{"id":34425,"date":"2014-07-02T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34425"},"modified":"2014-06-30T13:40:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T18:40:54","slug":"college-football-week-1-predictions-unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-arizona-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-1-predictions-unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-arizona-wildcats-34425\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 1 Predictions: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels vs. Arizona Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels vs. Arizona Wildcats
\nFriday, 8\/29\/14, 10:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -25
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -25
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels are dangerous road underdogs in Week 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNLV will be playing its fourth straight non-Saturday season opener this season, but it\u2019s important to point out that the program is 1-13 SU in its last 14 road openers, including six consecutive losses in that situation by an average of 23 points.\u00a0 The Runnin\u2019 Rebels welcome back 51 lettermen and the entire coaching staff from a group that suffered a 36-14 loss to North Texas in the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl.\u00a0 The graduation of both quarterback Caleb Herring and running back Tim Cornett is a cause for concern in this particular affair, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college football predictions.\u00a0 UNLV is 12-37-4 ATS in its last 53 true road games.<\/p>\n

The Runnin\u2019 Rebels were initially facing a bowl ban, but that decision has been overturned, which should provide a major lift to the locker room in preparation for the 2014 campaign.\u00a0 Former starter Nick Sherry is expected to win the job under center, but he\u2019ll face a healthy battle in camp\u2014at least that\u2019s what head coach Bobby Hauck is saying in Sin City.\u00a0 Senior wide receiver Devante Davis is the main player to watch in this affair, as he grabbed 87 catches for 1,290 yards a season ago.<\/p>\n

Arizona has won 13 consecutive home openers by an average of 26 points, while it captured a 58-13 win over UNLV as 10-point road favorites in Week 2 last season.\u00a0 The Wildcats out-gained the Runnin\u2019 Rebels by nearly 200 yards in that affair, with the bulk of the production coming on the ground in gaining 397 yards on 69 carries.\u00a0 Third-year head coach Rich Rodriguez will welcome back 13 starters, but doesn\u2019t have a sure-fire player to rely on at the quarterback position.\u00a0 Arizona is 4-0 ATS in its last four August affairs.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are going to have a hard time covering this type of number on he college football odds page, with the departure of running back Ka\u2019Deem Carey, who was one of he more electric playmakers in the country last season.\u00a0 Arizona\u2019s defense hasn\u2019t been great since the arrival of Rodriguez in Tucson, which makes an ATS victory hard to imagine against a revenge-minded opponent.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Runnin\u2019 Rebels due to their 8-3 ATS mark in their last 11 overall games.<\/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":"

UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels vs. Arizona Wildcats Friday, 8\/29\/14, 10:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -25 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -25 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes UNLV will be playing its fourth straight non-Saturday season opener this season, but it\u2019s important to point out that the program is 1-13 SU […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[578,7803,8330,485,3113],"class_list":["post-34425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-bobby-hauck","tag-nick-sherry","tag-rich-rodriguez","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34425","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=34425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34427,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34425\/revisions\/34427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}