Beating Vegas Bowl Edition Part 2

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The bowls are stupid. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>All you need to know about handicapping minor bowls in the era of the portal and opt outs was embodied by Old Dominion-Western Kentucky last week. Old Dominion went up 28-0 in the first 17 minutes of the game on a WKU team crippled by opt outs, but the Hilltoppers inserted their 3rd string QB (who was in the process of converting to TE) playing behind an OL down three starters and naturally, he ripped off 383 yards passing in 3 quarters as ODU's coaching staff panicked and choked, surprised to learn that you can't run out 35 minutes of clock with a lead. The Monarchs lost 38-35. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->