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2016 Independence Bowl: NC State an early 4-point favorite to beat Vanderbilt

Usually it’s tough to predict how a bowl game is going to go, simply because it’s hard to know how the teams are approaching the contest. Do they really want to win or are they on vacation? I have no idea what’s going to happen in the Independence Bowl (although I suspect the players will know pretty quickly there are no vacations in Shreveport), but Vegas likes NC State to win.

The early line has the Wolfpack as a four-point favorite over Vanderbilt, per Vegas Insider. So basically State would be about a touchdown favorite if this game were in Raleigh, or a modest one-point favorite in Nashville.