{"id":18748,"date":"2011-10-20T20:06:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T01:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18748"},"modified":"2011-10-20T20:06:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T01:06:14","slug":"college-football-picks-week-8-air-force-falcons-vs-boise-state-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-8-air-force-falcons-vs-boise-state-broncos-18748\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 8: Air Force Falcons vs. Boise State Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air Force Falcons at No. 5 Boise State Broncos
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Versus
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boise State -30.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boise State -29
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 64
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 64.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Boise State Broncos are large home favorites against the Air Force Falcons on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Air Force is set to face its second ranked team this season, dropping a 35-19 contest to the TCU Horned Frogs as one-point home favorites in Week 2.\u00a0 The Falcons will be looking to snap two-game losing streak this week, but actually won the statistical battle in each contest, including by five yards in a 59-33 road defeat to Notre Dame.\u00a0 Defensively, the team ranks 103rd in the nation in allowing 434.7 yards per game, which will be a major problem in facing a potent Boise State attack.\u00a0 Air Force is 1-5 ATS on the season and the \u2018over\u2019 has cashed in five opportunities this year.<\/p>\n

The Falcons are 0-2 in conference play for the first time since 1994, which isn\u2019t good when facing the best team in the Mountain West.\u00a0 Quarterback Tim Jefferson will need to make good decisions, leading the third-ranked rushing offense onto the field, but came away with just 195 rushing yards against San Diego State last week.\u00a0 Air Force leads all teams in the conference and ranks 10th nationally in averaging 506.3 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Boise State continues to hammer lesser opponents, coming away with a 63-13 win over the Colorado State Rams as 32-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Broncos tallied a 57-7 victory over the Fresno State Bulldogs the prior week, with both of those contests going over the total.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has rushed for 576 combined yards the past two weeks, while gaining a school-record 742 yards in Fort Collins last Saturday.\u00a0 The team is tied for fifth nationally in turnover margin, while leading the nation in defensive third down efficiency.\u00a0 Boise State is a dominating 22-10 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 16-15 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Broncos are 71-2 (.973) at home since the beginning of the 2000 season, with the winning percentage ranking first nationally over that span.\u00a0 Boise State does a tremendous job in protecting senior quarterback Kellen Moore, allowing just three in six games this season.\u00a0 Moore has thrown multiple touchdown passes in 19 consecutive games, which is the longest such streak in the country.\u00a0 The senior also leads all active signal-callers with 44 wins.\u00a0 Running back Doug Martin is also a nice option in the backfield, becoming just the seventh player in school history to eclipse 4,000 career all-purpose yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Falcons due to their 6-1 ATS mark on field turf, while the Broncos are 0-2 ATS as a favorite of 21.5 to 31 points this year.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Air Force Falcons at No. 5 Boise State Broncos Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Versus Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boise State -30.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boise State -29 Opening Total:\u00a0 64 Current Total:\u00a0 64.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Air Force is set to face its second ranked team this season, dropping a 35-19 contest to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2490,1104,2045,508],"class_list":["post-18748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-air-force-falcons","tag-boise-state-broncos","tag-kellen-moore","tag-mountain-west-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748","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=18748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18749,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748\/revisions\/18749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}