South Florida is coming into this game with a 6-6 record this season and won 2 of their last 3 games to become bowl eligible. Alex Golesh has turned this program around this season by getting them to a bowl game and they are going to be hungry to win this game and end their season off the right way. They have had a very strong offense this season as they have scored at least 48 points in 2 of their last 4 games as well as scoring at least 21 points in each of those. Their defense has been allowing a lot of points in their games all season though as they have allowed at least 49 points in 2 of their last 4 games. They are going to have a bit of a home advantage here due to the location of the game and they are also going to be motivated to win this bowl game which they have not done in many years. They are going up against a Syracuse team that is also 6-6 and won 2 of their last 3 games to become bowl eligible. Syracuse has been decimated with the firing of their head coach as well as their starting quarterback going down in their last game and now a lot of players entering the transfer portal. The players that have stayed are still going to be motivated in this game though and even with a new quarterback starting here, South Florida has been awful on defense so Syracuse is going to find ways to move the ball here. South Florida is also going to score points though and this is going to turn into a high scoring game as both teams push to win it. Between these two teams, there will be enough points in this game to push it over the total.