2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl Lines - Pittsburgh vs. Toledo

GameAbove Sports Bowl Lines - Pittsburgh vs. Toledo Odds

The Pitt football team will make its 38th all-time postseason appearance when it faces Toledo in the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Detroit's Ford Field on December 26. The Panthers are 2-0 all-time in Detroit-hosted bowl games, most recently defeating Eastern Michigan 34-30 in 2019. Pitt also played at Ford Field in 2013 and scored a 30-27 win over Bowling Green. This will be the fourth all-time meeting between Pitt and Toledo. The GameAbove Sports Bowl marks the first postseason encounter between the schools. The Panthers and Rockets last met in 2006, a 45-3 Pitt win at the former Heinz Field. Pitt leads the all-time series, 2-1. Pitt is making its first bowl appearance since Dec. 30, 2022, when the Panthers defeated No. 18 UCLA, 37-35, in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl.

2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl at a Glance

Date: Thursday, December 26, 2024

Time (ET) / TV: 2:00 PM / ESPN

Venue: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

Matchup: Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Toledo Rockets

College Football Betting Lines

Pittsburgh Panthers -7

Toledo Rockets +7

Over/Under: 51

GameAbove Sports Bowl Preview

Last game, the Pitt Panthers lost 34-23 against the Boston College Eagles as 3.5-point road dogs. The game went over the total of 50.5. Pitt has a record of 7-5 straight up, 7-5 against the spread, and 5-7 over/under the total. Pitt ranks 51st for total offense, 15th for passing, 101st for rushing, and 41st for scoring. Defensively they rank 72nd overall, 120th against the pass, 25th against the rush, and 82nd for points allowed. Also, Pitt ranks 71st for fewest turnovers lost and 34th for takeaways.

Last game, the Toledo Rockets lost 21-14 against the Akron Zips as 9.5-point road favorites. The game went under the total of 49. Toledo has a record of 7-5 straight up, 5-7 against the spread, and 7-5 over/under the total. Toledo ranks 89th for total offense, 42nd for passing, 105th for rushing, and 75th for scoring. Defensively they rank 52nd overall, 56th against the pass, 49th against the rush, and 31st for points allowed. Also, Toledo ranks 64th for fewest turnovers lost and 63rd for takeaways.

GameAbove Sports Bowl Prediction

In this situation, Pitt has the deeper roster as a Power Four program.

GameAbove (Formerly Quick Lane) Bowl Format

The Quick Lane Bowl began in 2014, taking the place of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The Little Caesars Bowl started as the Motor City Bowl in 1997 at the Pontiac Silverdome and eventually moved to Ford Field in downtown Detroit in 2002. It pitted schools from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) against teams from the Big Ten or the Sun Belt Conference.

The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl eventually went away as the Quick Lane Bowl took its place in 2014, with teams from the MAC and Big Ten squaring off.

GameAbove Sports Bowl Past Results

In 2023, Freshman Darius Taylor returned from a leg injury to rush for a career-high 208 yards, and Minnesota beat Bowling Green 30-24 in the Quick Lane Bowl.

Minnesota, which was selected for the bowl because it had the best Academic Progress Rate among five-win teams, won its seventh consecutive bowl game overall and fifth in a row under coach P.J. Fleck.

Taylor, who had missed the Gophers' previous five games, had 35 carries, including a 17-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter that gave Minnesota a 30-17 lead. The 5-foot-11 running back, a Detroit native, averaged 176 yards during a three-game stretch in September but had only played in one game since.

Taylor's return was crucial for Minnesota, which had senior Cole Kramer making his first career start at quarterback after Athan Kaliakmanis entered the transfer portal. Kramer was set to leave the program after the regular season but stuck around even though he was planning a wedding to fiancée Katie Miller, who was in the stands and was shown frequently on the ESPN telecast.

Kramer went 8-of-16 passing for just 26 yards, but he came through in the red zone, throwing for two touchdowns and running for another. The Gophers ran the ball 44 times for 255 yards while holding Bowling Green to 82 yards rushing.

Bowling Green's Conor Bazelak threw for two scores and ran for one, but the team lost the Quick Lane Bowl for the second year in a row.

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