"date":"2022-12-29T15:56:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/?p=9239"},"modified":"2022-12-29T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:56:43","slug":"2022-cheez-it-bowl-ncaaf-offshore-betting-odds-preview-and-pick-dec-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/2022-cheez-it-bowl-ncaaf-offshore-betting-odds-preview-and-pick-dec-29\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Cheez-It Bowl NCAAF Offshore Betting Odds, Preview, and Pick (Dec 29)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This was a transition year for the Oklahoma Sooners (6-6) as coach Lincoln Riley left for USC in the offseason taking a bevy of talent with him including Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams. OU still got to 6-6 and made a bowl game for the 24th straight year but are close to double-digit underdogs in the Cheez-It Bowl against Florida State (9-3). The Seminoles have improved in all three seasons under coach Mike Norvell <\/strong>and now FSU looks for their first bowl win since the 2017 Independence Bowl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Betting on the Cheez-It Bowl<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Florida State won just eight games combined in the first two years under Norvell, so to go 9-3 this season and have a great chance at their first double digit winning season since 2016 has been a nice turnaround. FSU has momentum too, winning five straight to close out the year including against rivals Miami (45-3) and Florida (45-38) and now get to stay in-state at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel<\/strong> knows a thing or two about Orlando, throwing for 3,300+ yards with 54 total TDs in his first two seasons at Central Florida before getting hurt in the 2021\/22 season. Gabriel hasn’t been bad this year (2,925 yards, 24 TDs, 6 INTs) but it’s a tough job taking over for the player who would go on to win the Heisman<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oklahoma played well offensively this year, but they were handcuffed by one of the worst defenses in the country that allowed that allowed 450.5 yards\/game. That has to have Florida State QB Jordan Travis<\/strong> licking his chops after throwing for 2,796 yards with 22 TDs to just 4 INTs this year. FSU can beat you on the ground too, with Trey Benson just 35 yards away from 1,000 on the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"We owe it to this university. Florida State gives us everything. And knowing how far we came as a football team, the offseason, how hard we worked together \u2013 nobody wants to leave anybody behind." — QB Jordan Travis on #FSU<\/a> not having any major opt-outs. https:\/\/t.co\/GNwbA92mQH<\/a><\/p>— Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) December 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>