NM State Aggies Host the Wyoming Cowboys

Wyoming Cowboys are Loaded for 2018

The Wyoming Cowboys and the New Mexico State Aggies will both be looking to go 1-0 on the season. They meet at Aggie Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. ESPN2 has the coverage with kickoff set for 10 pm EST.

Oddsmakers opened the Cowboys as -6-point favorites versus the Aggies, while the game's total opened at 47.5. The line is now Wyoming -5 and the total is down to 46.

Tonight will be a huge indicator of what’s to come for both programs for the season.

New Mexico State is playing its first game again as an independent. The Sun Belt broke up with the program after last season. The Aggies are coming off a big bowl season with a ton of momentum. It might all crash with a thud without a strong first game at home against a tough Wyoming team.

The Cowboys should have one of the nation’s best Group of Five defenses. Despite the loss of Josh Allen, the offense should be far better. Honestly, it can’t be a whole lot worse.

If they’re really and truly the team that should be a factor in the Mountain West race, they need to show it by winning this with ease.

Can the Aggies go Bowling Again?

After years and years and years of awful football, the program finally got to give its fans a little bit of fun. With a high-powered offense, a thrilling defense that attacked as well as anyone in the country,  the team won. Last year gave fans their first bowl appearance – and win – since 1960.

The Aggies got booted out of the Sun Belt with a bang.

Before that, it was 14 years since NMSU came up with a winning season. It won’t be that long before the program goes bowling or has a winner again.

The Aggies will keep on winging it around this year. That is despite the loss of QB Tyler Rogers and star WR Jaleel Scott. Matt Romero will get the start for the Aggies. The new guys will have their moments, no doubt.

The rebuilding offensive front will have a nightmare of a time against what the Cowboys are going to bring up front. The Aggies were a turnover machine last year. Don't expect that to change tonight.

Defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani gets back a good group. They bring back nine starters. The pass rush should be great. The experience is there in the secondary as well. Overall, this has the potential to be the best defense yet in the Doug Martin era in Las Cruces.

Wyoming has A Chance to be Really Good

Eight starters are back from the nation’s top defense in takeaways. They are led by a terrific group of tacklers. It starts with hard-hitting safety Andrew Wingard. There are plenty of strong parts of the defensive puzzle. The secondary should be the shining star.

That’s a problem for an NMSU team that has to throw.

6-4 stud bombers Tyler Vander Waal and Nick Smith are each good enough to do far more than Allen could come up with last season. The O line is experienced enough to be better for a woeful running game. Just about everyone of note is back in the receiving corps.

Wyoming won’t be 125th in the nation in total offense again.

The defense that led the Mountain West in sacks and the nation in takeaways is beyond loaded with experience.

There’s NFL upside on the line with Carl Granderson at the end and with Youhanna Ghaifan at the other. There might not be a better safety in college football than Andrew Wingard. Add in the veteran linebacking corps, and it’s all there to be special again.

Wyoming will go bowling three years in a row for the first time in it's history. If the offense gets cracking, they can contend for a major bowl game.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Wyoming	8-5	8-5	17.75	17.54	0.21	5-3	3-2	3-10	2-6	1-4
New Mexico State	7-6	8-5	31.50	29.69	1.81	3-3	5-2	5-8	0-6	5-2

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
WYO	15.18	19.11	-3.92
NMEXST	15.02	13.48	1.54

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
WYO	10.31	12.03	-1.72
NMEXST	10.70	11.54	-0.84

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
WYO	3.51	3.47	0.04
NMEXST	4.71	4.16	0.55

Team Records

Wyoming Cowboys

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	8-5	6-2	2-3	8-5	5-3	3-2	23.46	17.54	5.92
vs Conf	5-3	3-1	2-2	6-2	3-1	3-1	22.50	16.38	6.12
Last 3	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-2	1-1	0-1	20.33	15.67	4.66

New Mexico State Aggies

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	7-6	4-2	3-4	8-5	3-3	5-2	29.31	29.69	-0.38
vs Conf	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	17.00	10.00	7.00
Last 3	3-0	3-0	0-0	1-2	1-2	0-0	21.67	15.67	6.00

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	23.46	104	29.69	86
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	162.40	106	239.00	97
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	108.40	113	114.67	24
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	29.31	55	17.54	9
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	284.67	33	176.60	13
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	110.17	117	156.60	43

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Wyoming	--	--	--
New Mexico State	--	--	--

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
No Data to Display

NCAA Football Betting Odds and Trends

Wyoming Cowboys
Wyoming is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games
Wyoming is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Wyoming's last 7 games
Wyoming is 5-20 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wyoming's last 5 games on the road

New Mexico State Aggies
New Mexico State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
New Mexico State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Mexico State's last 6 games
New Mexico State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Mexico State's last 5 games at home

Team Last 5 Games

Wyoming Cowboys

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
Dec 22, 2017	CMICH	37-14	W	-3/47	W/O	121	154	275	18	346	364	-8	H
Nov 25, 2017	SJ.ST	17-20	L	-19/48.5	L/U	187	170	357	146	174	320	0	A
Nov 18, 2017	FRESNO	7-13	L	2/38.5	L/U	77	231	308	147	186	333	1	H
Nov 11, 2017	AIRFOR	28-14	W	2.5/50.5	W/U	100	129	229	203	175	378	-2	A
Nov 4, 2017	COLOST	16-13	W	4/47.5	W/U	156	138	294	235	110	345	1	H

New Mexico State Aggies

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
Dec 29, 2017	UTAHST	26-20	W	5.5/63.5	W/U	184	191	375	187	254	441	1	H
Dec 2, 2017	S.ALA	22-17	W	-12/54.5	L/U	40	451	491	22	331	353	-2	H
Nov 25, 2017	IDAHO	17-10	W	-9.5/56.5	L/U	172	231	403	41	174	215	-1	H
Nov 18, 2017	UL.LAF	34-47	L	-4/64	L/O	89	313	402	279	226	505	3	A
Nov 4, 2017	TEX.ST	45-35	W	-9/56	W/O	119	503	622	163	400	563	-2	A

Next up:
Wyoming home to Washington State Saturday, September 1
New Mexico State at Minnesota Thursday, August 30

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