Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Colorado Buffaloes and Toledo Rockets will look to bounce back after disappointing week 1 results as they face off in a non-conference college football contest on Friday night. Kickoff time in Toledo is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national coverage provided by ESPN. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spreads in this college football contest and the road team Colorado Buffaloes opened as 4-point favorites. The early money from the sports bettors has come in on the home team, as the Colorado Buffaloes from the Big 12 Conference are currently 3 ½ point favorites over the Toledo Rockets from the Mid American Conference. The total is currently lined at 53 1/2 for the sports betting public. College football bettors can make a play on the money line and the favorite Colorado Buffaloes are lined at –175 with the home team Toledo Rockets bringing back +155 to win straight up without the benefit of getting points.
The Colorado Buffaloes have a quick turnaround after losing to in state rival Colorado St Rams 23-17 on Sunday. The team had problems with their running game rushing for only 29 yards at home to their rival. Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins guaranteed 10 wins in 2009 and a loss to CSU makes this nearly impossible and Hawkins tenure at the school is in danger. Cody Hawkins will be under center for Colorado and he was 24-40 for 222 yards and a touchdown and interception against the Rams. Colorado teams under Dan Hawkins have under performed following their game against their in state rival. On the Toledo Rockets side they are coming off a 52-31 pounding at Purdue a week ago. Despite the margin the Rockets got close in this game and was within striking distance thanks to their offense. The Rockets showed that they could move the football and put points on the board based on their 493 yards of total offense. Quarterback Aaron Opelt passed for 41 of 67 for 423 yards with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception against the Purdue defense. Purdue ran wild against Toledo last week as they amounted 315 rushing yards.
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CFB Trend: Colorado Buffaloes are 3-7 ATS in their past 10 road games
The Wagerline consensus has 70.4% of the CFB bettors on Colorado –3.5
The Wagerline consensus has 55.5% of the CFB bettors playing under 53 1/2
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