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


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Missouri comes into the game with a 7-5 total record and a 5-4 record in the Big 12. The Tigers are headed by 10th year head coach Gary Pinkel who has accumulated an 84-54 record on his watch. Special mention must be made to the rushing offense of the Tigers as they have averaged 236.3 yards per game that is rated 11th in the nation. Missouri has done favorably against rated teams this year with an astonishing 5 competitions against them. They’re now arriving from of a three-game winning streak. Sophomore scrambling Quarterback James Franklin is leading the Tigers behind center.

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The North Carolina Tar Heels enter the fray with the same 7-5 total record and a poor 3-5 record in the ACC Coastal division. In the head coaching department, North Carolina is in a state of transition. 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 against 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 North Carolina Tar Heels this season. With UNC announcing Fedora’s employment, Withers is rumored to be joining Urban Meyer’s coaching staff in Columbus after the Independence Bowl. Withers lead the North Carolina Tar Heels on a temporary basis after UNC terminated Butch Davis back in July. The North Carolina Tar Heels have averaged 23.5 points per game on defense and 28.3 points per game on offense. UNC is directed by continual sophomore Quarterback Bryn Renner. Renner’s 68.8 completion proportion rates 13th greatest in the nation and his 161.2 rating is currently 9th on the list of nation’s leading quarterbacks.