Las Vegas Bowl Prediction BYU vs Arizona
The Las Vegas Bowl will showcase an entertaining sports betting affair for the denizens of The Strip when the Arizona Wildcats (7-5 SU, 7-5 ATS) take on the BYU Cougars (10-2 SU, 3-8 ATS). Although a loss to Utah kept the Cougars from claiming a share of the MWC title, BYU still had one of their most successful seasons in school history despite putting up poor numbers against the NCAA odds. Across the sidelines, Arizona is playing in its first bowl game in 10 years, a feat that has guaranteed embattled HC Mike Stoops another year on the job.
QB Max Hall had an amazing year in charge of the Cougars high-octane offense, completing 69.6% of his passes for 3629 yards and 34 touchdowns against 13 interceptions to earn All-MWC Second Team honors. His favorite target, WR Austin Collie, also put together one of the best seasons in school history, catching 95 passes for 1419 yards and 15 touchdowns for BYU bettors en route to All-MWC First Team honors.
In his last regular season game, Hall had one of his worst days ever as a BYU quarterback in the 48-24 NCAAF betting loss to the Utes. Hall threw five picks on the day, a career high, and left the Cougars short of spoiling the Utes BCS hopes. BYU comes into this game with one of the worst marks against the college football lines and have lost seven of their last eight games ATS. However, they have been a solid play for gamblers who wager on NCAA football games to go over the ‘total’ with four of their last five games cracking 60 points.
Arizona is led by QB Willie Tuitama, a gutsy quarterback that completed 64.6% of his passes for 2763 yards with a TD/INT ratio of 21/8. Tuitama came up big in the Wildcats’ impressive 31-10 sports betting win over archrival Arizona State, completing 25 of 37 balls for 284 yards while throwing two touchdowns and one interception. His performance in the game was matched by the Wildcats’ stout defense, which held the once revered Sun Devil offense led by QB Rudy Carpenter to just 162 total yards and 12 first downs on the day to give Arizona bettors an easy victory.
The Wildcats come into this game hot against the Vegas lines, beating the NCAA gambling odds in 11 of their last 16 games.
CFB betting trends to know before making a wager on this game include: Arizona is 11-29 ATS for NCAA football bettors in its last 40 games as a favorite, BYU is 6-2 ATS in their last eight games following a SU loss, and the ‘under’ is 20-8 in the Wildcats’ last 28 games played on grass.
NCAA betting odds have the Wildcats as a field goal favorite in this game with a ‘total’ of 61.5 points.
