Watch the Texas A&M vs. Louisville Music City Bowl online: Time, TV schedule, live stream, 3 things to know
Which team will show up motivated to play?
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The Music City Bowl will feature two teams stuck squarely in the middle of no-man’s land. Louisville and Texas A&M both had disappointing seasons, and it’s possible they could be already clocked out for the offseason.
Considering how things have exploded at Texas A&M since the season ended, it very well could be the Aggies that don't care much about this game. Since they played their last game, both Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray have decided they're transferring, leaving Texas A&M in the position of starting former JUCO transfer Jake Hubenak going forward. Kevin Sumlin's name is now showing up on the hot seat lists, and it just feels like things are scraping bottom in College Station right now.
Louisville bounced back from an 0-3 start to finish 7-5, but it’s still not how the Cardinals envisioned this season going. They’ve face quarterback uncertainty as well, but it’s more than Bobby Petrino couldn’t decide between Lamar Jackson and Kyle Bolin.
How to watch, stream and listen
TV: Dec. 30, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Radio: Texas A&M | Louisville
Online streaming: WatchESPN
Spread: Texas A&M is favored by 1 point.
Make friends: Get to SB Nation’s team blog chats for this game at Good Bull Hunting for Texas A&M fans and Card Chronicle for Louisville fans.
Three big things to know
1. Aggies in disarray. Texas A&M has earned a reputation under Kevin Sumlin for playing explosive offense, but they were anything but down the stretch this year. They were held to three, 10 and seven points in their final three losses of the year, and frequently looked like they were lost. And all that happened before both Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray decided to transfer. It really feels like things are falling apart for the Aggies.
2. Relatively speaking, anyway, Louisville is doing just fine. The Cards were expected to do better than their 7-5 record this year, but each of their three losses to start the season was by one score. The merry-go-round at quarterback has hurt Louisville, and it seems Lamar Jackson will get the start for the bowl game, but Kyle Bolin could see plenty of action as well.
3. Motivation. That’s always so huge in games like this. Whichever team is motivated and up for this game is probably going to win, and has a chance to win comfortably.
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