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Stephen Nover's CFB Thursday Big Ticket - 29-10-1 Hot Streak
(NCAAF) Sun Devils (ASU) vs. Bobcats (TXST),
Point Spread: 1.50 | -120.00 Bobcats (TXST) (Home)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: 1.50 | -120.00 Bobcats (TXST) (Home)
Result: Loss
Would I really go with a Sun Belt Conference team against a former Pac-12 now Big 12 team in a pick-type game?
Darn right when the matchup is Texas State hosting Arizona State and it's on Thursday. Texas State is a rising program under offensive guru G.J. Kinne. The Bobcats beat Rice in a bowl game last season in Kinne's first year as head coach.
The Bobcats feature a big-time quarterback, Jordan McCloud. He was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year with James Madison last year and the second overall pick in my Sun Belt Conference fantasy football draft gobbled up by me. The 2-0 Bobcats just destroyed USTA, 49-10.
This may be Texas State's biggest game in school history hosting a Power-Four team in a stand-alone college game that will be nationally-televised by ESPN.
Second-year Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham has a sharp offensive mind, too, but he's still cleaning the manure left by former Sun Devils coach Herm Edwards. ASU was 3-9 last season, its second consecutive three-win season.
Dillingham has the Sun Devils off to a 2-0 start with victories against Wyoming and Mississippi State. The Sun Devils were touchdown favorites against those foes. Dillingham says Texas State is the best team his Sun Devils have faced so far. He's right.
It's a brutal travel spot for the Sun Devils after playing this past Saturday at home. They barely were able to get two practices in. ASU also opens Big 12 action next week on the road against Texas Tech.
ASU quarterback Sam Leavitt isn't close to being as good as McCloud. Instead, the Sun Devils rely on running back Cam Skattebo. He was tremendous last week rushing for 262 yards against Mississippi State. Skattebo did that on 33 carries. Dillingham can't burn out his star runner before conference play even begins. So Skattebo's role could be diminished.
Darn right when the matchup is Texas State hosting Arizona State and it's on Thursday. Texas State is a rising program under offensive guru G.J. Kinne. The Bobcats beat Rice in a bowl game last season in Kinne's first year as head coach.
The Bobcats feature a big-time quarterback, Jordan McCloud. He was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year with James Madison last year and the second overall pick in my Sun Belt Conference fantasy football draft gobbled up by me. The 2-0 Bobcats just destroyed USTA, 49-10.
This may be Texas State's biggest game in school history hosting a Power-Four team in a stand-alone college game that will be nationally-televised by ESPN.
Second-year Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham has a sharp offensive mind, too, but he's still cleaning the manure left by former Sun Devils coach Herm Edwards. ASU was 3-9 last season, its second consecutive three-win season.
Dillingham has the Sun Devils off to a 2-0 start with victories against Wyoming and Mississippi State. The Sun Devils were touchdown favorites against those foes. Dillingham says Texas State is the best team his Sun Devils have faced so far. He's right.
It's a brutal travel spot for the Sun Devils after playing this past Saturday at home. They barely were able to get two practices in. ASU also opens Big 12 action next week on the road against Texas Tech.
ASU quarterback Sam Leavitt isn't close to being as good as McCloud. Instead, the Sun Devils rely on running back Cam Skattebo. He was tremendous last week rushing for 262 yards against Mississippi State. Skattebo did that on 33 carries. Dillingham can't burn out his star runner before conference play even begins. So Skattebo's role could be diminished.
