The legend of the bowl running dogs continued to grow this bowl season as the actual bowl running dogs (here is my original article explaining the Running Dogs Theory) went 16-2.

GoSooners and I were able to identify 15 Potential Bowl Running Dogs this bowl season and they ended up going 13-2.

Typically there are only 8 to 10 Potential Bowl Running Dogs each year, and they have only been hitting a little above .500 since the 2010 bowl season. However this year, not only was the number of Potential Running Dogs proportionately high, but so was their win rate.

Here are the 2014-2015 Potential Bowl Running Dogs we identified beforehand:

[box] UL-Lafayette +2 WINNER

Air Force +2 WINNER

BYU +2 – LOSER 

Navy +2.5 – WINNER

CMU +4 – WINNER

Fresno State +2.5 – LOSER

North Carolina State +2.5 – WINNER

Virginia Tech +2.5 – WINNER

Nebraska +7 – WINNER

Boise State +3 – WINNER

Georgia Tech +6.5 – WINNER

Wisconsin +6.5 – WINNER

Michigan State +2.5 – WINNER

Ohio State +9 – WINNER

Ohio State +7.5 WINNER[/box]

And here is a list of the ACTUAL RUNNING DOGS:

• UL-Lafayette (+2) outrushed Nevada 184 to 89 (WINNER)

• Air Force (+2) outrushed WMU 284 to 79 (WINNER)

• Navy (+2.5) outrushed SDSU 254 to 186 (WINNER)

• Fresno State (+2.5) outrushed Rice 162 to 137 (LOSER)

• Illinois (+7) outrushed Louisiana Tech 122 to 114 (LOSER)

• Rutgers (+3.5) outrushed North Carolina 340 to 219 (WINNER)

• NC State (2.5) outrushed UCF 187 to 82 (WINNER)

• Virginia Tech (+3) outrushed Cincinnati 210 to 144 (WINNER)

• Duke (+7.5) outrushed Arizona State 165 to 152 (WINNER)

• Texas A & M (+2) outrushed West Virginia 235 to 126 (WINNER)

• Boise State (+3) outrushed Arizona 162 to 157 (WINNER)

• Georgia Tech (+5) outrushed Mississippi State 452 to 152 (WINNER)

• Wisconsin (+6.5) outrushed Auburn 400 to 219 (WINNER)

• Michigan State (+2.5) outrushed Baylor 238 to -20 (WINNER)

• Ohio State (+9) outrushed Alabama 281 to 170 (WINNER)

• UCLA (+1.5) outrushed Kansas State 331 to 31 (WINNER)

• Oklahoma State (+6) outrushed Washington 162 to 101 (WINNER)

• Ohio State (+7.5) outrushed Oregon 296 to 132 (WINNER)

As you can see the Actual Bowl Running Dogs went 15-3 SU & 16-2 ATS. Really wish I had been wagering these puppies on the money line 🙂

Thanks to everyone for a terrific bowl season,

Pez

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