1. Nevada at Hawaii
LINE Nevada -6.5
ATS PICK Nevada
Sometimes you can have the analysis dead on right, and it still doesn’t work.
Nevada not beating Colorado State by more than 3.5 last week might be the all-time It’s Not Your Fault pick that went the other way.
Colorado State wasn’t doing anything right, It was winless, is was down to a true freshman third string quarterback, the defense was having problems, and the awful running attack had yet to hit 90 yards in any game.
It was also coming off a 41-10 home loss to Sacramento State.
The Rams didn’t score an offensive point in the 17-14 win over Nevada until there were all zeroes on the clock – an untimed down field goal thanks to an extremely questionable running into the kicker call. That capped off one of the most maddeningly frustrating games poss…
But I digress.
I’m not saying Nevada owes me. It was my call, I made the pick, and it just didn’t come through. As grouchy as I was, I’m sure the Wolf Pack coaching staff broke something tasteful after the way that went.
Here’s where we try again.
Hawaii is in a tough spot – and no, not Honolulu.
Things aren’t going well if you’re losing to New Mexico State 45-26, but it followed that up by coming within a late field goal of shocking San Diego State in a 16-14 fight.
However, that was more about San Diego State’s offense being totally bizarre. The running game just stopped over the last few weeks, and against Hawaii a defensive back stepped in – okay, so Jalen Mayden was a former QB prospects at Mississippi State – and threw for over 300 yards.
It’s not like the Rainbow Warriors did anything that great other than continue to battle their tails off in a tough rebuild of a year.
Nevada threw well against the bad Colorado State D, but the O is better when it can grind out rushing yards. The backs are in place to push for 200 yards on the ground on the Hawaii D, the secondary should hold up, and …
That can’t happen again. Nevada missed the two-foot putt last week. Here’s the chance to make up for it.
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