Orange Bowl 2017: Key match-ups to watch between Wisconsin and Miami

Four weeks after their Big Ten Championship game loss, the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers take the field once again to face another college football power in the No. 11 Miami Hurricanes.

Miami (10–2) will challenge Wisconsin (12–1) on both sides of the ball. Offensively, UW will have to attempt to run the ball on an athletic front seven that will make it an objective to contain Doak Walker Award finalist Jonathan Taylor while also trying to play takeaway with the pigskin.

On the opposite side, Miami has playmakers at the skill positions with Malik Rosier, Travis Homer, and Braxton Berrios to give Wisconsin fits. Jim Leonhard’s defense cannot make the same mistakes it made 28 days ago against the Buckeyes.

Penn State Vs. Washington: Fiesta Bowl Preview, Odds And Expert College Football Picks

The 2017-18 college football bowl season is in full swing, with one prestigious New Year’s Six bowl already in the books and another set to start in a few hours when the No. 11 Washington Huskies take on the No. 9 Penn State Nittany Lions in the 2017 Fiesta Bowl. The action should pick up right where it left off on Friday night, when Ohio State earned a blowout victory against USC. This projects to be a much closer game than than the Cotton Bowl and it may even come right down to the wire. This is evidenced by the betting line, which is the smallest of any of the major bowl games this year.

Oddsmakers have installed the Nittany Lions as the slightest of favorites, opening betting with them as three-point chalk over the Huskies. This Fiesta Bowl has the potential to be an instant classic, with both squads evenly matched and boasting a number of elite players on each side of the football. The highlight of the afternoon will be Penn State's explosive offense matching up against Washington's top-tier defense, a battle that will be amplified with a prestigious bowl win at stake.

The Husky Haul tweeted that these programs have only squared off twice before, with the last meeting occurring 34 years ago:

Fortunately for potential bettors, Jon Price and his team of college football experts at SportsInformationTraders.comhave been analyzing this matchup since the pairing was first announced. The pro Las Vegas handicapper sent along his pick against the spread for this uncommon showdown, but before getting to that, take a peek at the complete schedule, TV information, start times, updated odds and more for the 2017 Fiesta Bowl and the remaining New Year's Six 2017-18 college football bowls: