{"id":10998,"date":"2010-11-26T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10998"},"modified":"2010-11-26T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T16:53:14","slug":"boise-state-broncos-vs-nevada-wolf-pack-ncaa-football-handicapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/boise-state-broncos-vs-nevada-wolf-pack-ncaa-football-handicapping-10998\/","title":{"rendered":"Boise State Broncos vs Nevada Wolf Pack NCAA Football Handicapping Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boise State Broncos at Nevada Wolf Pack
\nFriday, 11\/26\/10, 10:15 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boise State -15
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boise State -14
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 68
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 68.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Boise State -600 \/ Nevada +475<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nevada Wolfpack host the Boise State Broncos in the first-ever meeting of ranked opponents at Mackay Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boise State will likely move ahead of TCU in the Bowl Championship Series standings with a victory in tonight\u2019s game and many around the nation will be tuning in to find out how Auburn fares against Alabama before this one kicks off.\u00a0 The Broncos are 9-0 against the Wolf Pack in WAC play, but they\u2019ve won the past three by two, seven and 11 points.\u00a0 \u201cIt should be huge Friday for both sides,\u201d said head coach Chris Petersen.\u00a0 Boise can clinch at least a share of its eighth WAC title in nine years with a win and this is the first meeting of ranked teams in the conference since Hawaii downed Boise State for the title in 2007.\u00a0 The team is 12-2 ATS as a road favorite over the last three years and the college football lines page has them laying two touchdowns.<\/p>\n

The Broncos are coming off a highly-impressive 51-0 shutout victory of the Fresno State Bulldogs last Friday, a game that saw the offense compiled 516 total yards.\u00a0 Boise State has averaged 50.0 points during its 10-game winning streak over Nevada, but the Wolf Pack have won 11 in a row at home.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to be one of those games,\u201d Petersen commented.\u00a0 \u201cI think our guys are going to be up for the challenge.\u201d\u00a0 The team should be highly confident heading into tonight, carrying the second-highest scoring team in the league and second-best defense.<\/p>\n

Nevada is coming off its 500th victory in program history and remains at home for Senior Day for a showdown with the Broncos at Mackay Stadium.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re not Boise State,\u201d said head coach Chris Ault.\u00a0 \u201cWe have our work cut out for us.\u201d\u00a0 The Wolf Pack have lost nine straight to Top 25 opponents, last beating tonight\u2019s opponent on October 31, 1998.\u00a0 This will be the first ever matchup of ranked teams in the venue\u2019s history, with the Wolf Pack ranking No. 19 in all three major polls.\u00a0 Nevada\u2019s prolific offense ranks in the top five nationally in rushing, total yards and scoring.\u00a0 The squad is 8-3 ATS in November the last three years.<\/p>\n

The Wolf Pack duo of quarterback Colin Kaepernick and running back Vai Taua have put up numerous remarkable performances during their careers and are closing in on yet another NCAA record.\u00a0 Entering this week\u2019s game, they are 84 yards away from breaking the most yards gained by two players in a career, which is currently held by the SMU duo of Eric Dickerson and Craig James.\u00a0 Kaepernick is only concerned with one statistic in Saturday\u2019s contest, which is his 0-3 record as a starter against Boise State.\u00a0 One key factor in this game will certainly be turnovers, as the Wolf Pack are plus-7 in turnover margin over the last three games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Broncos are 19-7-1 ATS in their last 27 conference games, while the Wolf Pack are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 home games versus a team with a winning road record.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports are releasing a 20-unit Game of the Year this weekend.\u00a0 Don\u2019t even think about missing it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boise State Broncos at Nevada Wolf Pack Friday, 11\/26\/10, 10:15 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boise State -15 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boise State -14 Opening Total:\u00a0 68 Current Total:\u00a0 68.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Boise State -600 \/ Nevada +475 Boise State will likely move ahead of TCU in the Bowl Championship Series standings with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1104,3700,3034,3987,432,3389,2796],"class_list":["post-10998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-boise-state-broncos","tag-chris-petersen","tag-colin-kaepernick","tag-mackay-stadium","tag-nevada-wolf-pack","tag-vai-taua","tag-wac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10998","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=10998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11000,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10998\/revisions\/11000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}