West Virginia vs Florida State 2010 Gator Bowl Opening Point Spread: The West Virginia Mountaineers and Florida State Seminoles will butt heads on January 1st in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. The game will be the swan song for Head Coach Bobby Bowden, ending his 34 year tenure at Florida State. The 2010 Gator Bowl opening point spread at online bookmaker Sportsbook.com has the Mountaineers listed as a -3 against the spread favorite.
West Virginia fought its way to a 9-3 record this year, giving Head Coach Bill Stewart a 19-7 mark since taking over for Ric
h Rodriquez two years ago. The Mountaineers were 5-2 in Big East play and finished second to the undefeated Cincinnati Bearcats in the conference standings. Stewart's troops won three of their last four games and closed out the year with back-to-back victories over No. 17 Pittsburgh and Rutgers.
West Virginia has won four straight bowl games coming into this clash with FSU, including the 2006 Gator Bowl, which it won 38-35 over Georgia Tech.
Florida State followed up last year's 9-4 mark with a 6-6 record in what has been deemed Bobby Bowden's last season. The Seminoles finished third behind Boston College and Clemson in the ACC Atlantic Division with a 4-4 conference record. Despite the up and down year, FSU did win four of its last six games, beating North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, and Maryland.
The 2010 Gator Bowl will be Bowden's 33rd post-season game. He produced a 21-10-1 record in his previous 32 bowl contests and he has two National Championships to his credit. From 1985 to 1995 Bowden, who coached at West Virginia from 1970 to 1975, guided the Seminoles to 11 straight bowl wins.
Sportsbook.com West Virginia vs Florida State 2010 Gator Bowl Opening Point Spread:
West Virginia Mountaineers -3 (-110), Over 60.5 (-110), +125 (Moneyline)
Florida State Seminoles +3 (-110), Under 60.5 (-110), -145 (Moneyline)
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