Las Vegas Bowl Betting Preview – Utah vs BYU Saturday December 19

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Utah and BYU Battle For State Bragging Rights – in Vegas

By Charles Jay

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One of the things that the college bowl season affords us is the opportunity to see intriguing matchups, including those between geographic rivals who did not have a chance to meet up during the regular season. Such is the case in the Las Vegas Bowl, in which the Utah Utes and BYU Cougars will have an opportunity to renew their rivalry. These schools have not met in either of the last two regular seasons, and part of it is that BYU has gone independent, while Utah is, of course, a member of the Pac 12. This game gets underway at 3:30 PM ET on Saturday, and even after the opening kickoff, BetAnySports customers will have a chance to challenge the college football betting odds in real time through the facilities of Live Betting Extra.

Las Vegas Bowl – BetAnySports COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTING LINE:

In the college football betting odds posted on this game by the people at BetAnySports, Utah is the slight favorite:

• Utah Utes -3 (+105)
• BYU Cougars +3 (-125)
• Over 52 points -110
• Under 52 points -110

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Kyle Winningham, the coach at Utah, went to school at BYU, and he has a record of 7-2 ATS against his alma mater. He has also done a stellar job in bowl games, with an 8-1-straight up record. Some have speculated that he could be a candidate for the BYU job, which is being vacated by Bronco Mendenhall, who is moving onto the University of Virginia. However, in a switch from the norm, Mendenhall did not take off yet but will stick around, along with six of his assistants who are making the jump with him, to handle this ballgame. With 99 wins at BYU, Mendenhall would certainly love to exit by getting the century mark.

BYU has lost its last four meetings with Utah, and three of them were close games. Do they have what it takes to get over the hump in this one? Well, at the start of the season it looked like they were going to have a rather hard-hitting running game, but quarterback Taysom Hill, who was being touted as a possible Heisman Trophy candidate, injured his knee and was out for the year. He was one of the best dual threats at the position in the country. In stepped Tanner Mangum, the 24–year-old freshman who had just come off a mission in Chile and who performed some late-game heroics in his first two appearances (wins over Nebraska and Boise State). Mangum had a pretty good season, throwing for 21 touchdowns and 3062 yards. As for the ground attack, it kind of flattened out over the last four games of the season, and gained 74 yards or less in three of those four.

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BetAnySports patrons who follow college football betting are well aware that Utah loves to play the “smash mouth” style. They suffered a big blow with the injury loss of Devontae Booker (1261 yards), but Joe Williams stepped in and gained 308 yards over the last two games of the regular season. Still, this team won’t have a lot of running back depth. And is the arm of 6-foot-7 quarterback Travis Wilson trustworthy? He only had 218 passing yards in the last two games, and never exceeded 300 in any individual contest.

Utah led the nation in sacks last season, and their pass rush was hardly dormant this season, with 33 sacks. But BYU got more pressure on the passer, registering 37 sacks, and the Cougars hope to take advantage of a couple of Utah receivers who, at the very least, will not be 100%. Britain Covey, who was a freshman All-America, is doubtful with an ankle injury and Kenneth Scott, the second-leading receiver, is questionable with an injured foot.

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