{"id":9887,"date":"2010-10-26T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9887"},"modified":"2010-10-26T02:38:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T07:38:19","slug":"tuesday-cfb-betting-preview-louisiana-tech-at-boise-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/tuesday-cfb-betting-preview-louisiana-tech-at-boise-state-9887\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks: Louisiana Tech Vs Boise State Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Boise State Broncos
\nTuesday, 10\/26\/2010, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boise State -37.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boise State -37.5
\nOpening Total: \u00a063
\nCurrent Total: \u00a063
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Boise State stands as a 38-point home favorite in hosting the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs on nationally television<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Louisiana Tech will play on the national stage Tuesday night when the Bulldogs head to the blue turf of Bronco Stadium for a primetime match-up with No. 2 Boise State.\u00a0 First-year head coach Sonny Dykes is just hoping a nationally televised game against the nation\u2019s second-ranked team doesn\u2019t derail the momentum his team has strung together in the past two games.\u00a0 \u201cYou watch the film and you can\u2019t tell who anybody is,\u201d Dykes stated.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t see numbers.\u201d\u00a0 This week\u2019s contest will mark the fifth time Louisiana Tech has faced a team ranked No. 2 in the country, posting a 0-4 all-time mark and last playing such a team in 2007, a 58-10 loss to LSU.\u00a0 Following its 41-21 loss at Hawaii, the Bulldogs have lost nine consecutive road games.\u00a0 The team is 3-3 ATS in all games this season and 4-10\u00a0against the college football point spread\u00a0on the road the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs have dropped eight in a row to the Broncos, including a 45-35 defeat last season.\u00a0 Louisiana Tech has dropped its last four road games in the series by a 184-41 margin and must overcome the fact that Boise State has outscored conference opponents by a combined 107-0 in its first two contests.\u00a0 \u201cLouisiana Tech-Boise State isn\u2019t going to go head-to-head against Alabama-Florida.\u00a0 It gives us a chance to get on television.\u00a0 It\u2019s good for the league,\u201d Dykes stated.\u00a0 His defensive unit has gotten little reprieve from facing top passing attacks, as it will be facing a top 15 passing offense for the third time this season and the fourth team ranked in the top 25 in that category.\u00a0 The defense as a whole gave up 533 yards to Idaho in its last game but gained 683 as they held on for a 48-35 victory.<\/p>\n

Boise State returns home after enjoying a bye week and the team looks to move its record to a perfect 7-0.\u00a0 The Broncos lead the all-time series with the Bulldogs, 8-4, including eight straight victories.\u00a0 The team brings in the nation\u2019s longest winning streak at 20 games and has posted a dominating 32-6 record in non-Saturday games.\u00a0 \u201cI think the first part of the season just sets the stage for the second part and that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about.\u00a0 How do you finish?,\u201d said head coach Chris Petersen.\u00a0 His defense has finished off opponents with regularity this season, forcing 31 three-and-outs through the first six games, averaging 5.17 per game and is the third-best mark in the nation.\u00a0 Overall, Boise State leads the nation in total defense in allowing just 210.17 yards per game.\u00a0 The squad is 5-1 ATS this year and 22-7 ATS over the past three campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Broncos are normally fast starters and have scored first in all six games this season, building double-digit leads five times before allowing a score.\u00a0 Boise State\u2019s offense ranks fourth in both points (47.5) and total yards (523.8) per game with junior quarterback Kellen Moore leading the attack.\u00a0 He has topped 300 yards passing in each of his two matchups with the Bulldogs and leads the nation with a 190.3 passer rating.\u00a0 All of this makes Boise State the only team in the country ranked in the top five in both total offense and defense categories.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Bulldogs are 6-1 ATS in their last seven conference games, while the Broncos are 9-3 ATS in the same situation.\u00a0 Maddux Sports is still looking at this game at the time of publish so be sure to visit our free college football picks where you can get complimentary winners via our newsletter as well as view the winning premium college football picks we do offer to visitors of the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Boise State Broncos Tuesday, 10\/26\/2010, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boise State -37.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boise State -37.5 Opening Total: \u00a063 Current Total: \u00a063 Louisiana Tech will play on the national stage Tuesday night when the Bulldogs head to the blue turf of Bronco Stadium for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1104,3621,3619,2098,2045,3291,3620],"class_list":["post-9887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-boise-state-broncos","tag-bronco-stadium","tag-chris-peterson","tag-college-football-picks","tag-kellen-moore","tag-louisiana-tech-bulldogs","tag-sonny-dykes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9887","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=9887"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9937,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9887\/revisions\/9937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}