The Ticket City Bowl will pit the No. 19-ranked Houston Cougars and Case Keenum against No. 22 Penn State Nittany Lions and quarterback Matt in the Cotton Bowl located in Dallas, Texas January 2nd at Noon Eastern time. This is essentially a home game for Keenum and the Cougars and Penn State is riding an emotional roller coaster since the Sandusky sex case broke more than a month ago.

The Houston Cougars opened as a 7 point favorite and the number has already been bet down to 5.5 points. The money is evening out with the initial line adjustment with 52% of the money coming in on the Cougars.

The Over/Under is posted at 57.5, moving up from the initial post of 56.5 points at most online sports betting sites. 58% of the early money is going down on the over. The Moneyline on this game is getting hammered. 71% of the money is landing on Penn State on Moneyline. Penn State is +193 after seeing a major swing of money come down them. The value may come with the Houston Cougars at -215 as the seven point favorite.

Penn State is 3-10-1 against the point spread in their last 14 games. This number is telling, especially for a road game to Texas. Another telling trend for the Nittany Lions is their failure to cover the over in 11 games. The number has gone under in 8 of 11 games this season for Penn State.

The Houston Cougars have done well versus the Pointspread going 10-3 against the number. The Cougars are also riding a four-game winning streak heading into this game.