Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The battle of the beginning of the season could be BCS teams

At the start of the season both these teams where in spots if they won out they would be BCS teams. Utah started out very strong, but it was against weaker competition, Air Force being the only legit win of the first 8. Then they played TCU. Utah could of shown the nation they are a BCS team, they showed the world the exact opposite, they got dismantled. Even more embarrassing they go to Notre Dame next week and lose to what I think is a pathetic Notre Dame team. Utah finished strong however with two legit wins over San Diego St. and BYU, two bowl teams. Cain hasn't had a terrible season, he does get protection for his line, giving him time to throw. I think this is definitely key for Cain to have time to throw on one of the best defenses in college football. Utah isn't the best rushing team but they do have a combo that has rushed for over 1300 yards combined. They defense is at par, they held the not so good teams to low point totals but gave up quite a bit to teams that are bowl teams. Boise should have no problem putting up 35-40 on the Utes. Boise's offense, as we all know is so prolific. Kellen Moore is a top 3 QB. Martin is a thousand yard back. Moore also has two great targets to throw to in Pettis and Young. Not to mention their incredible defense. They dismantled everyone, but the ranked teams they played. Boise played 3 ranked teams this year. #10 VT, who they beat by 3, #24 Oregon St., who they beat by 13, and of course the loss to number #19 Nevada by 3. When playing decent teams, Boise plays well enough to win to not good enough to blow them out.

So my prediction for the night is Boise St. 37 Utah 27. Boise is good enough to win, but not good enough to cover the spread against a ranked opponent. The key to the game is Utah's offensive line. If they can continue to protect the QB and give the runners some open holes, Utah will score enough to keep them close. So the play here, which I have already bet on it Utah+17.

I'm 3-2 this bowl season, going 1-1 yesterday, good luck tonight!

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