3. Hawaii at UNLV
LINE: Hawaii -7
ATS PICK: Hawaii
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What has UNLV showed the world this year to suggest it could slow down one of the nation’s most dangerous offenses?
The Rebel program has a habit of rising up and pulling off something weird once in a while – beating Vanderbilt 34-10 a few weeks ago – but that appears to be a wild aberration. Since then, the Rebels were rocked by a mediocre Fresno State team 56-27, were destroyed by Colorado State 37-17, and lost to San Diego State by three, but every San Diego State game is low-scoring and close.
Of the seven losses against FBS teams six of them were by ten points or more, partly because the pass defense is having issues.
In the four losses when the Rebels allowed 200 yards or more, they lost by a total score of 174-74 with none of the four closer than 20 points. Now they have to deal with the nation’s third-best passing game that’s averaging 349 yards per game.
There’s always a little bit of a concern when the Rainbow Warriors have to make a long road trip, and they lost three games in four before slipping by San Jose State in a 42-40 thriller, but it’ll be an aberration if UNLV is able to keep the high-powered attack in check, and the game close.