Gildan New Mexico Bowl 2013

Bowl History:  The Bowl was established in 2006, the conference tie ins are … the PAC 12 & Mountain West … first game was played December 23, 2006… San Jose State beat New Mexico, 20-12 and last year’s game was won by , who beat , ! Prior to 2011, the Bowl was simply known as the the New Mexico Bowl. Last year, 2011, Gildan (Clothing Manufacturer) became the official sponsor and thus the official name of the bowl …. Gildan New Mexico Bowl! The game is one of the earlist played bowls, always scheduled before Christmas. The Payout for each team is $750,000.00!

Teams: Washington State vs Colorado State

Bowl Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Bowl is played @ University Stadium (Capacity 39,224 … Highest Attendance 2006 … 34,111 …. Lowest Attandance …. 2008 …. 24,735) on the campus of the University of New Mexico.

Day, Date & Time: Saturday, 12/21/2013, 1:00 p.m. CST

Network: ESPN

Best Win(s): WSU: beat USC 10-7 & Arizona 24-17; CSU: Did not beat a team that made a Bowl Game!

Worst Losses: WSU: Lost to Stanford 55-17 & ASU 55-21; CSU: Lost to Colorado, 41-27 (the Buffs won 3 games in 2013)

Common Opponents: No Common Opponents…

Las Vegas Hotsheet Favorite: WSU -4.5

Offensive Team Data: CSU; Total Yards: 478 YPG; Passing Yards, 273 YPG;  Rushing Yards, 205 YPG; Scoring Average: 35 PPG, Turnovers, 1.15 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 44.3%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 88% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 65%

Offensive Team Data: WSU ; Total Yards,  404 YPG; Passing Yards, 337 YPG;  Rushing Yards, 67 YPG; Scoring Average, 30 PPG, Turnovers, 3 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 39.2%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 65% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 59%

Defensive Team Data: CSU; Total Yards,  401 YPG; Passing Yards,  250 YPG;  Rushing Yards,  151 YPG; Scoring Average, 28 PPG, Turnovers, 1.62 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 35%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 83% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 59%

Defensive Team Data: WSU; Total Yards, 424 YPG; Passing Yards,  238 YPG;  Rushing Yards, 186 YPG; Scoring Average  31 PPG, Turnovers, 1.92 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 35.4%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 78% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 58%

Sully’s CFP Game Simulator is a statistical analysis / predictor of how these teams will preform, based solely on their numbers, when they face off on the gridiron! Keep in mind, these stats were established against different teams and conferences and these differences must be taken into account to get a complete picture when attempting to predetermine a winner. If you are interested in how the Simulator works … read this part … if not … skip it! The process used is … we take CSU’s total yards on offense, add it to what WSU gives up on defense, …  get a total and then divide that number by 2 … to get the mean. We then invert the process by taking WSU’s’s total offense, add it to what CSU gives up on defense, get a total and divide that number by 2  to get the second mean… the greater number (with the exception of Turnovers) is then determined to have the advantage ( please note …. statistical advantage). We repeat this process in each of the eight statistical categories assessed!  That said… here are the results of the Head to Head Analysis:

Total Yards:  Advantage, CSU …. 451 to 403

Passing Yards: Advantage, WSU …. 294 to 256

Rushing Yards: Advantage, CSU …. 195 to 109

Scoring: Advantage, CSU …. 33 to 29

Turnovers: Advantage, CSU … 1.5 to 2.3

3rd Down Conversions: Advantage, CSU … 40% to 37% 

Red Zone All Scores: Advantage, CSU … 83% to 74%

Red Zone TD’s Only: Advantage CSU, … 62 to 59

Individuals to Watch:

WSU, QB Connor Halliday … has passed for over 4000 yards, 28 TD & 21 INT… & WR Gabe Marks … 69 Receptions, 770 yards & 6 TD’s!

CSU, QB Garrett Grayson … passed for over 3300 yards, 21 TD & 10 INT … & RB Kapri Bibbs …  has rushed for over 1500 yards, 6.2 YPC & 28 TD’s!

Sully Says: Numbers do lie … Take WSU and give CSU the points… PAC 12 vs MWC … These #’s were earned in very different Leagues … PAC 12 is far and away the superior Conference!