Accordingly, Eastern Michigan is bowl-bound for the second season after falling to Liberty last postseason. This is the program’s sixth College Football betting bowl game in history. The Eagles saw a 29-year bowl game drought between 1987 and 2016. San Jose State qualified for a bowl game for the 12th time in program history. At the end of the regular season, San Jose State ranked 108th in yards per rush attempt against FBS opponents. At the same time, the Spartans did well in stopping the run. They were 11th in yards per rush attempt defensively.
2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. San Jose State Spartans
| Date and Time: | Tuesday, December 20, 2022, 3:30 p.m. ET |
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| Location: | Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho |
| TV Coverage: | ESPN |
| Team | Spread | Total | ML | |
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| Eastern Michigan | +3½ (-110) | 54½ (-110) | +155 |  |
| San Jose State | -3½ (-110) | 54½ (-110) | -175 | |
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2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Overview
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was established in 1997 and has always been played at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Albertsons Stadium is the home of the Boise State Broncos. Speaking of famous, Albertsons Stadium has the famed blue carpet field surface. Concurrently, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl has tie-ins to the Mountain West Conference and MAC. The online betting payout for this bowl game is $800,000. Overall, the favorites won and covered three straight games in this bowl. Including Ohio’s 30-21 win over Nevada in the 2019 installment. In 2020, Nevada picked up a win as a 1-point underdog against Tulane, winning 38-27 as the over connected.
Alo, in 2021, Ken State of the MAC and Wyoming of the Mountain West Conference squared met. In turn, the Cowboys won a 52-38 shootout against the Golden Flashes. The over easily cashed. The over has cashed in five of the past six bowl games played on the Smurf Turf in Boise. In comparison, favorites are 4-1 ATS across the past five Idaho Potato Bowls.
Boise State and Idaho have three wins each at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Boise State won the bowl in 1999, 2000, and 2002. At the same time, Idaho won in 1998, 2009, and 2016.
2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Matchup
Last game, the Eastern Michigan Eagles won 38-19 against the Central Michigan Chippewas as 1.5-point home dogs. The game went over the College Football Betting total of 53.5. As a result, Eastern Michigan has a record of 8-4 straight up, 6-5-1 against the spread, and 6-6 over/under the total.
Eastern Michigan has national metrics of 94th for total offense, 86th for passing, 74th for rushing, and 65th for scoring. While defensively, they rank 54th overall, 39th against the pass, 77th against the rush, and 89th for points allowed. Also, Eastern Michigan ranks 35th for fewest turnovers lost and 62nd for takeaways.
Last game, the San Jose State Spartans won 27-14 against the Hawaii Warriors as 16-point home favorites. The game went under the total of 58.5. San Jose State has a record of 7-4 straight up, 4-7 against the spread, and 4-6-1 over/under the total.
Overall, San Jose State has national metrics of 96th for total offense, 34th for passing, 125th for rushing, and 74th for scoring. Defensively they rank 25th overall, 43rd against the pass, 29th against the rush, and 22nd for points allowed. Also, San Jose State ranks 2nd for fewest turnovers lost and 35th for takeaways.
2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Best Bet: San Jose State Spartans.