Washington State was flying high until last week, getting thumped by Cal in a 37-3 loss as a 16-point favorite. This is not an elite defense, giving up 44 to Boise in a win, along with a 30-27 squeaker over USC. Washington State is #42 in the nation in points allowed, and the loss to Cal included five interceptions from quarterback Luke Falk, who was sacked nine times. They face a ball-control Colorado offense that has scored 37, 41, 42 and 36 points in four of the last six contests. Colorado QB Steven Montez is playing well with 11 TDs, and four INTs the last six games and senior running back Phillip Lindsay has carried 69 times for 466 yards and five touchdowns in his last two games, against Arizona and Oregon State. He has been a focal point of long, time-consuming drives. The Buffaloes are one of only two programs in the country with four scoring drives of at least 15 plays. That kind of ball control will be key against Washington State to keep Falk and the Cougars' passing game off the field, which they did last season. Colorado is on a 7-3 ATS run on the road, while Washington State Coach Mike Leach is 1-8 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points. Colorado beat then #22 Washington State last year, 38-24, with 258 yards rushing as a pair of backs topped 100 yards, including Lindsay. The Buffs had 603 total yards and won the time of possession battle 33:41-26:19. Take the underdog Buffaloes.
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Who was the public on? 57% of the public bets were on Colorado Buffaloes on the +4 ATS. And, 68% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Washington State would win by a score of 35.0 to 27.8 with Washington State winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 63% of the public bets were on Washington State Cougars on the -13.5 ATS. And, 52% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Washington State would win by a score of 43.8 to 29.8 with Washington State winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 64% of the public bets were on Washington State Cougars on the -5.5 ATS. 53% of the public money was on Washington State Cougars to win on the moneyline. And, 79% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Washington State would win by a score of 32.0 to 29.4 with Washington State winning on the moneyline, Colorado winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 76% of the public bets were on Washington State Cougars on the -9 ATS. 68% of the public money was on Washington State Cougars to win on the moneyline. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Washington State would win by a score of 31.4 to 20.3 with Washington State winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Colorado at Washington State
10:45 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 63% of the public bets were on Washington State Cougars on the +6 ATS. 80% of the public money was on Washington State Cougars to win on the moneyline. And, 75% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Colorado would win by a score of 31.6 to 26.2 with Colorado winning on the moneyline, Washington State winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Washington State at Colorado
3:30 PM Eastern
Colorado went OVER the total last week beating Arizona 49-24, but the Buffaloes had gone UNDER their five previous games, including a 10-5 win at Stanford and 20-10 over UCLA. Washington State stayed UNDER mostly due to an extremely high posted total in a 56-21 win over California. Last year's matchup was an easy UNDER as the Cougars won 27-3 to go UNDER by 30.5 points. Colorado has gone UNDER in six of its last seven home games and four of their last five after a win. The Cougars lost one of their top receivers, River Cracraft, for the season due to a torn ACL. Colorado has the best pass defense in the Pac-12 allowing 176.3 yards per game and it's ninth in the country in scoring defense giving up only 17.9 points per contest. The Cougars are surprisingly #43, allowing 24.3 points per game, which is impressive considering the offense has the tendency to score quickly. Washington State's run defense is ranked #20 allowing 117.3 yards per game. This is a battle of division leaders, so play the UNDER.
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