Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Utah St Aggies will travel in WAC conference play with a college football game against the Nevada Wolf Pack on late night Saturday.
Kick off time from Nevada is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU.
The point spread opened up in this college football game with the home team Nevada Wolf Pack lined as a 24 ½ point favorite with an over under hung at 60 points
The early money from the college football bettors has come on the side of the home team as the Nevada Wolf Pack has been bet up to a 26 ½ point favorite. The total saw movement downward to 59 ½ points.
Money line gamblers betting on the side of the favored Nevada Wolf Pack will lay -2800 odds with the road underdog Utah St Aggies bringing back +2000 odds to earn the outright win without the benefit of taking the points.
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In last years meeting it was the Nevada Wolf Pack with the 35-32 victory against Utah St as an 8 ½ point road favorite.
The Wolf Pack moved the ball very well on the Aggies defense with 502 offensive yards. Nevada ran the ball extremely well with 313 rushing yards on 46 carries for a 6.8 yards per rush average. Utah St struggled on the ground with only 74 yards on 34 carries for a 2.2 yards per rush average.
Utah St enters this game with an overall record of 2-5 on the season. The team puts up 19 points and 332 yards per game.
They play their fourth road game of the year and are 0-3 in those contests. They own blowout road losses to both Louisiana Tech and San Diego St with a close road loss to Oklahoma in week one 31-24 as a 34 point road underdog.
Utah St is coming off a 45-7 blowout loss to the Hawaii Warriors last week as a 3 ½ point home underdog.
The Aggies produced just 181 yards last week and converted on a miserable 1of 12 on third down. They rushed it 35 times for only 58 yards for a 1.7 yards per rush average.
Quarterback Diondre Borel hit on 7 of 23 passes for 99 yards with no touchdowns and 2 picks.
On the ground Kerwynn Williams had 7 catches for 39 yards.
Dontel Watkins led the club with 3 catches for 59 yards.
The Utah St defense surrenders 30 points and 421 yards per game.
They got lit up by the Hawaii offense last week for 605 yards and 6 of 12 conversions on third down. The Aggies couldn’t stop the run nor pass surrendering 216 yards on the ground and 389 through the air.
Nevada sits at 6-1 on the season. The club posts 39 points and 509 yards per game.
This will be the Wolf Pack’s fifth home game of the season where they sit at a perfect 4-0 on the season.
They own a notable home victory in week three against the California Golden Bears in prime time nationally televised game and posted a 52-31 victory as a 2 ½ point home underdog.
Nevada is coming off a bye and prior to it they dropped their first game of the season in a 27-21 defeat at Hawaii two weeks ago as a 6 ½ point road favorite.
The Wolf Pack produced 293 yards and only 6 of 16 conversions on third down. The club was contained on the ground for just 134 yards on 43 carries for a 3.1 yards per rush average. Nevada was sloppy in defeat with 4 turnovers and took just 1 away from their opponent.
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick completed 14 of 26 passes for 159 yards with two touchdowns and 2 picks. He rushed it 11 times for only 30 yards and a touchdown.
Running back Vai Taua ran it 24 times for 91 yards.
Out wide Bradnon Wimberly led the club with 4 catches for 62 yards.
The Wolf Pack defense surrenders 20 points and 362 yards per game.
They allowed 346 yards to their WAC opponent last week and only 3 of 10 on third down. Nevada contained the run very well but allowed the opposing signal caller to pass for 287 yards and 3 passing touchdowns.
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