Wednesday Brandon Lang
My 80 Dime selection is Boston College over Boise St. The current line on this game is +2 1/2 in Vegas and offshore at 11:45 pm pacific on Tuesday night. If your line is anywhere from +2 1/2 to +4 I advise in buying the 1/2 point up. Be sure to shop around for the best price available.
ANALYSIS
This truly is a case of the wrong team being favored in Texas today.
As Boise State and Boston College do battle today, the boys in the desert saw fit to post the boys from the inferior conference as the slight favorite.
I can see their reasoning.
Boise is 10-3 and lost in their conference championship to Fresno State while Boston College finished 7-5 losing their last 3 games both SU and ATS.
On paper that is what it might look like, but to me I see a team out of the Power 5 conference getting points against a team out of the Mountain West.
Give me the stronger conference every time.
Did BC lose 3 in a row to close the season? Absolutely, but a closer look will show some reasons why.
The Eagles were 7-2 and hosting the #2 team in the country, Clemson, on the Saturday night national TV game when they lost their starting QB in the 2nd quarter.
Game over as the Tigers won 27-7.
A bit deflated they went to Florida State and lost by 22-21 and finished their season losing at home to Syracuse 42-21 in a game they turned it over 4 times.
If ever a team needed a month off to heal and get focused to play a bowl game, this Boston College team is it.
Starting QB Anthony Brown is healthy as is 1st team all ACC running back AJ Dillon and arguably the best offensive line in the ACC.
Trust me when I tell you this is without question the best offensive line Boise State has seen all year long.
Boise State has had a good year and QB Brett Rypien has had a solid year but he is facing the 12th-ranked pass defense in the country, a unit that led the nation in interceptions with 18.
Head coach Steve Addazio has Boston College heading in the right direction, so much so he was rewarded with a 2-year contract extension.
He will have his team ready to play in this game today.
This little doggy barks loudly in the Lone Star State
