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CFP Quarterfinals & Dec 31 Bowl Games Preview & Best Bets

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Matt Eumanns bet Cal-Hawaii three times as the total fell from 55.5 to 50 and says not to fear steam.

1. The VSiN College Football Betting Podcast previews the College Football Playoff quarterfinals and the Dec. 31 bowl games, including Miami-Ohio State and Iowa-Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl. 2. Host Tim Murray and VSiN colleague Matt Eumanns carry the discussion, and Eumanns recaps his Christmas Eve trip to the Sheridan Hawaii Bowl, where Hawaii beat Cal 35-31. 3. The core thesis is that defense and weather will keep scores down in the quarterfinals, with Ohio State's 8.2 points allowed per game and Indiana's 10.8 cited as evidence. 4. On Miami-Ohio State, Eumanns is waiting for Miami +10 at -125, and Murray plays the first-half under 21.5 (official play 20.5), noting Ohio State scored just 10 points in the Big Ten title game against Indiana. 5. Murray flags Ohio State tight end Max Clare as a prop target against a Miami defense that had seven sacks and nine tackles for loss against Texas A&M, with a FanDuel line of 30.5 receiving yards. 6. On Oregon-Texas Tech (Oregon -2.5, total 51.5), both hosts decline an official play, with Murray citing Texas Tech's 12-1 ATS record, David Bailey's 13.5 sacks, and Sagarin's 68th-versus-14th schedule gap. 7. For the Rose Bowl, Eumanns calls Alabama's offense stuck without a running game after the 28-7 SEC title loss to Georgia, and he plays Indiana -7 while waiting on a possible 6.5. 8. Murray and Eumanns pair Indiana with Georgia in a moneyline parlay at -235 each way for +103, with Georgia laying 6.5 against Ole Miss and Kirby Smart cited at 28-3 since 2019 with 10-plus days of prep. 9. Eumanns also draws a lesson from the Hawaii Bowl, where he bet the total at 54.5, 52.5 and 50.5 as it fell from 55.5 to 50, and he says not to be "afraid of steam in the market" if you believe in a bet. 10. College football bettors looking for specific lines, props and parlays will get the most from it.

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