2023 Famous Toastery Bowl - W. Kentucky vs. Old Dominion Odds

Famous Toastery Bowl Lines - Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion Odds

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers are one of the top programs in Conference USA. Consider that the Hilltoppers are in a bowl game for the fifth consecutive season and the ninth bowl in their past ten campaigns. Head coach Tyson Helton, the brother of Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton, has proven to be the perfect fit. Western Kentucky will face the Old Dominion Monarchs, who are in their second bowl game in four years. Old Dominion had to win its final two games of the season to become bowl-eligible.

2023 Famous Toastery Bowl at a Glance

Date: Monday, December 18, 2023

Time (ET) / TV: 2:30 PM / ESPN

Venue: Jerry Richardson Stadium, Charlotte, NC

Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Old Dominion Monarchs

College Football Betting Lines

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers +2.5

Old Dominion Monarchs -2.5

Total: 55.5

Money Line: Western Kentucky +155, Old Dominion -135

Famous Toastery Bowl Preview

Last game, the Old Dominion Monarchs won 25-24 against the Georgia Southern Eagles as 2.5-point home favorites. The game went under the total of 53. Old Dominion has a record of 6-6 straight up, 7-5 against the spread, and 5-7 over/under the total. Old Dominion ranks 93rd for total offense, 97th for passing, 75th for rushing and 101st for scoring. Defensively, they rank 75th overall, 87th against the pass, 58th against the rush, and 66th for points allowed. Also, Old Dominion ranks 66th for fewest turnovers lost and 81st for takeaways.

Last game, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers won 41-28 against the Florida International Panthers as 10.5-point road favorites. The game went over the total of 54.5. Western Kentucky has a record of 7-5 straight up, 5-7 against the spread, and 6-6 over/under the total. Western Kentucky ranks 57th for total offense, 19th for passing, 116th for rushing and 52nd for scoring. Defensively, they rank 117th overall, 88th against the pass, 123rd against the rush, and 88th for points allowed. Also, Western Kentucky ranks 52nd for fewest turnovers lost and 16th for takeaways.

Famous Toastery Bowl Prediction

In this situation, Western Kentucky has the more impressive body of work.

Famous Toastery Bowl Format

The Bahamas Bowl (now the Famous Toastery Bowl) began in 2014 and has tie-ins with Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference and hasn’t wavered from that commitment. The game has the historic significance of being the first bowl to be played outside the United States and Canada between two U.S. teams since the January 1, 1937, Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba. It is held at Thomas Robinson Stadium in the capital of Nassau. While the venue is mostly used for soccer matches, it can be expanded to accommodate 23,000 fans for football games.

Because of stadium renovations, the Famous Toastery Bowl will be played at Jerry Richardson Stadium instead. The venue is the home of the Charlotte 49ers of the American Athletic Conference.

Famous Toastery Bowl Past Results

The Bahamas Bowl couldn’t have started much better. Western Kentucky and Central Michigan faced off in a classic, with the Hilltoppers claiming a wild 49-48 win. WKU led by 35 points late in the third quarter but Central Michigan came storming back. Titus Davis scored a touchdown after multiple laterals on the final play of the game, and the Chippewas went for a two-point conversion to win the game, but a pass fell incomplete.

The 2015 game was close, too, with Western Michigan and Middle Tennessee knotted at 31 in the fourth quarter. The Broncos got a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs from Jamauri Bogan with a few minutes remaining in the contest to get the win.

Old Dominion picked up its first-ever bowl victory with a 24-20 win over Eastern Michigan in 2016. The game was tied heading into the fourth quarter until the Monarchs got a 5-yard touchdown reception from Jonathan Duhart, which ended up being the deciding score.

For the first time in the bowl’s existence, there wasn’t a directional school playing in 2017. Ohio’s Dorian Brown scored a Bahamas Bowl record four touchdowns to lead the Bobcats to a 41-6 win over Alabama-Birmingham. The season wasn’t a total loss for the Blazers, who ended 8-5 in their first season since re-instating the program following a two-year hiatus.

The 2018 edition of the game was a wild one. There were a combined 29 points scored in the fourth quarter (and two touchdowns scored in the final minute) as Florida International beat favored Toledo 35-32.

Buffalo dominated the 2019 game, as the Bulls routed Charlotte by a score of 31-9. The 2020 game was canceled due to COVID-19.

The 2021 game saw Middle Tennessee rally to defeat Toledo. The Blue Raiders trailed 17-14 at the half, and that was the score at the end of the third quarter. Middle Tennessee scored three times in the fourth quarter to win 31-24.

In 2022, Dylan Hopkins threw for 204 yards with a TD, Jermaine Brown Jr ran for 116 yards and two TDs, and Trae Shropshire caught six passes for 183 yards and a TD to lead the UAB Blazers to a 24-20 win over Miami-OH.

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