{"id":10067,"date":"2010-10-29T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10067"},"modified":"2010-10-29T12:18:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T17:18:55","slug":"utah-utes-at-air-force-falcons-college-football-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/utah-utes-at-air-force-falcons-college-football-betting-preview-10067\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Utes at Air Force Falcons College Football Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utah Utes at Air Force Falcons
\nSaturday, 10\/30\/10, 7:30 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 55
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Utah -270 \/ Air Force +230<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Air Force-Utah series has been dominated by the underdog going 11-0-1 against the number<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Utah isn\u2019t likely to look past this week\u2019s opponent when the total point differential between the two teams has been 19 points.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been back and forth.\u00a0 Last year was a great example of that playing in overtime,\u201d said head coach Kyle Whittingham.\u00a0 \u201cMost every year it comes down to the wire.\u201d\u00a0 The Utes hope to set up a matchup of undefeated teams next week in hosting the TCU Horned Frogs on November 6th.\u00a0 Utah is coming off an impressive 59-6 win over Colorado State last week and has won its last six games by 24 points or more.\u00a0 Quarterback Jordan Wynn led the attack by completing 23 of 29 passes for 321 yards and is the the Mountain West Conference\u2019s highest-rated passer.\u00a0 The team is 6-0 ATS this season and 20-11 ATS the last three seasons. \u00a0The college football lines page has the visitors favored by a touchdown.<\/p>\n

The Utes are off to their third 7-0 start in the last seven years and rank third nationally in scoring offense by averaging 47.7 points per game.\u00a0 Utah\u2019s defense has also done its part by limiting opponents to just 12.9 points per contest, which is currently the fourth-best mark in college football.\u00a0 That unit will be tested against the unique rushing attack of Air Force.\u00a0 \u201cWe have a lot of players in the lineup for whom it will be their first opportunity to play against them,\u201d said Whittingham.\u00a0 \u201cWith their cut blocking and everything they are going to bring to the table, we are going to try to replicate it in practice.\u201d\u00a0 Utah leads the MWC and ranks No. 6 in the country in rushing defense (87.6 ypg).<\/p>\n

Air Force is hungry to return to the winning column after dropping consecutive games to San Diego State and TCU.\u00a0 Falcons head coach Troy Calhoun believes his team is resilient enough to end its recent skid.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you\u00a0 got to the Air Force Academy, going through basic training isn\u2019t easy either,\u201d he commented.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s a demanding five-and-a-half weeks.\u201d\u00a0 The team holds a 14-12 overall advantage in the series over Utah, but has dropped six of the last seven meetings.\u00a0 Air Force took a 10-6 halftime lead in last year\u2019s game in Salt Lake City, ultimately falling by a 23-16 margin in overtime.\u00a0 Despite the loss, the team outgained Utah, while holding the ball for 38:57.\u00a0 Air Force is 11-10 ATS versus conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Falcons lethal rushing attack is orchestrated by quarterback Tim Jefferson, who is third on the squad with 503 rushing yards, while leading the team with eight rushing touchdowns.\u00a0 This will be Utah\u2019s first chance to faceoff against the talented signal caller.\u00a0 \u201cHe is a very good athlete.\u00a0 He is running the offense very well and his running ability is his strong suit,\u201d said the Utes head coach.\u00a0 Utah and Air Force are second and fourth, respectively, in total offense and defense in the conference.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find it hard not to play the Utes due to their 8-0-1 ATS record as a favorite, but the underdog is 11-0-1 ATS in the last 12 meetings.<\/p>\n

There’s plenty of action on Saturday’s card and Maddux Sports college football handicappers are ready deliver plenty of valuable winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Utah Utes at Air Force Falcons Saturday, 10\/30\/10, 7:30 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 55 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Utah -270 \/ Air Force +230 Utah isn\u2019t likely to look past this week\u2019s opponent when the total point differential between the two teams has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2490,3662,3661,508,741,3663,3560,405],"class_list":["post-10067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-air-force-falcons","tag-jordan-wynn","tag-kyle-whittingham","tag-mountain-west-conference","tag-mwc","tag-tim-jefferson","tag-troy-calhoun","tag-utah-utes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10070,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10067\/revisions\/10070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}