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Over the past few years the State of Utah has emerged as a real power in college football betting and even if you can’t have a beer with more than 2% alcohol content while you watch the game at least you get treated to some top quality football.

This year the talent at the state’s university has dropped off a bit as only one of the teams is currently ranked in the top 25 (Utah #13) after being mainstays in the polls the past few seasons but there are still some very good teams in the state including the BYU Cougars and Utah State Aggies, teams that will go head to head in the battle for Utah this Saturday.

Kickoff for this Friday matchup is set for 8:05 Eastern Time and sbgglobal opened with the Cougars as a 5-point favorite with an over/under total at 38.5.

These two teams have both struggled early in the NCAA football betting season and both enter Saturday’s matchup with 1-3 records.

However the major difference between these teams has been the competition they’ve faced. Both teams have played ranked teams and come up short but the Cougars have lost to better teams than the Aggies have.

Utah State has been trounced by the likes of #7 Oklahoma but they’ve also gotten beat down Fresno St and San Diego State as well. Whereas the Cougars have taken their beatings at the hands of Air Force, Florida State and #24 Nevada.

The collective struggles of these teams are many. On offense BYU has managed just 6 TDs in 4 games. In very depressing contrast the team has given up 14 TDs to its opponents, although it held an explosive Nevada offense to just 27 points a week ago.

The Aggies offense is nowhere near as potent as Nevada’s and has averaged 379 yards per game and scored 12 TDs.

It will basically boil down to BYU’s defense vs. the Utah State offense and since the smart bet is always on the defense you have to like the Cougar’s chances. That combined with the fact that they Cougars will be playing at home is a powerful reason to pick BYU to win this game, just as the bookmakers have.

Don’t expect a well executed game from either struggling side but if you’re going to lay some money on the take BYU as your sports betting pick.

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