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(NCAAF) Texas El Paso vs. Utah State,
Point Spread: -10.00 | -105.00 Utah State (Home)
Result: Win
Point Spread: -10.00 | -105.00 Utah State (Home)
Result: Win
This is an 8* BLOWOUT on Utah State.
For a number of different reasons, I expect Utah State to pull away down the stretch for a comfortable ATS cover in the New Mexico Bowl. Utah State has both the motivational and situational factors working in its favor. The season didn't end the way the Aggies wanted and they will be eager to get back onto the field with plenty at stake. UTEP on the other hand is coming off a better than expected season and I think will just be happy to be in a bowl game; note that the Miners haven't won a bowl game in 47 years. Utah State has won two straight bowl games. The Aggies would come up short in losing 50-19 to No. 21 Boise State in the Mountain West Conference division title game. But at 9-4 for the season, the Aggies come in highly motivated as they play in a fourth straight bowl game and will look to close the campaign by reaching double-digit victories for a second straight year: "I can promise you, we're very, very hungry," Utah State coach Matt Wells said earlier in the week. "The comment that I always make to the team is you're only as good as your last game. Your body of work, your resume, is the last video that you put out there. For Utah State and everybody in this program, (the last game) wasn't very good. It wasn't up to our standards. We have a great desire to go and end this thing right." I think the Aggies normally resilient defensive play returns today, before giving up a season-high in points and 283 yards on the ground in the setback to the Broncos, Utah State had given up just 18.3 points and 116.5 rushing yards per game on average this year. A couple players to keep yours eyes on today are the Aggies Zach Vigil and safety Frankie Sutera; Vigil is the MWC defensive player of the year and ranks ninth in the nation with 145 tackles and 12th with 19.5 tackles for a loss. Sutera is tied for third nationally with seven INT's. It won't be a complete cake-walk by any means, UTEP RB Aaron Jones averages 112.1 rushing yards per game and was instrumental in his team's 24-21 win over MTSU on November 29th, a victory with secured the Miners' first winning campaign since 2005. UTEP gets the job done on offense with a strong running game, the passing attack is anemic though averaging just 144.3 per game, ranking it dead last in the Conference USA. In my opinion, this simply makes the Miners too one dimensional, the Aggies are going to have a big day on the defensive side of the ball. Offensively the Aggies hand the ball to Kent Myers who has completed nearly 70 percent of his passes for 798 yards with five touchdowns and two picks since taking over six games ago; he's also rushed for 135 yards and four scores over his last two games. After taking all of the above factors into consideration, I definitely feel that this line should be a bit bigger, play on UTAH STATE.
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For a number of different reasons, I expect Utah State to pull away down the stretch for a comfortable ATS cover in the New Mexico Bowl. Utah State has both the motivational and situational factors working in its favor. The season didn't end the way the Aggies wanted and they will be eager to get back onto the field with plenty at stake. UTEP on the other hand is coming off a better than expected season and I think will just be happy to be in a bowl game; note that the Miners haven't won a bowl game in 47 years. Utah State has won two straight bowl games. The Aggies would come up short in losing 50-19 to No. 21 Boise State in the Mountain West Conference division title game. But at 9-4 for the season, the Aggies come in highly motivated as they play in a fourth straight bowl game and will look to close the campaign by reaching double-digit victories for a second straight year: "I can promise you, we're very, very hungry," Utah State coach Matt Wells said earlier in the week. "The comment that I always make to the team is you're only as good as your last game. Your body of work, your resume, is the last video that you put out there. For Utah State and everybody in this program, (the last game) wasn't very good. It wasn't up to our standards. We have a great desire to go and end this thing right." I think the Aggies normally resilient defensive play returns today, before giving up a season-high in points and 283 yards on the ground in the setback to the Broncos, Utah State had given up just 18.3 points and 116.5 rushing yards per game on average this year. A couple players to keep yours eyes on today are the Aggies Zach Vigil and safety Frankie Sutera; Vigil is the MWC defensive player of the year and ranks ninth in the nation with 145 tackles and 12th with 19.5 tackles for a loss. Sutera is tied for third nationally with seven INT's. It won't be a complete cake-walk by any means, UTEP RB Aaron Jones averages 112.1 rushing yards per game and was instrumental in his team's 24-21 win over MTSU on November 29th, a victory with secured the Miners' first winning campaign since 2005. UTEP gets the job done on offense with a strong running game, the passing attack is anemic though averaging just 144.3 per game, ranking it dead last in the Conference USA. In my opinion, this simply makes the Miners too one dimensional, the Aggies are going to have a big day on the defensive side of the ball. Offensively the Aggies hand the ball to Kent Myers who has completed nearly 70 percent of his passes for 798 yards with five touchdowns and two picks since taking over six games ago; he's also rushed for 135 yards and four scores over his last two games. After taking all of the above factors into consideration, I definitely feel that this line should be a bit bigger, play on UTAH STATE.
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