Sport: College FootballPick Selection: New Mexico
At 4:30 pm, on Saturday, our selection is on the New Mexico Lobos minus the points over Nevada, as UNM falls into a 20-3 ATS Bowl system of mine. Additionally, teams off 28-point (or greater) home wins to end the season are money-burners in the bowls (Nevada closed out the year with a 49-10 win over Louisiana Tech). New Mexico has the advantage of playing this game at home, and the Lobos were 5-1 SU this season at University Stadium, and outscored their foes by over 14 ppg. Nevada was 2-4 SU and ATS on the road this year, and surrendered over 41 ppg on defense. Its only road wins this season were against Utah State and New Mexico State, both awful clubs. The Wolf Pack Pistol offense will face a staunch test against a Lobos defense ranked 25th in scoring. Although UNM will be without Rodney Ferguson, its leading running back (academically ineligible), the Lobos should find holes in a Nevada secondary ranked 87th nationally in pass efficiency, and I expect New Mexico's receivers Marcus Smith and Travis Brown to have a big game. These two WRs combined for 1950 yards on 155 receptions this year. Take New Mexico. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. And don't miss my other NFL and College Football winners this weekend.
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