Independence Bowl – Missouri Tigers against Tar Heels

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


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Missouri enters into the game with a 7-5 in total record and a 5-4 record in the Big 12. The Missouri Tigers are headed by tenth year head coach Gary Pinkel who has amassed an 84-54 record on his watch. As they’ve averaged 236.3 yards per game that is rated 11th in the nation, special mention must be made to the rushing offense of the Missouri Tigers. Missouri has done favorably versus rated squads this year with an impressive 5 games versus them. They’re now arriving off of a three-game winning streak. Leading the Missouri Tigers behind center is sophomore scrambling Quarterback James Franklin.

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The Tar Heels enter the fray with an identical 7-5 in total record and a weak 3-5 record in the ACC Coastal division. North Carolina is in a state of transition in the head coaching department. Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora has been declared as the new head coach to be effective after Fedora’s bowl game with the Golden Eagles versus Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl on December 24th. Temporary head coach Everett Withers has done a respectable job in transferring from his defensive coordinator position to head the Tar Heels this year. With UNC announcing Fedora’s hiring, Withers is rumored to be joining Urban Meyer’s coaching staff in Columbus after the Independence Bowl. Following UNC dismissed Butch Davis back in July, Withers lead the Tar Heels on a temporary basis. The Tar Heels have averaged 28.3 ppg on offense and 23.5 ppg on defense. UNC is headed by stable sophomore Quarterback Bryn Renner. Renner’s 161.2 rating is now 9th among the nation’s top quarterbacks and his 68.8 completion ratio rates 13th greatest in the nation.