{"id":35161,"date":"2014-09-03T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T17:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35161"},"modified":"2014-09-03T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:53:12","slug":"college-football-week-2-picks-byu-cougars-vs-texas-longhorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-2-picks-byu-cougars-vs-texas-longhorns-35161\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 2 Picks: BYU Cougars vs. Texas Longhorns"},"content":{"rendered":"

BYU Cougars vs. Texas Longhorns
\nSaturday, 9\/6\/14, 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The BYU Cougars are 5-2 ATS as underdogs since 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BYU is coming off an impressive 35-10 victory over the Connecticut Huskies as 15.5-point road favorites last week, as it won the statistical battle by 158 yards, while going UNDER the betting total for the sixth time in the last seven contests dating back to last year.\u00a0 The Cougars have recorded 16 wins against Big 12 Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your Week 2 college football picks, with the last one coming at home in 2013 against Texas.\u00a0 BYU is 3-4 SU and 5-2 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cougars are led offensively by the play of junior quarterback Taysom Hill, who scored a career-high five touchdowns versus UConn, while he completed 28 of 36 passes for 308 yards.\u00a0 BYU has compiled an 83-34 record during the Bronco Mendenhall era\u2014ranking as the 12th most wins in the country over that period of time.\u00a0 Junior running back Jamaal Williams is expected back for this affair, as he was serving a suspension last week.\u00a0 He\u2019s carried the ball 383 times in his career and never lost a fumble.<\/p>\n

Texas picked up a convincing 38-7 win over North Texas in Charlie Strong\u2019s debut on the sidelines, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football odds page, as he welcomed back starters at 12 positions.\u00a0 The Longhorns defense forced the Mean Green into four interceptions\u2014their most since the 2009 Oklahoma State game.\u00a0 Senior Malcolm Brown and junior Johnathan Gray form one of the most talented running back duos in the country, with each player rushing for more than 750 yards last season.\u00a0 Texas is 14-4 SU and 8-9 ATS as favorites the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns have some major question marks on the offensive line, as they were already starting anew without three starters from a year ago, while they lost center Dominic Espinosa indefinitely after suffering a fractured ankle in the opener.\u00a0 Texas will need to win this game on the defensive end, which is possible due to Strong\u2019s stop units in Louisville ranking in the top 25 in total defense in each of his four campaigns.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cougars due to their 6-1 ATS mark versus the Big 12 in their last seven opportunities.<\/p>\n

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BYU Cougars vs. Texas Longhorns Saturday, 9\/6\/14, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Texas -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Texas -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 51 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker BYU is coming off an impressive 35-10 victory over the Connecticut Huskies as 15.5-point road favorites last week, as it won the statistical battle by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3267,3220,434,1237,7608,496],"class_list":["post-35161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bronco-mendenhall","tag-byu-cougars","tag-charlie-strong","tag-taysom-hill","tag-texas-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35161","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=35161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35162,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35161\/revisions\/35162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}