5. Nevada at Colorado State
LINE Nevada -3.5
ATS PICK Nevada
You’re totally forgiven if you want nothing to do with this.
It’s a Friday night game, and things don’t tend to follow form when it comes to weeknight games when everyone’s schedules and rhythms are off.
And then there’s the Jay Norvell factor. He’s the former Nevada coach whose team was strong last year, but he left for a better all-around deal at Colorado State.
If you took out those first two funky elements this would be easy – Nevada should roll.
This isn’t the Wolf Pack team of last year, and it’s on a rough three-game losing streak, but losing at Iowa in a horrendous storm and at Air Force isn’t a big deal. Losing to Incarnate Word wasn’t great, but that was a wild shootout with a slew of mistakes and crazy twists.
It’s not like losing at home to Sacramento State 41-10.
Colorado State lost to Michigan and Washington State on the road, but it also lost at home to Middle Tennessee by 15 and got rocked by the Hornets of Sacramento State.
Nevada can run and Colorado State can’t, Colorado State will turn the ball over and Nevada doesn’t, and …
The program is going to be jacked to beat its former coach.
Staying in the Mountain West.