The 2023 Music City Bowl pits the Auburn Tigers against the Maryland Terrapins at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists Auburn as a 5-point favorite, while the over/under is 48 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

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The model knows Auburn junior quarterback Payton Thorne has proven to be a dual threat. He has completed 149 of 238 passes (62.6%) for 1,671 yards and 15 touchdowns with nine interceptions, while rushing 125 times for 520 yards (4.2 average) and three scores. Thorne passed for 282 yards with a score and rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Samford on Sept. 16, a career rushing high for the transfer, and the first Auburn quarterback to rush for 100 yards and pass for 200 in a game since Nick Marshall vs. Mississippi State in 2014.

It is also aware with Maryland redshirt senior quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa opting out of the bowl, back-up Billy Edwards Jr. will get the start in his place. Despite limited action this season, he rushed for six touchdowns on 16 carries this year for 41 yards. Three of those came in a 31-24 loss to Big Ten champion Michigan. Edwards became the first Terps quarterback with three rushing touchdowns in a game since C.J. Brown had three against James Madison on Aug. 30, 2014. 

Now, it has set its sights on Auburn vs. Maryland. We can tell you the model is leaning Over the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in nearly 60% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any college football picks.

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