{"id":18760,"date":"2011-10-21T02:38:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T07:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18760"},"modified":"2011-10-21T02:38:44","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T07:38:44","slug":"wac-football-betting-fresno-st-bulldogs-at-nevada-wolf-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wac-football-betting-fresno-st-bulldogs-at-nevada-wolf-pack-18760\/","title":{"rendered":"WAC Football Betting: Fresno St Bulldogs at Nevada Wolf Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresno St Bulldogs at Nevada Wolf Pack
\nMackay Stadium – Reno, Nevada
\nSaturday, October 22, 2011, 4:00 pm Eastern, WAC Sports Network, Altitude, Comcast-California, ESPN Game Plan
\nOpening Line: Nevada -8 1\/2
\nCurrent Line: Nevada -11
\nOpening Total: 57 1\/2
\nCurrent Total: 59
\nOpening Money Line: Nevada -380 \/ Fresno St +315
\nCurrent Money Line: Nevada -440 \/ Fresno St +350 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nevada Wolf Pack are 11 point favorites at home against Fresno St in a battle for first place in the WAC, thouhh both teams are a combined 6-7 this season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Boise St left the WAC for the Mountain West, we knew the quality of play would decrease somewhat. However, no one knew it would be this bad. All 8 teams in the WAC have at least 3 losses this season, not even the Sun Belt or the MAC has that dubious achievement midway through the season. It is telling that 3-4 Fresno St and 3-3 Nevada meet in Reno with first place in the conference on the line. Fresno is 2-0 in conference and Nevada is 1-0. Every other school has at least one conference loss. It will get even worse next season when Nevada Fresno St and Hawaii join Boise St in the Mountain West.<\/p>\n

Fresno St, coached by Pat Hill, has home wins over North Dakota 27-22 and last week against Utah St 31-21, along with a road win at Idaho 48-24. The Bulldogs have losses to California 36-21, at Nebraska 42-29, and home losses to Ole Miss 38-28 and Boise St 57-7. Nevada is coached by Chris Ault, and has a road win at San Jose St 17-14, and home wins against UNLV 37-0 and New Mexico 49-7. The Wolf Pack have losses at Oregon 69-20, Texas Tech 35-34, and Boise St 30-10. Granted, both Nevada and Fresno St have had brutal schedules so far and might not be as bad as their records indicate. If you look at their 7 losses, all are against likely bowl teams, except for Ole Miss.\u00a0 Fresno St leads the overall series against Nevada 24-16-1, including 10-9-1 in Reno. Nevada has won 3 in a row against Fresno including 35-34 last year in Fresno.<\/p>\n

Fresno St hosted Utah St last week. The Aggies were actually 2.5 point road favorites on the college football betting line. Utah St was up 21-14 at halftime but Fresno St outscored them 17-0 in the second half to win 31-21. The Bulldogs had 403 total yards including 248 passing yards from quarterback Derek Carr who threw 2 touchdown passes without an interception, and also had 6 carries for 39 yards and a rushing touchdown, Running back Robbie Rouse had 24 carries, 140 yards, and a touchdown, along with 4 catches for 40 yards. The game featured 18 turnovers (11 by Utah St) and 3 turnovers ( 2 by Fresno). The Aggies had 454 total yards including 260 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Fresno St is averaging 373 yards, including 237.9 passing yards and 135.1 rushing yards\u00a0 a game. The Bulldogs score 27.3 points a game. Fresno St has 13 turnovers and has allowed 11 sacks this season. The Bulldogs are 39\/109 on third and fourth down conversions, and 16\/20 scoring in the red zone with 14 touchdowns. The Bulldogs are giving up 403.6 yards, including 186.4 rushing yards and 217.1 passing yards a game. The Bulldogs are allowing 34.3 points a game. Fresno has forced 6 turnovers and 11 sacks this season. Bulldog opponents are 46\/112 on third and fourth down conversions, and 21\/24 scoring in the red zone with 18 touchdowns. The Bulldogs are averaging 6.6 penalties a game\u00a0 for 62 yards a game. Fresno has 4 defensive\/special teams touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Carr is 141\/234 passing for 1,665 yards, 12 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He also has 3 rushing touchdowns despite rushing for -6 yards on the season. Rouse has 167 carries, for 812 yards, and 5 touchd0wns, along with 11 catches for 83 yards. Five Bulldog receivers have at least 19 catches this season. Jalen Saunders has 22 receptions, 524 yards, and 5 touchdowns, along with 5 carries for 66 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0Josh Harper has 26 catches, for 320 yards, and 3 scores.\u00a0 Rashad Evans has 29 catches, 252 yards, and 2 touchdowns. Evans is probable with a concussion. Devon Wylie has 19 catches for 222 yards.\u00a0 Isaiah Burse has 23 catches for 140 yards and a touchdown. Kicker Kevin Goessling is 23\/23 on extra points but only 6\/10 on field goals with a long of 48 yards. Fresno has four players out for the season including 2 fullbacks and 2 defensive backs.<\/p>\n

Nevada was a 30 point favorite at home last week against winless New Mexico. New Mexioc scored a meaningless touchdown late in the fourth quarter to avoid the shutout but were still pounded 49-7 by the Wolf Pack. The game was sloppy as it featured 16 penalties and 5 turnovers. Nevada had 9 penalties and 3 turnovers, but Nevada ran back a fumble return for a touchdown in the first quarter to take a 21-o lead. Nevada had 598 total yards including 338 rushing yards. Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo had 289 combined passing and rushing yards, along with 2 rushing touchdowns and an interception. Running back Stefphon Jefferson had 14 carries, 108 yards, and a touchdown. Lampford Mark had 9 carries for 39 yards but had 3 rushing touchdowns. Nevada held New Mexico to 257 total yards and 14 first downs.<\/p>\n

Nevada is averaging 488.3 yards and 27.8 points a game. The Wolf Pack is tenth in the country in rushing with 248.8 yards a game. Nevada has 17 turnovers and has allowed 5 sacks. The Wolf Pack are 47\/94 on third and fourth down conversions, and 21\/27 scoring in the red zone with 15 touchdowns. Nevada is allowing 338.3 yards and 25.8 points a game. Nevada is allowing 178 rushing yards, and 160.3 passing yards.\u00a0 They have forced 10 turnovers and 10 sacks. Nevada opponents are 37\/10 on third and fourth down conversions, and 13\/20 scoring in the red zone with 12 touchdowns. Nevada has one defensive touchdown this season.<\/p>\n

Nevada quarterbacks Tyler Lantrip and Fajardo have split the snaps this season. Lantrip is 70\/125 passing for 995 yards for 5 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, along with 45 carries for 167 yards. Fajardo is 37\/50 passing for 369 yards, one touchdown and 4 interceptions, along 38 carries, 323 yards, and 5 touchdowns. \u00a0 Running back Mike Ball has 90 carries for 413 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also has 6 catches for 18 yards and a touchdown. Jefferson has 53 carries for 345 yards and 2 touchdowns, along with 5 catches for 40 yards. Mark has 24 carries, 114 yards and 4 touchdowns. Receiver Rishard Matthews has 38 catches for 632 yards and 3 touchdowns. Shane Anderson and Corbin Louks also get significant catches.\u00a0 Kicker Anthony Martinez is 8\/9 on extra points and 3\/5 on field goals with a long of 25 yards. He has missed the last 3 games with a hip injury and is questionable against Fresno St. Allen Hardison has replaced him and is 12\/12 on extra points and 4\/5 on field goals with a long of 41 yards.<\/p>\n

Nevada is 4-2 against the spread this season and the total is 2-4 in those games. Fresno St is 3-4 ATS this year and the total is 5-2 in those games. The Bulldogs are 1-6-1 ATS in October games, and 0-4 following a cover. Nevada is 4-0 ATS overall, as a favorite of 10.5 points or more, and on turf, 5-1 following a straight up win and a cover, 4-1 at home, 18-6 in home games against teams with losing road records, and 24-9 as a home favorite.<\/p>\n

Both these teams are flawed but the winner will have a leg up on the WAC title. I like Nevada at home, but I think it could be too many points. I do expect to see a lot of points as both defenses have struggled this season,<\/p>\n

Our college football handicappers are red hot this season and crushing the sports books. Check out our college football odds page for the best lines on every game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fresno St Bulldogs at Nevada Wolf Pack Mackay Stadium – Reno, Nevada Saturday, October 22, 2011, 4:00 pm Eastern, WAC Sports Network, Altitude, Comcast-California, ESPN Game Plan Opening Line: Nevada -8 1\/2 Current Line: Nevada -11 Opening Total: 57 1\/2 Current Total: 59 Opening Money Line: Nevada -380 \/ Fresno St +315 Current Money Line: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":4002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5362,9531,1923,2289,2274,5415,4020,432,2796,5551],"class_list":["post-18760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-altitude","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-betting","tag-college-football-handicapping","tag-college-football-odds","tag-comcast-california","tag-fresno-st-bulldogs","tag-nevada-wolf-pack","tag-wac","tag-wac-sports-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18760","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\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19355,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18760\/revisions\/19355"}],"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=18760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}