The TCU Horned Frogs and the Michigan Wolverines will battle it out for one of the two tickets to the National Championship Game. Will the powerhouse from the Big 12 outlast the Wolverines? Or will Jim Harbaugh steer the Wolverines to the title game? Check out our preview of this TCU vs Michigan in the 2022 Fiesta Bowl.
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Betting Preview for the TCU Horned Frogs vs Michigan 2022 NCAA CFP Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Game on December 31, 2022
Where: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ
When: Saturday, December 31, 2022, 4:00 PM ET
Line: TCU Horned Frogs (+7.5) vs. Michigan Wolverines (-7.5) – view all 2022 NCAAF lines
TV Broadcast: ESPN
Betting on the TCU Horned Frogs (+7.5)
Record: 12-1 Overall/9-0 Conference
The Horned Frogs have booked a spot in the College Football Playoff despite losing in the Big 12 Championship Game to the Kansas State Wildcats, 31-28. After all, they still went undefeated in the regular season, thanks to an explosive offense led by quarterback Max Duggan. The Horned Frogs finished the regular season ranked ninth in the nation with 38.8 points per game and 20th overall with 459.9 total yards per contest. Duggan is having a dominant season, which he is looking to top with a national title for TCU. Duggan had 3,321 passing yards and 30 touchdowns against only four interceptions. With an assortment of weapons downfield and fronted with ultra-tough pass protection, Duggan has the weapons to make loud noises in the Fiesta Bowl.
TCU is 9-3-1 against the spread in their last 13 games overall.
Betting on the Michigan Wolverines (-7.5)
Record: 13-0 Overall/9-0 Conference
Jim Harbaugh is rumored to be on his way back again to the NFL, but nothing means more to him right now than leading the Wolverines to the top of the college football world. The Wolverines finished the regular season undefeated before crushing the Purdue Boilermakers in the Big Ten Championship Game. Before swallowing the Boilermakers alive, Michigan clobbered the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus, 45-23. The Wolverines are arguably the most balanced team in the nation. They were fifth in the nation with 40.1 points per game and third with just 13.4 points allowed per contest. The Wolverines run the ball so well, finishing the regular season sixth overall with 243.0 rushing yards per outing. Blake Corum won’t be there to lead the Wolverines’ ground attack against TCU due to injury, but Donovan Edwards should be good enough. Edwards had 216 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns versus Ohio State.
Michigan is 5-1-1 against the spread in their last seven games after a win.
Writer’s Prediction
Michigan wins, 34-27.
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