Duke vs. Arizona State

If you had to pick a team amongst the top candidates to be in a disappointment Bowl, it would have to be the Arizona State Sun Devils. Arizona State was 8-1 and in the conversation when it came to making the final four, but fell hard at Oregon State and then lost their finale to in-state rival Arizona. What looked like at least a New Year's Day Bowl setting, turned into a December 27 lesser Bowl against Duke, who will not get them motivated, and that is dangerous. The Duke program has emerged from the ashes, and any Bowl for this team is huge, and they will play hard. They fell just four points short of A&M in their Bowl game a year ago against Johnny Football. Duke is 19-7 SU and ATS the last two years, and certainly belongs here, and own wins over Virginia and Georgia Tech, and can certainly play close here. The Sun Devils are just 2-8 ATS in their last 10 on turf, and Bowl games have a lot to do with motivation. I just don't see any here for Arizona State. Grab the points and play on Duke.