New Era Pinstripe Bowl Prediction
Maryland will take on Virginia Tech in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at 2:15 p.m. ET and with the Hokies being limited due to opt-outs and injuries, are the Terps the best play on the board?
Game Snapshot
249 Maryland Terps (-3.5) vs. 250 Virginia Tech Hokies (+3.5); o/u 55
2:15 p.m. ET, Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY
TV: ESPN
Maryland Terps Game Notes
Maryland junior QB Taulia Tagovailoa threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Terrapins beat Rutgers, 40-16, to earn their first bowl trip since 2016. Tagovailoa completed 21 of 30 passes for 312 yards, connecting with WR Corey Dyches twice for touchdowns and adding a 38-yard touchdown toss to WR Brian Cobbs to make the score 13-2. He also ran it in once from 10 yards out to close out a 64-yard drive that made the score 20-2 just before the half. It was a big day all around for the Terrapin offense, which racked up 575 yards on the road to finish the regular season at 6-6 and 3-6 in Big Ten play and deny Rutgers (5-7) a bowl trip of their own. By earning a sixth win they ensured a trip to the postseason, the first for Maryland since 2016 when they lost the Quick Lane Bowl to Boston College.
Virginia Tech Hokies Game Notes
Virginia Tech redshirt junior QB Connor Blumrick will likely in the Pinstripe Bowl against Maryland. With Braxton Burmeister entering the transfer portal this week, this leaves Blumrick (6’5/207) and Tahj Bullock as the only two scholarship quarterbacks. With Bullock not seeing the field the season, it will be Blumrick who should likely get the starting duties. The Texas A&M transfer has been successful in his little time on the field, out of his seven completions this season, two of them resulted in a touchdown.
Maryland vs. Virginia Tech Betting Prediction
The Terrapins are just 1-4 against the spread in their last five games against the Hokies, are 1-7 against the number in their last eight games overall and are winless against the number in their last four games played in the month of December. Maryland is also 9-29 at the betting window in tis last 38 games coming off a straight up win and 8-20 ATS in its last 28 games coming off a win of more than 20 points.
NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL BETTING PREDICTION: VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES +3.5