Monday, May 21st, 2012
It will be a WAC conference shootout when the Idaho Vandals travels to play the Nevada Wolf Pack in an NCAA college football game on Saturday afternoon.
Start time from Nevada is scheduled for 4PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Altitude.
The point spread reveals the home standing Nevada Wolf Pack favored by –19 points with an over under of 55 points.
Early money has come in on the side of the home team as the Nevada Wolf Pack is now favored by -20 points.
The total has moved up to 56 points.
Nevada Wolf Pack money line bettors will lay –1300 odds with the road underdog Idaho Vandals returning +850 odds to win outright with no need for points on their side.
Nevada crushed Idaho when these two WAC clubs met in 2010 by the score of 63-17 as a -12 point road favorite.
The over under went over the closing total of 68 ½ points.
Wolf Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick starred in the victory as the signal caller threw for 320 yards.
Nevada ran all over Idaho as running backs Lampford Mark had 116 yards rushing and Vai Taua had 113 yards.
The Wolf Pack offense finished the game gaining an incredible 844 offensive yards against the Idaho defense.
Vandals quarterback Nathan Enderle had 224 yards passing in a losing effort.
Running back Deonte Johnson had only 34 yards on the ground for Idaho.
The Vandals put up 339 yards of offense gained against the Nevada defense.
The Idaho Vandals travels to Nevada with a disappointing record of 2-9 on the 2011 season. The team is 1-4 on the road.
Idaho puts up 21 points and 301 yards per game with 111 yards rushing for 3.4 yards a carry.
On defense the Vandals give up 31 points and 423 yards per game. Opponents rush for 129 yards against them for 3.9 yards per rush against average.
The team has dropped two straight games. They are coming off the bye week.
Prior to the bye they are coming off the 49-42 home overtime loss against the Utah St Aggies as a +9 ½ point underdog.
The over under landed over the closing line of 51 ½ points.
Idaho gained 450 offensive yards while allowing Utah St 492 yards of offense.
The team ran for 175 yards on 53 carries for 3.3 yards per rush.
The Vandals had two turnovers and took four away from Utah St.
Idaho will need to be better in run defense as they allowed the Aggies 310 rushing yards on 52 carries for 6 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Brian Reader completed 27 of 39 passes for 275 yards with a touchdown and interception.
Kama Bailey had 110 yards rushing on 23 runs from scrimmage.
Princeton McCarty had nine carries for 27 yards.
Korey Toomer had three rushing touchdowns to go with his eight runs for 15 yards.
Michael LaGrone led Nevada with three receptions for 63 yards.
Mike Scott caught six balls for 55 yards with a receiving touchdown.
Justin Veltung had two grabs for 49 yards.
The Nevada Wolf Pack is bowl eligible as they conclude the regular season with a mark of 6-5 on the campaign. The club is 4-1 playing in front of their home folks.
Nevada averages 30 points and 517 yards per game with 254 yards rushing for 5.2 yards a carry.
On defense the club surrenders 27 points and 378 yards per game. Teams run for 147 yards against the Wolf Pack for 4.5 yards per rush against average.
Nevada has lost two straight games.
They are coming off the 21-17 road defeat to the Utah St Aggies a week ago as a -1 ½ point betting favorite.
The total came in at under the closing line of 64 points.
Nevada amassed 500 offensive yards while giving up 373 yards to the Aggies.
The club rushed for 185 yards on 39 carries for 4.7 yards per rush.
Nevada had one turnover and took one from Utah St.
They gave up 199 rushing yards to Utah St on 43 carries for 4.6 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Cody Fajardo completed 19 of 25 passes for 180 yards. Fajardo ran it 10 times for 45 yards.
Tyler Lantrip saw work and completed 8 of 10 from the field for 135 yards and a touchdown. Lantrip had four scrambles for 19 yards.
Lampford Mark on 22 carries ran for 111 yards with a rushing touchdown.
Rishard Matthews led Nevada with 12 receptions for 205 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Tray Session had five catches for 47 yards.
Corbin Louks grabbed seven passes for 36 yards.
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