Baylor Football: Illinois vs Baylor - Football Picks in Texas Bowl

Since 1994, the Baylor Bears made it to the bowl game for the first time, their successful 2010 season. The Illini dominated the game from start to finish, and beat the Bears by a final score of 38-14.

Baylor was undone by Illinois running back Mikel LeShoure, who ran for 184 yards on 29 carries, scoring three touchdowns in the process.

Illinois finished 6-6 straight up and 8-4 against the spread in college football odds with 8 of their games going OVER the total as the bowl berth likely saved coach Ron Zook’s job.

Sportsbooks also favor Baylor -120 in money line 2010 Texas Bowl odds vs Illinois EV for Wednesday's game. Freshman QB Nathan Scheelhaase finished 2nd behind LeShoure with 806 rushing yards and a 4.6 YPC average. Scheelhaase also passed for 1,583 yards and a 17/8 TD/INT ratio. Baylor finished 7-5 straight up and 5-7 against the spread in college football picks with 8 of their games going OVER the total.

Jay Finley was an outstanding back heading into 2010 Texas Bowl odds with 1,155 yards rushing and a 6.3 YPC average with 11 TD’s.

Illinois Fighting Illini vs Baylor Bears match is scheduled to be played on December 29,210 at Houston. The kick off time is 18:0:00.