This game will kick off from Texas as 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FSN.
The point spread opened up in this game with the home team Texas Longhorns coming in as 28 point favorites with the over under at 48.
The early money from the betting public has come on the side of the favorite as the Texas Longhorns are now favored by 29 points. The total has seen movement upward to a current over under of 49.
Money line bettors playing on the side of the Texas Longhorns will lay -7000 odds with the road underdog Wyoming Cowboys returning +3000 to pull off the upset victory without the need for taking the points.
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Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen enters his second year with the program and he will have 7 starters on the offensive side and 7 on the defensive side of his football team.
The Cowboys finished off play in 2009 with a winning 7-6 record that culminated in a very exciting 35-28 victory in the New Mexico Bowl against Fresno St as a 10 ½ point underdog.
Sophomore quarterback Austin Carta Samuels returns under center as the Cowboys starter following a freshman season where he completed 58.6% of his passes for 1953 yards with 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.
In Wyoming’s 28-20 victory against Southern Utah the signal caller completed on 26 of 32 passes for 319 yards three touchdowns and a pick in the 2010 debut.
Wyoming couldn’t run a lick against their FCS opponent as they gained just 36 yards on 25 carries. Lead running back sophomore Alvester Alexander produced a mere 40 yards on 13 carries.
Senior wide out Zach Bolger had a huge game with 5 receptions for 134 yards and 2 touchdowns last week. Both starting receivers are back for Wyoming. Senior David Leonard led the club in 2009 with 77 catches for 705 yards and three touchdowns.
Defensively Wyoming allowed their opponents 27 points and 392 yards per game. Southern Utah was able to move the football last week on the Wyoming defense as they produced 384 offensive yards. A troubling stat for Wyoming supporters is the fact the FCS school was able to gain 4.5 yards a carry on 42 rushing attempts against this Mountain West school.
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The Texas Longhorns made their 2010 debut a winning one by posting the 34-17 victory as a 31 ½ point favorite against the Rice Owls.
With the Colt McCoy era done in Texas it was sophomore quarterback Garrett Gilbert completing just 14 of 23 passing for 172 yards with 0 touchdowns and picks against an Owls defense that was extremely weak in 2009.
Sophomore running back Tre’ Newton had 18 carries for 61 yards and three touchdowns with only a 3.4 yards per carry average. Cody Johnson had 15 carries for 59 yards and only a 3.9 yards per rush average. The numbers were not too dazzling.
Junior receiver Malcolm Williams led the team last week with 4 catches for 77 yards which added up to a very good 19.3 yards per reception.
The Texas defense was sharp in holding the Rice Owls to only 219 total yards and 4 of 14 conversions on third down.
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