{"id":18911,"date":"2011-10-27T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T15:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18911"},"modified":"2011-10-27T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T15:36:32","slug":"college-football-predictions-week-9-byu-cougars-vs-tcu-horned-frogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-predictions-week-9-byu-cougars-vs-tcu-horned-frogs-18911\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Predictions Week 9: BYU Cougars vs. TCU Horned Frogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

BYU Cougars vs. TCU Horned Frogs
\nFriday, 10\/28\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 TCU -12
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 TCU -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 55.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 56
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The BYU Cougars are double-digit underdogs Friday night against the TCU Horned Frogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BYU will be making its first trip to Cowboys Stadium since knocking off the Oklahoma Sooners, 14-13, which served as the first collegiate football game played inside the venue.\u00a0 The Cougars are 24-20-1 all-time at neutral sites, including a 5-2 mark under current coach Bronco Mendenhall.\u00a0 The program is looking for its first win in this series since a 27-22 victory as seven-point home favorites on Nov. 8, 2007.\u00a0 Offensively, the team seems to be firing on all cylinders, totaling more than 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in each of the last four games.\u00a0 BYU is 8-4 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Cougars will be aiming for their sixth consecutive win, but haven\u2019t won that many in a row since winning 13 straight from 2007-08.\u00a0 BYU\u2019s recent play has been led by junior quarterback Riley Nelson, who has thrown for 11 touchdowns, including three in each of his last three starts.\u00a0 Mendenhall seems confident that his squad has turned the corner coming into a marquee game.\u00a0 \u201cI like the matchup,\u201d he stated in practice this week.\u00a0 \u201cAnd I like the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

TCU has battled BYU as Mountain West Conference rivals the past six years, but that will not be the case Friday night.\u00a0 Head coach Gary Patterson has mixed emotions of playing this important contest at a neutral site.\u00a0 \u201cOf course, I\u2019d have 40,000 in purple instead of 50-50,\u201d Patterson commented about the situation.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s why we won\u2019t play people in the Big 12 over in Cowboys Stadium if I have to say because I\u2019d rather have home-field advantage.\u201d\u00a0 TCU is 3-3 ATS this year and 18-13 ATS over the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Horned Frogs will be playing on Friday night for the second time this season, dropping a 50-48 thriller on the road against the Baylor Bears to open things up in 2011.\u00a0 TCU has been led offensively by quarterback Casey Pachall, who is on pace to set numerous school records.\u00a0 Scoring points has become a regularity for the program, tallying 27 or more points in its last 26 regular-season games.\u00a0 Running back Ed Wesley is starting to become comfortable again after sitting out three contests with an injury, averaging 104.3 yards per game on 7.6 yards per carry.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cougars due to their 5-0 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Horned Frogs are 0-5 ATS in non-conference action.<\/p>\n

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BYU Cougars vs. TCU Horned Frogs Friday, 10\/28\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 TCU -12 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 TCU -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 55.5 Current Total:\u00a0 56 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker BYU will be making its first trip to Cowboys Stadium since knocking off the Oklahoma Sooners, 14-13, which served as the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[434,5361,5485,5572,460],"class_list":["post-18911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-byu-cougars","tag-casey-pachall","tag-cowboys-stadium","tag-riley-nelson","tag-tcu-horned-frogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18911","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=18911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18912,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18911\/revisions\/18912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}