Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The Colorado Buffaloes will face in state rival the Colorado St Rams in a week 1 college football game on Saturday afternoon.
This game will kick off from a neutral field in Denver Colorado at 2PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by The Mountain.
The LVSC college football odds makers have set the betting line in this game and it was the Colorado Buffaloes from the Big 12 conference opening as 10 ½ point favorites with the over under lined at 46 ½.
The early money from the college football betting public has come on the side of the favorite as the Colorado Buffaloes are now 12 point favorites. The total has not moved off the opener of 46 ½.
Money line bettors playing the favored Colorado Buffaloes will lay -450 odds with the underdog Colorado St Rams from the Mountain West conference bringing back +380 odds to pull off the upset win without taking the points on their side.
Colorado is experienced on offense as they return 9 starters and 7 on the defensive side of the ball.
It was another disappointing season for Colorado and head coach Dan Hawkins as the team went 3-9 last season and failed to make a bowl for the second straight year. In Hawkins 5 years with Colorado the team is a miserable 16-33 straight up.
Junior Tyler Hanson will get the start for the Buffaloes. He completed 55.8% of his passes in 2009 with 8 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. The coaches son Cody Hawkins will come off the bench as a backup as he could only complete 50.6% of his passes with 10 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
The team returns their leading rusher as junior Rodney Stewart rushed for 872 yards on 198 yards ant 9 touchdowns.
They do return their top two receivers from 2009 as they line up with junior Markques Simas and senior Scotty McKnight out wide. Those two combined for 119 catches for over 1400 yards and 9 touchdowns.
The Buffaloes averaged just 22 points and a mere 314 total yards last season. They could only average 88 rushing yards last season. Defensively the club allowed 29 points and 363 yards per game.
Colorado St will bring back only 4 offensive starters but 10 to their defense in 2010.
The club finished 2009 with a poor 3-9 record and missed a bowl game after a successful 2008 campaign that not only saw a bowl but a victory in their bowl game.
In these clubs meeting last season it was Colorado St with the 23-17 victory as a 12 point underdog.
Colorado St will start freshman quarterback Pete Thomas. None of the Rams quarterbacks who attempted a pass in 2009 will return this season.
Good news for the Rams is that their two top rushers from last season return to help break in a freshman quarterback. Junior Raymond Carter and senior John Mosure return after combining for 280 carries with 9 touchdowns and 5 yards per carry.
They will miss their top two pass catchers this season. They line up junior T.J. Borcky and senior Tyson Liggett out wide. Liggett had 17 catches for just under 15 yards a catch and 3 touchdowns.
The Rams averaged only 22 points and 351 offensive yards last season. The club on the defensive side gave 30 points and 388 yards per game.
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