Boise State Takes on Virginia Friday Night

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.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Virginia	2-1	1-2	27.67	20.67	7	1-2	0-0	1-2	1-2	0-0
Boise State	2-1	2-1	32.00	24.67	7.33	1-1	1-0	1-2	0-2	1-0

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
VIRGNA	15.59	16	-0.41
BOISE	10.65	12.8	-2.15

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
VIRGNA	10.17	11.27	-1.1
BOISE	11.02	8.80	2.22

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
VIRGNA	3.61	4.03	-0.42
BOISE	3.65	2.77	0.88

Team Records

Virginia Cavaliers

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

Boise State Broncos

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

Supergrid

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

Head To Head Summary

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

Head To Head Detail

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

College Football Betting Trends

Virginia Cavaliers
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 Broncos
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

Team Last 5 Games

Virginia Cavaliers

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

Boise State Broncos

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

Weather in
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Humidity is 93%
Wind is West-northwest 7 mph
Visibility is 7.891414 mi
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Forecast for Boise

Next up:
Virginia home to Duke Saturday, October 7
Boise State at BYU Friday, October 6

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