College Football Betting: Hawaii at Wyoming

Mountain West Conference football action in Laramie, Wyoming as the University of Hawaii heads back to the mainland to take on the Wyoming Cowboys. Wyoming has lost four straight and five of their last six games, though they were very competitive at San Jose State falling 51-44 and covering the pointspread as +10′ road underdogs. The other losses in the streak were against very good teams (Boise State, Fresno State) and regional rival Colorado State. Hawaii is 0-10 SU though a reasonable 5-5 ATS on the year.

The public became enamored of the Wyoming Cowboys and QB Brett Smith after an easy cover at Nebraska as +31 point underdogs in their opening game. The romance has ended abruptly following a four game losing streak during which the Cowboys have gone 1-3 ATS. They’ve reached the point that they’ve been dismissed as ‘damaged goods’ to the extent that they’re only laying a touchdown at home against a Hawaii team that is 0-10 SU on the season. That’s a mistake—the four losses came against decent competition including 9-0 Fresno State, 7-3 Boise State and their most hated regional rival, Colorado State. Hawaii played at home on Saturday and now must travel to Laramie, Wyoming—one of the nastiest home venues in college football due to its remote location and 7,165 foot altitude. The last seven times Hawaii has played at 5,000 feet above sea level or higher they’ve lost by double digits—not surprising for a team that plays their home games at roughly 15 feet above sea level. Brett Smith would shred the Rainbows #111 ranked passing defense under any circumstance and should put up huge numbers at home.

This may be a ‘lost season’ for Wyoming but there’s little to like about Hawaii. The Rainbows are on a 5-16 ATS run in Mountain West play and have failed to cover in 12 of their last 15 spots as a road underdog in this price range (between +3′ and +7 points). We’d like Wyoming even on a neutral field facing a porous passing defense but this is far from a ‘even’ venue. Wyoming’s passing attack does their part and the altitude takes care of the rest as the Cowboys win by double digits.

BET WYOMING -6′ OVER HAWAII