Boise State Looks to Get Offense on Track
The fans at Albertsons Stadium will see the Virginia Cavaliers and the Boise State Broncos when they take their seats on Friday. Boise State is playing an ACC team for the first time in the regular season on the “Smurf Turf”. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 and kickoff is slated for a few minutes after 8 pm EST.
Oddsmakers have the Broncos as 13-point favorites and the total is sitting at 50.
Boise State won its last outing 28-14 against New Mexico Lobos on September 14. Boise State failed to cover in that game as a -16.5-point favorite, while the 42 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
That high-powered, shock and awe offense football fans are used to has been missing so far as Boise State. They have mostly slogged through the first three weeks. The Broncos scored 24 points in wins over Troy and New Mexico. Then the team let a 31-10 lead slip away in the fourth quarter against Washington State. The Broncos ended up losing in triple-overtime.
Two quarterbacks will most likely play against Virginia. Brett Rypien is expected to return after missing last week’s game with an injury. He might not even be the starter. Boise State started Montell Cozart last week. He saw extensive time the week before against Washington State as well.
Cavs on the Road for First Time in 2017
Virginia was a 38-18 winner in their most recent outing at home against UCONN Huskies. They covered the -10.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (56) made winners of OVER bettors.
Virginia will be on the road for the first time after opening the season with wins over William & Mary and UConn. Those W’s were sandwiched around a loss to Indiana. Cavs coach Bronco Mendenhall is very familiar playing at Boise from his days as the Head Coach at BYU. So he knows what to expect.
Virginia has a 4-1 advantage in takeaways through three games. The number is somewhat misleading though. The Cavaliers have fumbled seven times, and recovered all seven.
Tit for Tat
Boise State may be without standout defensive tackle David Moa against the Cavaliers. Moa was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace last Saturday. Authorities say Moa was involved in a disturbance outside a night club.
Boise State have not been successful so far in replacing running back Jeremy McNichols. The Broncos are averaging only 146 yards rushing and 3.7 yards per carry so far this season. It doesn’t help that QB Montell Cozart is the Broncos’ leading rusher with 179 yards. Alexander Mattison is the top running back. He has 155 yards in three games but he had just 10 yards on six carries against New Mexico.
Olamide Zaccheaus carryied the ball just three times last season and not at all in the first two games. The Cavaliers gave him four carries last week and he gained 47 yards, including a 27-yard run.
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Differential |
| VIRGNA |
15.59 |
16 |
-0.41 |
| BOISE |
10.65 |
12.8 |
-2.15 |
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Differential |
| VIRGNA |
10.17 |
11.27 |
-1.1 |
| BOISE |
11.02 |
8.80 |
2.22 |
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Differential |
| VIRGNA |
3.61 |
4.03 |
-0.42 |
| BOISE |
3.65 |
2.77 |
0.88 |
| Name |
Record |
Home |
Away |
ATS |
ATS Home |
ATS Away |
Offense |
Defense |
Diff |
| Overall |
2-1 |
2-1 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
27.67 |
20.67 |
7.00 |
| vs Conf |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Last 3 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
27.67 |
20.67 |
7.00 |
| Name |
Record |
Home |
Away |
ATS |
ATS Home |
ATS Away |
Offense |
Defense |
Diff |
| Overall |
2-1 |
2-0 |
0-1 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
32.00 |
24.67 |
7.33 |
| vs Conf |
1-0 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
28.00 |
14.00 |
14.00 |
| Last 3 |
2-1 |
2-0 |
0-1 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
32.00 |
24.67 |
7.33 |
| Title |
Stat |
Rank |
Stat |
Rank |
| Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense |
27.67 |
82 |
24.67 |
68 |
| Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense |
|
|
109.00 |
17 |
| Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense |
|
|
137.00 |
67 |
| Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense |
32.00 |
67 |
20.67 |
54 |
| Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense |
173.50 |
95 |
|
|
| Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense |
137.00 |
87 |
|
|
| Name |
Record |
ATS |
OU |
Score |
Rush |
YPR |
PA |
CP |
PY |
TY |
TO +/- |
| Virginia |
0-1 |
0-1 |
1-0 |
14.00 |
40.00 |
1.21 |
33.00 |
48.48 |
233.00 |
273.00 |
5.00 |
| Boise State |
1-0 |
1-0 |
1-0 |
56.00 |
89.00 |
2.87 |
38.00 |
65.79 |
358.00 |
447.00 |
0.00 |
| Date |
Away |
Home |
Score |
Line |
Total |
OU Result |
ARY |
APY |
ATY |
ATT |
HRY |
HPY |
HTY |
HTT |
Away Team Attempts |
Home Team Attempts |
Away Team Completions |
Home Team Completions |
| Sep 25, 2015 |
BOISE |
VIRGNA |
56-14 |
89 |
358 |
447 |
0 |
40 |
233 |
273 |
5 |
| Virginia is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games |
| Virginia is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games |
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Virginia’s last 6 games |
| Virginia is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games on the road |
| Virginia is 1-20 SU in its last 21 games on the road |
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Virginia’s last 6 games on the road |
| Boise State is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games |
| Boise State is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games |
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boise State’s last 5 games |
| Boise State is 1-10 ATS in its last 11 games at home |
| Boise State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home |
| The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Boise State’s last 15 games at home |
| Date |
Opponent |
score |
Result |
line |
ATS Result |
offensive rush yards |
offensive passing yards |
offensive total yards |
defensive rush yards |
defensive passing yards |
defensive total yards |
turnovers |
Location |
| Sep 16, 2017 |
UCONN |
38-18 |
W |
-10.5/51.5 |
W/O |
171 |
455 |
626 |
207 |
227 |
434 |
-1 |
H |
| Sep 9, 2017 |
INDIAN |
17-34 |
L |
4/55 |
L/U |
55 |
259 |
314 |
121 |
197 |
318 |
-1 |
H |
| Sep 2, 2017 |
W&M |
28-10 |
W |
-27/50 |
L/U |
92 |
262 |
354 |
168 |
72 |
240 |
-1 |
H |
| Nov 26, 2016 |
VTECH |
10-52 |
L |
19.5/54 |
L/O |
108 |
139 |
247 |
289 |
290 |
579 |
1 |
A |
| Nov 19, 2016 |
GATECH |
17-31 |
L |
10.5/53.5 |
L/U |
189 |
220 |
409 |
199 |
122 |
321 |
3 |
A |
| Date |
Opponent |
score |
Result |
line |
ATS Result |
offensive rush yards |
offensive passing yards |
offensive total yards |
defensive rush yards |
defensive passing yards |
defensive total yards |
turnovers |
Location |
| Sep 14, 2017 |
NEWMEX |
28-14 |
W |
-16.5/56 |
L/U |
127 |
137 |
264 |
198 |
79 |
277 |
-2 |
H |
| Sep 9, 2017 |
WSHST |
44-47 |
L |
7.5/57.5 |
W/O |
164 |
237 |
401 |
22 |
433 |
455 |
1 |
A |
| Sep 2, 2017 |
TROY |
24-13 |
W |
-10.5/59 |
W/U |
147 |
210 |
357 |
76 |
139 |
215 |
-1 |
H |
| Dec 27, 2016 |
BAYLOR |
12-31 |
L |
-7/70.5 |
L/U |
83 |
305 |
388 |
140 |
375 |
515 |
2 |
A |
| Nov 25, 2016 |
AIRFOR |
20-27 |
L |
-7.5/64 |
L/U |
84 |
316 |
400 |
314 |
45 |
359 |
0 |
A |
Next up:
Virginia home to Duke Saturday, October 7
Boise State at BYU Friday, October 6
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