{"id":24639,"date":"2012-08-29T22:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24639"},"modified":"2012-08-29T19:26:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T00:26:53","slug":"college-football-2012-preview-wyoming-cowboys-vs-texas-longhorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-2012-preview-wyoming-cowboys-vs-texas-longhorns-24639\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football 2012 Preview: Wyoming Cowboys vs. Texas Longhorns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wyoming Cowboys at No. 15 Texas Longhorns
\nSaturday, 9\/1\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV: Longhorn Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas -28
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas -31.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns QB David Ash will look to improve the program’s record to 5-0 all-time against the Wyoming Cowboys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wyoming returns 13 starters from a team that posted an 8-5 record in 2011, which resulted in finishing third in the Mountain West Conference.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019ve improved in a lot of areas,\u201d commented Cowboys head coach Dave Christensen.\u00a0 The Cowboys will be in for a long contest if they don\u2019t demonstrate the ability to stop the run, ranking 115th in the country last year in that category, allowing 232 yards per game.\u00a0 Wyoming is 7-2 ATS as a road underdog in the last two years, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 5-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are 60-23-1 in season-opening games against non-conference opponents, including a 14-13 mark on the road.\u00a0 Wyoming is opening up away from Laramie for the first time since 2005, which is obviously something new for Christensen.\u00a0 He has won all three of his lid lifters, including a 35-32 win over Weber State in 2011.\u00a0 The program has tallied a 2-9 all-time mark against teams that have participated in the Big 12 Conference since it began competition in 1996.<\/p>\n

Texas also finished with an 8-5 record a year ago, as the program looks to regain its national prominence in beginning its 15th season under head coach Mack Brown.\u00a0 He has already made a major decision before the season opener, naming David Ash as the starting quarterback, who rotated with Case McCoy in 2011.\u00a0 \u201cI expected it,\u201d stated Ash this week.\u00a0 \u201cI worked really hard.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that he split six games as a freshman, throwing just four scoring passes and getting intercepted eight times.\u00a0 Texas is 1-3 ATS in the first two weeks of the season the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns hold a 4-0 lead in the all-time series against the Cowboys, which included a 34-7 victory in 2010.\u00a0 Texas welcomes back nine starters on offense and seven starters on defense, while also having a total of 41 letter winners.\u00a0 The club has some weapons on the perimeter to help out Ash, with three wide receivers that caught over 30 passes in 2011.\u00a0 Junior Mike Davis leads the way with 45 catches and 609 yards.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be surprised if this team surprises in 2012, considering four starters return on an offensive line that helped the squad rank 21st in the country with 202.6 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 9-6 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Longhorns are 3-7 ATS when the total is between 49.5 and 56.<\/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":"

Wyoming Cowboys at No. 15 Texas Longhorns Saturday, 9\/1\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV: Longhorn Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas -28 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas -31.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 51.5 Current Total:\u00a0 51 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wyoming returns 13 starters from a team that posted an 8-5 record in 2011, which resulted in finishing third in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5525,5524,3234,508,496,2492],"class_list":["post-24639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-case-mccoy","tag-david-ash","tag-mack-brown","tag-mountain-west-conference","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-wyoming-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24639","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=24639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24640,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24639\/revisions\/24640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}