The Duke's Sports
BYU (+3) for 1.5 Units
At first glance, Oregon State would be the likely call for example, they've covered 6 of 7 bowl games, 5-2 ATS vs the MWC, and do have the two best athletes (Rodgers brothers) on the field. However, after a closer look, we think this line has been artificially driven up and the higher ranked Cougars are being sold short. Max Hall has been outstanding running the high powered BYU offense and should exploit a very thin Beavers' secondary, which got thinner after Tim Clark went down with a broken ankle in the final game of the season at Oregon. The Beavers surrendered a generous 20 TD passes during the regular season; part of the reason was on account of their inability to pressure WBs (only 15 sacks - 2nd lowest in the conference). BYU has been competitive vs the PAC 10 under Mendenhall (5-4 SU/ATS) and we'll take the points