SB Nation Denver - Week 12 College Football Odds: Air Force Is A Heavy Favorite Over UNLVhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48907/denver-fave.png2010-11-18T17:19:26-07:00http://denver.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15809462010-11-18T17:19:26-07:002010-11-18T17:19:26-07:00Week 12 College Football Picks: Experts Weigh In With Their Picks
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<p>With it being Thursday it is now time to search the interwebs to find out who the 'experts' are picking in this week's games. With <a target="_blank" href="http://denver.sbnation.com/air-force-falcons/2010/11/17/1820134/college-football-week-12-air-force-unlv">Air Force taking on UNLV</a> in a Thursday night showdown he will start with them.</p>
<p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/events/57474/preview?article_id=123313">Sports Network</a> predicts a score of Air Force 31, UNLV 20 and it also <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/events/57703/preview?article_id=123301">predicts</a> that Colorado State will beat Wyoming by a score of 27-20.</p>
<p>ESPN's Andrea Adelson picks Colorado State-Wyoming <a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/33094/page/thursday-predictions/non-aq-picks-week-12-2">plus Utah at San Diego State:</a></p>
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<p><b>No. 23 Utah 28, San Diego State 27</b>. I have gone back and forth on this one this entire week, and was leaning Aztecs up until this morning. I love what Brady Hoke has done with the program, and think <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/88716/ronnie-hillman">Ronnie Hillman</a> is a future star. But <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/77654/jordan-wynn">Jordan Wynn</a> usually comes up big at Qualcomm, and a return home should do him some good and help the offense get out of its doldrums. He is on notice, and he has got to respond.</p>
<p><b>Wyoming 33, Colorado State 30</b>. Anything can happen in "The Border War" season finale between the two teams. The last two seasons, the road team has won this game. Wyoming is winless in the Mountain West and in desperate need of a positive note to close out the season. The Rams have not won a road game yet, and have scored just 29 points in their past two games.</p>
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<p>Colorado State fans can not be too happy for being projected to lose to Wyoming who has yet to win a conference and has lost to New Mexico and was blown out by UNLV.</p>
https://denver.sbnation.com/air-force-falcons/2010/11/18/1821637/college-football-week-12-picksJeremy Mauss2010-11-16T20:14:18-07:002010-11-16T20:14:18-07:00Week 12 College Football Picks: Air Force And Colorado State Wrapping Up Their Season
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<p>Time to make the weekly picks for this weeks Mountain West games. Air Force and Colorado State finish up their season this week with Air Force taking on UNLV this Thursday and is a <a href="http://denver.sbnation.com/air-force-falcons/2010/11/15/1816905/college-football-week-12-odds-air-force-colorado-state" target="_blank">heavy favorite</a> while Colorado State takes on Wyoming for the Border War. </p>
<p>The big game for the Mountain West this week is when Utah travels to San Diego State to try to stop their skid and maintain their top 25 ranking. While BYU is looking to become bowl eligible when they take on New Mexico.</p>
<p><b><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/air-force-falcons">Air Force Falcons</a> @ <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/unlv-rebels">UNLV Rebels</a>, Thursday </b><b>8 p.m. mst </b><b>CBS College Sports </b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/odds" target="_blank">Line</a>: Air Force -19</p>
<p><b>Prediction:</b> Air Force 38 UNLV 13</p>
<p>Air Force is just the better team and it is not even close, and will run at will. UNLV is coming off of a big win over Wyoming where the Rebel offense was clicking, but unlike Wyoming the Falcons have a defense and will stop the UNLV offense.</p>
<p><b>Colorado State Rams @ <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/wyoming-cowboys">Wyoming Cowboys</a>, 12 p.m. mst The Mtn</b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/odds" target="_blank">Line:</a> Pick'em</p>
<p><b>Prediction: </b>Colorado State 27 Wyoming 24</p>
<p>The Rams have improved quite a bit after the first few games since quarterback <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/113284/pete-thomas">Pete Thomas</a> has become more experienced. Wyoming has the talent, but they have had a brutal schedule, a teammate died earlier this season or the humorous look is all due to the <a href="http://www.cowboyaltitude.com/2010/11/9/1800779/the-new-mexico-bowl-curse" target="_blank">New Mexico Bowl curse</a>.</p>
<p><b><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/new-mexico-lobos">New Mexico Lobos</a> @ <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/byu-cougars">BYU Cougars</a> 4 p.m. mst The Mtn</b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/odds" target="_blank">Line:</a> BYU -29</p>
<p><b>Prediction: </b>BYU 41 New Mexico 13</p>
<p>BYU just like Colorado State has improved tremendously as the season has progressed and has their offense clicking like the BYU offense should. New Mexico is just a bad team and has performed terrible on the road and there is no reason for that to improve this week, especially since BYU needs to win this game to become bowl eligible.</p>
<p><b><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/utah-utes">Utah Utes</a> @ San Diego State Aztecs 8 p.m. mst The Mtn</b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/odds" target="_blank">Line:</a> San Diego State -3</p>
<p><b>Prediction: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Utah 34 San Diego State 30</span></b></p>
<p>Utah is in a free fall and facing a potent San Diego State will not make things easier. Utah's <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/77654/jordan-wynn">Jordan Wynn</a> is struggling at the quarterback position and if he underperforms do not be surprised if Wynn gets pulled for backup <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/77657/terrance-cain">Terrance Cain</a>. San Diego State should be able to take advantage of Utah's suspect secondary with receivers <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/12900/demarco-sampson">DeMarco Sampson</a> and Vincent Brown.</p>
https://denver.sbnation.com/air-force-falcons/2010/11/16/1818913/college-football-odds-pick-week-12Jeremy Mauss2010-11-15T22:21:46-07:002010-11-15T22:21:46-07:00Week 12 College Football Odds: Air Force Is A Heavy Favorite Over UNLV
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/air-force-falcons">Air Force Falcons</a> are finishing up a grueling college football season where they played 12 straight weeks as their bye week is in the final week of the season, and on top of that their last game comes on a short week with a Thursday night game where they travel to take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/unlv-rebels">UNLV Rebels</a>.</p>
<p>UNLV is not a very good team even though they just defeated an equally bad Wyoming team, <a href="http://www.mwcconnection.com/2010/11/15/1815253/unlv-destroys-wyoming-42-16-in-not-so-shocking-upset" target="_blank">42-16</a>. Even with that dominating win Air Force is currently a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/odds" target="_blank">18.5 or 19 point favorite</a> from the various Las Vegas oddsmakers.</p>
<p>Colorado State is taking on Wyoming in the Border War, and for some reason the Mountain West Conference decided to not keep this game at the traditional last weekend of the season matchup, but it is the last game for the two schools this year. As mentioned above, Wyoming is coming off a huge defeat by UNLV. Colorado State suffered the same effect in a <a href="http://denver.sbnation.com/colorado-st-rams/2010/11/11/1808247/colorado-state-rams-vs-byu-cougars-game-preview" target="_blank">49-10 loss to BYU</a>. This matchup between Colorado State is going to be close and the early line has the home Wyoming team as a<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/odds" target="_blank"> 2.5 favorite</a>.</p>
https://denver.sbnation.com/2010/11/15/2324425/week-12-college-football-odds-air-force-is-a-heavy-favorite-over-unlvJeremy Mauss