We like the Oregon State Beavers to defeat the UNLV Rebels on Saturday at 10:00pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Since the Oregon State Beavers are still a part of the "Pac-12," we can still say that they are from that conference. UNLV has lost ten straight games vs. Pac-12 opponents.

After the Rebels started the season 3-0, they had their top QB opt-out for the remainder of the season due to NIL issues. That will hurt them as the season gets older when they play solid football teams.

Oregon State owns a is 17-2 ATS at home (5-0 ATS while an underdog) since 2021.

The Beavers have won the only two meetings between these porgrams. Although they didn't cover last time, it was on the road. In the first meeting they were at home and covered by double digits!

Averaging 14 less points per game than the Rebels, the Beavers actually go toe-to-toe with UNLV for yards per game. You could argue that ORST have better stats on both sides of the ball disregarding those points scored offensively.

This game will be won in the trenches and we think the Beaver home crowd will be loud and ready to go which gets them at least a cover on Saturday night.

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