The Bronco's quest for an undefeated season continues as they head to Ruston to face the Bulldogs. Despite being a fan favorite and a bookmakers nightmare the Broncos continue to beat the pointspread. This is a team that is 6-1 ATS this year and 80-44 ATS over the past 10+ seasons. Simply put, the Linesmaker just cannot make the pointspread high enough in Boise State games. And we see no reason to buck the trend here as the Broncos have gone 8-2 ATS on the road as of late. Boise is known for their offense but defensively this team has been outstanding. They have only permitted one team to score more than 21 points in any game, and they still won that contest by 17 points. Boise State has dominated this series winning by margins of 35, 14, 41, 17 and 41 points the past five meetings.
Louisiana Tech just lost two back to back games that came down to the wire against Idaho and Utah State. Last week they lost their best receiver and running back to injury. Daniel Porter and Phillip Livas are both questionable this week for the Bulldogs. Those two are in addition to many other injuries on this team that has really taken away the depth of this club. Livas had already suffered a turf toe injury prior to the Idaho game, he's not only their best pass catcher but also their star return man. If either of these two are not close to 100% this week it will be extremely hard for Louisiana Tech to remain competitive here.
The Bulldogs are a very good team playing in Ruston but this team is just a shell of themselves at this point. They have been outgained in yards per play in 5 of the 7 FBS games they have played this season. The only time they held an advantage was against Hawaii and New Mexico State. Needless to say Boise State is far superior to those two squads and they still feel slighted in the BCS rankings. If Boise can run up the score they will, and a national television audience is the best setting to do so.
Bryan Leonard 11/6
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