College Bowl Play of the Day: BBVA Compass Bowl

A noon start today for the BBVA Compass Bowl.  You can call this a little appetizer of football before the NFL playoff games get underway.

Here we have Kentucky getting 4 points from a Pitt teams that does or does not have a head coach.  Actually the Panthers will have interim coach Phil Bennett at the helm, Pitt's third head coach in a month.

The Panthers are a strong defensive team. Senior defensive end Jabaal Sheard was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, the third straight year a Panther has earned the award.

Kentucky wants to score and score a lot of points.  Kentucky's starting quarterback Mike Hartline has been suspended, but sophomore quarterback Morgan Newton will step in for Hartline, and expect Joker Phillips to take advantage of his athletic ability.

Kentucky is getting 4 pts at last look and I think they will cover with the 4.

Take Kentucky.