Wyoming -1 5.5% NCAAF POD
Hawaii won as a road dog and Wyoming loast as a road favorite, and I think that gives us tremendous value here in this spot. Hawaii also breaking in a new system and new coach, in a shortened off season is probably not a good situation to be in. It worked in game one, because Fresno State got probably the least amount of practice of anyone, and turned the ball over 4 times, and didn't have film on whta Hawaii was going to want to do. Meanwhile now Wyoming has film and I think the new style of play for Hawaii lines up better with Wyoming's strength in the trenches.
Wyoming, a very discipined team in the trenches that can run the ball and stop the run. Last year they allowed just 2.92 ypc, and they will go up against a Hawaii team that under Todd Graham wants to be a run first team. Now it worked in game 1, as they ran 53 times for over 300 yards, but against a team that did not practice much, it shoudl work like that. Wyoming held Nevada in check on the ground to 281 yards per carry aas their QB was -26 yards rushing. They also run a similar style rushing attack.
Hawaii also opted not to fly back to the islands, and stayed in Denver, but that hur their ability to practice and prepare and now they go play at extreme elevation at over 7,000 feet. Yeah they stayed in Denver for a week to get acclimated, but there is no way to get acclimated with elevation in a week especially when you do walk throughs inside, and don't practice because of bad weather. It will be 35 degrees on Friday night.
At the end of the day Wyoming is a very tough place to go play, and the elements and situation don't favor Hawaii, and I trust Craig Brohl as a head coach much more than Todd Graham.
