5. Utah at Arizona State
LINE Utah -15.5
ATS PICK Utah
Seriously, the line on this opened at Utah -5.5?!
I’m not making the same mistake two weeks in a row.
Like I mentioned earlier, I’m kicking myself for not putting Oklahoma vs Nebraska on here. Maybe the Huskers were going to play better after the head coach was canned. Maybe they were going to rise up and come together under the adversity. Maybe …
Maybe Nebraska just isn’t very good, and maybe Oklahoma is.
Utah is very good. Arizona State isn’t.
What do we know so far this season? Herm Edwards just got fired after his ASU team that was favored by 20 over Eastern Michigan lost 30-21, and it’s because his team isn’t great after getting gutted this offseason.
What do we know? Arizona State is horrible on both sides of the ball on third downs, and we know the run defense just got hammered by EMU for over 300 yards.
We also know that Utah is a killer up front on both sides of the ball. It’s going to run well, be better at stopping the run, and it should methodically be able to pull this off by more than two touchdowns.