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The Arizona State University Sun Devils football team (7-5) is a program in transition with two camps, the incoming and outgoing. The outgoing, coached by Dirk Koetter plays its final game today in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl against the University of Hawaii Warriors (10-3) kicking off at 8 p.m. (EST) from Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium and televised by ESPN. The incoming, led by new hire Dennis Erickson, is back in Tempe putting together the remainder of its coaching staff. The Warriors have been installed a minus 7-point favorite at most offshore and Las Vegas sports-books with a total of 71 ½.

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My job in handicapping any game is to get my finger on its pulse before kickoff. Every bowl game takes on a life of its own but this one has a twist.  Koetter was fired following the regular season where his Sun Devils went 7-5 and qualified for a bowl game. Koetter didn’t lose his job because ASU had a winning record and qualified for a bowl game. Koetter was fired because the Sun Devils achieved minimal success during his tenure and never joined the elite of the Pacific-10 Conference.

The term explosive best describes the two teams that will be on display when the Utah Utes and Tulsa Golden Hurricane clash in the Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl from Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Tex., tonight with kick-off at 8:30 p.m. (EST). The game will be televised by ESPN.

Expect plenty of tricks tonight too. Tulsa head coach Steve Kragthorpe and Utes coach Kyle Whittingham grew up together around the BYU campus in the 1970’s when their dads were coaches on Lavell Edwards’ staff. These guys will pull out all stops to get the edge on a buddy.

The Pirates are playing in their first bowl game since 2001. They beat two ACC teams this season, 31-21 over Virginia and 21-16 at North Carolina State. The Bulls upset West Virginia 24-19 and came within a dropped two-point conversion pass of tying Rutgers and forcing overtime.

Bulls are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a favorite and they are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite of 3.5-10.0. Overall, they are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games.

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The New Mexico Bowl match-up between New Mexico (6-6) and San Jose State (8-4) looks like a game college football purists will love. While the game pairs two good football teams, it doesn’t attract the attention a match-up two teams of BCS level would draw. But it’s a game that will challenge any handicapper’s skill. Games are played on turf but if played on paper, this one looks to be a doozey. The New Mexico Bowl kicks off at 4:30 p.m. (EST) from University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM and is televised by ESPN.

Las Vegas and offshore sportsbooks opened betting favoring the Lobos minus 5-points with a total of 49 ½. The Spartans were the early favorite with bettors forcing the line to ease favoring New Mexico minus 3 ½ where it currently sits. By kick-off the line could drop another half point or more. An interesting aspect to the game is the betting public isn’t buying the built in home-field advantage the Lobo’s should enjoy. Take away the home-field chalk this game looks to be dead even and 64% of the public are fading the Lobo’s and laying money on San Jose State.

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