{"id":17924,"date":"2011-09-23T08:33:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17924"},"modified":"2011-09-23T08:33:13","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T13:33:13","slug":"college-football-friday-night-preview-ucf-knights-at-byu-cougars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-friday-night-preview-ucf-knights-at-byu-cougars-17924\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Friday Night Preview: UCF Knights at BYU Cougars"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCF Knights at BYU Cougars
\nFriday, 9\/23\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 BYU -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 BYU -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UCF Knights are 13-3 ATS in their last 16 road games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UCF comes into this contest off a disappointing 17-10 loss to Florida International as 6.5-point road favorites despite winning the statistical battle by 62 yards.\u00a0 The Knights had won 10 consecutive games before the defeat and plenty of blame went around from head coach George O\u2019Leary.\u00a0 \u201cA lot of it\u2019s on Jeff,\u201d O\u2019Leary commented after the game.\u00a0 \u201cI think Jeff held the ball a little bit too long at times.\u201d\u00a0 The offensive line was also responsible in allowing six sacks.\u00a0 It\u2019s definitely a focal point in practice this week on a short week.\u00a0 UCF is 7-2 ATS in September and 9-1 ATS when playing a team with a losing record.<\/p>\n

The Knights will be meeting the Cougars for the first time in school history and are also 6-4 all-time on Fridays, including a 2-0 mark last year.\u00a0 UCF leads Conference USA in all five major defensive categories, while also ranking first in the league in allowing just 30 first downs and holding opponents to a 22.5 percent rate on third down.\u00a0 The team may be able to protect quarterback Jeff Godfrey better this week, as BYU hasn\u2019t registered a sack all year.\u00a0 UCF has produced 102 points hits year while allowing only 20 for a point-differential of plus-82.\u00a0 That ranks first in Conference USA by a 40-point margin.<\/p>\n

BYU got manhandled in terms of scoring in dropping a 54-10 contest versus rival Utah as four-point home favorites, but was out-gained by just 127 yards.\u00a0 The Cougars are 1-2 for the fifth time in seven years and have plenty of challenges ahead.\u00a0 \u201cWith as poorly as we played, the gap to get closed, and the timeliness to close it,\u201d Cougars head coach Bronco Mendenhall stated.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s going to be a real challenge.\u201d\u00a0 The program is also 1-4 against Florida schools and will be looking to avoid back-to-back home losses for the first time since 2004.\u00a0 BYU is 15-14 ATS over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cougars have an overall record of 7-4 on Friday games dating back to the 2000 campaign, but will need to limit their miscues if they want to bounce back against a solid opponent.\u00a0 BYU committed seven turnovers, including six fumbles and one interception.\u00a0 Quarterback Jake Heaps completed 27 of 50 passes for 305 yards, as his main target was wide receiver Cody Hoffman, who finished with 138 receiving yards on eight catches.\u00a0 The team\u2019s offense is still one of the worst in the country, scoring just three offensive touchdowns this year.\u00a0 The Cougars have failed to score a combined total of 50 points in their first three games for only the second time in the last 35 years.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Knights due to their 13-3 ATS mark in road games, while the Cougars are 0-4 ATS on Fridays.<\/p>\n

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UCF Knights at BYU Cougars Friday, 9\/23\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 BYU -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 BYU -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 43.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker UCF comes into this contest off a disappointing 17-10 loss to Florida International as 6.5-point road favorites despite winning the statistical battle by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[434,3339,3219,3262,3261],"class_list":["post-17924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-byu-cougars","tag-george-oleary","tag-jake-heaps","tag-jeff-godfrey","tag-ucf-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17924","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=17924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17925,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17924\/revisions\/17925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}