Saturday is absolutely loaded with bowl games. Eight of them. Including two top-25 matchups, a coaching disaster at UConn, and LSU limping into Houston missing half their roster.

If you're not watching college football from noon until midnight today, what are you even doing with your life?

The Quick Hit

• What's happening: Eight bowl games on December 27, from the Military Bowl at 11 AM to the Texas Bowl at 9:15 PM
• The headliners: Pop-Tarts Bowl (No. 22 Georgia Tech vs No. 12 BYU), Gator Bowl (Virginia vs Missouri), Texas Bowl (LSU vs Houston)
• Why you should care: Multiple betting angles across the slate
• The move: Georgia Tech +4 in the Pop-Tarts Bowl is the sharp play of the day

The Full Slate

Military Bowl — Pittsburgh vs East Carolina (11:00 AM, ESPN)

Line: Pittsburgh -10 | Total: 52.5

Pitt opened as a 6-point favorite and has been bet up to -10. The Panthers have the talent advantage, but laying double digits against a motivated AAC team feels aggressive. East Carolina isn't going to just roll over here.

Lean: ECU +10

Pinstripe Bowl — Penn State vs Clemson (12:00 PM, ABC)

Line: Penn State -2.5 | Total: 47.5

Dabo Swinney has lost four of his last six bowl games, with each defeat coming by at least 14 points. That's not a typo. The Tigers have been allergic to postseason success lately.

Penn State is the more physical team, but 2.5 points feels too thin. This game could go either way.

Lean: Penn State -2.5

Fenway Bowl — Army vs UConn (2:15 PM, ESPN)

Line: Army -7.5 | Total: 42.5

UConn is a disaster right now. Multiple starters are in the transfer portal, and head coach Jim Mora Jr. is leaving for Colorado State. This team has no motivation and no direction.

Army runs the option, controls the clock, and grinds opponents into dust. This spread should be bigger.

Lean: Army -7.5

Pop-Tarts Bowl — No. 22 Georgia Tech vs No. 12 BYU (3:30 PM, ABC)

Line: BYU -4 | Total: 55.5

This is the game of the day. Georgia Tech is 5-0 ATS in its last five games as the underdog. That's not a coincidence — the Yellow Jackets are consistently undervalued.

BYU is 5-0 against ACC opponents, but they haven't faced a Georgia Tech team that can actually move the ball. Haynes King has been electric, and the GT rushing attack is physical enough to hang with anyone.

Pick: Georgia Tech +4

Arizona Bowl — Miami (OH) vs Fresno State (4:30 PM, The CW)

Line: Fresno State -5.5 | Total: 41.5

Two mid-major programs meeting in the desert. Fresno State has home-field advantage of sorts, and the Bulldogs are the better team on paper. But 5.5 points is asking Miami to lose by a touchdown.

Lean: Under 41.5

New Mexico Bowl — No. 25 North Texas vs San Diego State (5:45 PM, ESPN)

Line: North Texas -5.5 | Total: 53.5

North Texas leads the nation in scoring at 44.8 points per game. But both teams are missing their starting quarterbacks to the transfer portal, which changes everything.

When you lose your QB before a bowl game, bad things happen. This could be ugly for both sides.

Lean: Under 53.5

Gator Bowl — No. 19 Virginia vs Missouri (7:30 PM, ABC)

Line: Missouri -4 | Total: 44.5

Missouri opened at -7 and has dropped to -4. The Tigers lost QB Beau Pribula, and without him, they're far more one-dimensional and run-dependent.

Virginia has a chance here. The line movement tells you the sharps agree.

Lean: Virginia +4

Texas Bowl — LSU vs No. 21 Houston (9:15 PM, ESPN)

Line: Houston -2.5 | Total: 41.5

LSU is missing several key players, and Houston is at home in NRG Stadium with something to prove. The Cougars are laying just 2.5 points against a depleted SEC opponent.

This feels like a Houston cover.

Lean: Houston -2.5

The Bottom Line

Georgia Tech +4 is the play of the day. The Yellow Jackets have proven all season that they rise to the occasion as underdogs, and BYU isn't as dominant as their record suggests.

If you want volume, the under in the New Mexico Bowl and Army covering against a disintegrating UConn program are also solid spots.

Now settle in. We've got 12 hours of football ahead.