{"id":4857,"date":"2015-09-10T13:34:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyonation.com\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2015-09-10T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T22:42:54","slug":"bet-wyoming-or-nah-the-gamblers-guide-to-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/bet-wyoming-or-nah-the-gamblers-guide-to-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bet Wyoming or Nah? The Gambler\u2019s Guide to Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Shaun<\/a>

Shaun Wick carries the football in a game against Hawai’i (AP Photo\/Eugene Tanner)<\/p><\/div>\n

This Saturday cannot come soon enough.\u00a0 The University of Wyoming looks to bounce back from one of the worst losses in recent memory this week when the Eastern Michigan Eagles come into Laradise.\u00a0 Last week I told you to stay away from betting on the \u2018Boys before even knowing the spread.\u00a0 They ended up being an 18 point favorite and lost. Miserably. I\u2019m predicting that things turn around.\u00a0 The Cowboys are a 13.5 point favorite. If I were heading to Vegas, I\u2019d put a little money is on the Pokes this week.<\/p>\n

Historically, week 2 matchups have been good for the Cowboys.\u00a0 In the past 5 years, in week two matches, they are 4-1 against the spread.\u00a0 They have covered the spread 2 of the 3 times that they were favored in such matchups.\u00a0 When Wyoming has been favored by double digits, they covered both times.\u00a0 The only \u201closs\u201d came when they were 3 point favorites and ended up losing the game 31-34 against Toledo.<\/p>\n

A lot can change over the course of a year. Everybody knows that.\u00a0 One thing that looks to have remained the same is the Eagles ability to put up points, or lack thereof.\u00a0 During the 2014 season, they scored an average of 15.17 points per game in an inferior division.\u00a0 They were continuously gashed, giving up an average of 40.92 points per game.\u00a0 That\u2019s a difference of over 25 points per game, nearly twice the 13.5 spread of this week.<\/p>\n

2015 is a defining year for Craig Bohl and his team.\u00a0 As he looks for continuous improvement, expect a much better showing on both sides of the ball.\u00a0 That being said, the Cowboys should have no problem clicking offensively against a sporadic defense.\u00a0 Look for the Pokes to cover this week, bringing both their overall record and record against the spread to 1-1.<\/p>\n

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Lock of the Week (0-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking to bounce back from last week, Kentucky pulled off the win but let the Ragin\u2019 Cajuns back into the game after having a 23 point lead.\u00a0 This week, I\u2019m looking at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame (-12.5) vs Virginia \u2013 I don\u2019t quite understand how Notre Dame is only favored by 12 after trouncing Texas the way they did.\u00a0 Brian Kelly has them playing at a high level, not making many mistakes.\u00a0 I expect Dame to run away with this one.<\/p>\n

**Disclaimer: I am but a loyal and humble Wyoming fan.\u00a0 Please gamble responsibly and at your own risk.**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Saturday cannot come soon enough.\u00a0 The University of Wyoming looks to bounce back from one of the worst losses in recent memory this week when the Eastern Michigan Eagles come into Laradise.\u00a0 Last week I told you to stay away from betting on the \u2018Boys before even knowing the spread.\u00a0 They ended up being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[721,635,719,720,31],"class_list":["post-4857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wyoblog","tag-against-the-spread","tag-craig-bohl","tag-eastern-michigan-eagles","tag-notre-dame","tag-wyoming-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}