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22-19-1 +3.01 Units
Last Week 5-1 +3.95 Units
Week 10 Plays
AFA/ARMY Over 45 (-110) BM 2 Units
TCU/NMU Over 44 (-110) BM
SDSU +4 (-110)
TCU -3 (-120)
Week 9 Recaps
UNM/AFA
Story of this game was the Air Force fumbles. Looking back the Falcons would have won this game if they would have held on to the pigskin. the most damaging of the TO's was a fumble on a kickoff retun late in teh 2nd quarter. The Falcons were up 21-10 before the Lobos got a FG and then recoverd the fumble on teh kickoff. A TD pass and 2 point coversion later and the score was quickly tied at 21 heading to half. The Lobos scored 24 points off tunovers while the Falcons got 14 themselves from turnovers.
Teams were very even on total yards (320). New Mexico also did a decent job, probably the best anybody has done, against the Falcon option holding them to 212 yards (60 below season averag) on 50 carries. Only other thing noting is NM's inability to end drives with TDs. 5 drives ended with FG attempts including 4 inside the 20. That works when you are +3 in the TO department at home, but should be viewed as a concern.
UNLV/WYO
Wyoming started Ian Hetrick and that little experiment lasted for only a half. Hetrick went 5/16 for 64 yards and had no luck moving the offense. Katrick Sween started the 2nd half and quickly threw a pick 6. It was the first of two 2nd half INT's for Sween. He's their guy moving forward in what looks like a less of two evils. Wyoming rush attack was effective, but certainly not spectacular. Devin Moore rushed 24 times for 86 yards in what has to be described as dissapointing against the 8th ranked rushing defense in the conference. Wyoming is going to have to have a good running game down the stretch if they plan on winning any gamees.
The Rebles look like they've found a QB in Omar Clayton, but unfortunately they'll probably be looking for a new head coach soon. It's painful to read comments from Rebel fans about the whole situation. Same old stuff for the rebels; 14 penalities/115 yards and a lack of discipline all over the field. They were in the game until the final minute but couldn't score late against the WYO defense. Clayton was 21/39 for 223 yards 1 TD 2 INTS and the Cowboys did a great job not letting him out of the pocket (135 rushing yards prior week). Overall the Rebels ran the ball 41 times for 43 yards. :seeya:
Utah/CSU
The Utes got off to a great start and never looked back. Two touchdowns on their first two drives all but ended any chance of the Rams thinking they were going to build on their first win of the year. Story of the game was in the rushing game as it usually is in the MWC. Utah ran the ball 49 times for 322 yards (6.6 ypc) while the Rams ran for 135 yards on 34 carries (4.0 ypc). I can't really express how impressed I am with the Utah defense above all else. The Rams entered the game as the 3rd best offense in the league and could only muster 3 points at home while winning the turnover battle 2-1. The Utah defense has only given up two TD's over the last 3 weeks and has held their last three opponents under 275 yards of offense as well. Gartell Johnson had as good a game as anybody for the Rams as he ran for 95 yards on 17 carries. Somewhat aided by a 44 yard run on his first carry. He looks like a really solid back
And on to week 10
CSU/BYU
Unga should have a huge day as the Rams are really struggling to stop any decent rushing attack. I still don't see how the line is at 21. The Rams may or may not give up on the season, but if one thing is consistent in the MWC it's that every team gets up to beat BYU. I'm 90% sure I'll be on the Rams here but I want to see some quotes out of the CSU camp about the upcoming game and last weeks game before I pull the trigger. BYU has basically had the last three weeks off as they had a BYE, Eastern Washington, and the cancelled game with the Aztecs.
ARMY/AFA
From what I've reasearched about Army it seems they can't stop anybody from running.
G. TECH 49 rushes for 308 yards 6.3 ypc
C. Michigan 30 rushes for 251 yards 8.1 ypc
Tulane 45 rushes for 247 yards 5.5 ypc
BC 37 rushes 202 yards 5.5 ypc
Bad recipe for facing the Falcons. I'll be shocked if they don't clear 300 rushing yards and expect them to be in the high 300's. Expecting a score similar to the CSU game (45-21). Haven't pulled the trigger on 16.5 but I'm definitely leaning that way. AFA won last year 47-3. 16-2 vs Army and they've held them to 7 points or less 11 times accoring to Phil Steele's magazine.
NMU/TCU
Haven't done a ton of research on this one. Tommy Blake, pre-season defensive player of the year, should be back for the Frogs and he'd be a huge lift. Line opened with TCU being a 4 point favorite. Seems about right and I expect a pretty close contest.
WYO/SDSU
Wyoming opened as a 4 point favorite. I don't really know who would want to lay points with them on the road, but I won't be one of them. Aztecs or pass for me here. If SDSU can manage 20 points they'll probably win this game SU. They've been pretty strong against the run and that's Wyoming's only offense. Probably be playing the Aztecs and may play the 1st half under/2nd half over again as it seems to be a pretty strong trend for Wyoming games.
Utah, UNLV both on BYEs
Last Week 5-1 +3.95 Units
Week 10 Plays
AFA/ARMY Over 45 (-110) BM 2 Units
TCU/NMU Over 44 (-110) BM
SDSU +4 (-110)
TCU -3 (-120)
Week 9 Recaps
UNM/AFA
Story of this game was the Air Force fumbles. Looking back the Falcons would have won this game if they would have held on to the pigskin. the most damaging of the TO's was a fumble on a kickoff retun late in teh 2nd quarter. The Falcons were up 21-10 before the Lobos got a FG and then recoverd the fumble on teh kickoff. A TD pass and 2 point coversion later and the score was quickly tied at 21 heading to half. The Lobos scored 24 points off tunovers while the Falcons got 14 themselves from turnovers.
Teams were very even on total yards (320). New Mexico also did a decent job, probably the best anybody has done, against the Falcon option holding them to 212 yards (60 below season averag) on 50 carries. Only other thing noting is NM's inability to end drives with TDs. 5 drives ended with FG attempts including 4 inside the 20. That works when you are +3 in the TO department at home, but should be viewed as a concern.
UNLV/WYO
Wyoming started Ian Hetrick and that little experiment lasted for only a half. Hetrick went 5/16 for 64 yards and had no luck moving the offense. Katrick Sween started the 2nd half and quickly threw a pick 6. It was the first of two 2nd half INT's for Sween. He's their guy moving forward in what looks like a less of two evils. Wyoming rush attack was effective, but certainly not spectacular. Devin Moore rushed 24 times for 86 yards in what has to be described as dissapointing against the 8th ranked rushing defense in the conference. Wyoming is going to have to have a good running game down the stretch if they plan on winning any gamees.
The Rebles look like they've found a QB in Omar Clayton, but unfortunately they'll probably be looking for a new head coach soon. It's painful to read comments from Rebel fans about the whole situation. Same old stuff for the rebels; 14 penalities/115 yards and a lack of discipline all over the field. They were in the game until the final minute but couldn't score late against the WYO defense. Clayton was 21/39 for 223 yards 1 TD 2 INTS and the Cowboys did a great job not letting him out of the pocket (135 rushing yards prior week). Overall the Rebels ran the ball 41 times for 43 yards. :seeya:
Utah/CSU
The Utes got off to a great start and never looked back. Two touchdowns on their first two drives all but ended any chance of the Rams thinking they were going to build on their first win of the year. Story of the game was in the rushing game as it usually is in the MWC. Utah ran the ball 49 times for 322 yards (6.6 ypc) while the Rams ran for 135 yards on 34 carries (4.0 ypc). I can't really express how impressed I am with the Utah defense above all else. The Rams entered the game as the 3rd best offense in the league and could only muster 3 points at home while winning the turnover battle 2-1. The Utah defense has only given up two TD's over the last 3 weeks and has held their last three opponents under 275 yards of offense as well. Gartell Johnson had as good a game as anybody for the Rams as he ran for 95 yards on 17 carries. Somewhat aided by a 44 yard run on his first carry. He looks like a really solid back
And on to week 10
CSU/BYU
Unga should have a huge day as the Rams are really struggling to stop any decent rushing attack. I still don't see how the line is at 21. The Rams may or may not give up on the season, but if one thing is consistent in the MWC it's that every team gets up to beat BYU. I'm 90% sure I'll be on the Rams here but I want to see some quotes out of the CSU camp about the upcoming game and last weeks game before I pull the trigger. BYU has basically had the last three weeks off as they had a BYE, Eastern Washington, and the cancelled game with the Aztecs.
ARMY/AFA
From what I've reasearched about Army it seems they can't stop anybody from running.
G. TECH 49 rushes for 308 yards 6.3 ypc
C. Michigan 30 rushes for 251 yards 8.1 ypc
Tulane 45 rushes for 247 yards 5.5 ypc
BC 37 rushes 202 yards 5.5 ypc
Bad recipe for facing the Falcons. I'll be shocked if they don't clear 300 rushing yards and expect them to be in the high 300's. Expecting a score similar to the CSU game (45-21). Haven't pulled the trigger on 16.5 but I'm definitely leaning that way. AFA won last year 47-3. 16-2 vs Army and they've held them to 7 points or less 11 times accoring to Phil Steele's magazine.
NMU/TCU
Haven't done a ton of research on this one. Tommy Blake, pre-season defensive player of the year, should be back for the Frogs and he'd be a huge lift. Line opened with TCU being a 4 point favorite. Seems about right and I expect a pretty close contest.
WYO/SDSU
Wyoming opened as a 4 point favorite. I don't really know who would want to lay points with them on the road, but I won't be one of them. Aztecs or pass for me here. If SDSU can manage 20 points they'll probably win this game SU. They've been pretty strong against the run and that's Wyoming's only offense. Probably be playing the Aztecs and may play the 1st half under/2nd half over again as it seems to be a pretty strong trend for Wyoming games.
Utah, UNLV both on BYEs
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