Little Caesars Bowl
Wednesday, December 26, 7:30 p.m.  (ESPN)
Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan
Favorite: Western Kentucky (5.5)

Picks:
WK (Rebecca, Christina, Ellen, April)
CM (Jonathan, Josh, Danny/Stephen, Jim, Michael,  Joey,  Jimmy, Emily)

Sabowl Storylines for today:
1. The tie for last place and the coveted Toilet Bowl will be broken today.
2. Ellen could take sole possession of the lead with a Western Kentucky win tonight.

Important information:
Western Kentucky just hired Bobby Petrino as their head coach.

What to look for in this game:
Western Kentucky will play in its first bowl game.
Central Michigan won its final three games to make its first bowl since 2009.
*Note: Those three teams had a combined total of seven wins on the season.  Therefore, this is not a strong stat.

For this game, Western Kentucky defensive coordinator Lance Guidry will be the coach. Guidry is an experience interim coach.  He was an interim coach in a bowl for Miami (Ohio) and led to a victory in last year’s GoDaddy.com Bowl.

Guidry’s defense will be without Sun Belt defensive player of the year and defensive end Quanterus Smith due to a knee injury. suffered Nov. 17 against Louisiana-Lafayette. He had an (FBS-leading 1.25 sacks per game with 12 ½ total this season).

Western Kentucky had 31 sacks and ranked 12^th in the nation with 7.42 tackles for loss per game.

Offensively for Western Kentucky, junior running back Antonio Andrews will be someone to watch. He will try to set a single-season NCAA record for all-purpose yards. He will need 274 yards to pass Barry Sanders at 3,250 in 1988.

Central Michigan (6-6) is making its fourth appearance in this bowl. They are coached by Dan Enos.  Zurlon Tipton is their leading running back.  He gained 1,391 yards with 19 rushing TDs and averaged 6.1 yards per carry. With two touchdowns today, he will break a school record.