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Bobby Maxwell
Friday's winner...
400-Unit College FB High Octane Special - NEVADA WOLF PACK
Everyone knows Nevada can light up a scoreboard, the question coming into the season was “how good is the Wolf Pack defense?” Saturday, they showed us they can play a little defense, limiting Colorado State to two field goals and just 272 yards of offense in a 51-6 home blowout of the Rams.
Tonight should be very interesting, as a high-powered Cal squad head to Reno to take on Nevada. I’m thinking this game becomes a real shootout and with QB Colin Kaepernick running on all cylinders, I’m going to grab the points and play the Wolf Pack in this one.
Kaepernick put his stamp on the Colorado State game early, rattling off a 57-yard run on the second play of the game to set the tone for the blowout. He finished the game with 161 yards rushing on 11 carries and scored twice. Then with his arm he completed 21 of 29 passes for 241 yards and two more scores, accounting for 402 yards of total offense. Through two games this season, Kaepernick is completing better than 70 percent of his throws and he is just the ninth player in NCAA history to run for 3,000 yards and throw for 3,000 yards in a career.
Defensively, the two new safeties in the lineup, Marlon Johnson and Duke Williams, combined for 12 tackles against Colorado State and they will get plenty of work against Cal as the Bears have scored 52 points in each of their first two games, beating UC Davis 52-3 and beating Colorado on Saturday 52-7.
Key for Nevada tonight will be DE Dontay Moch, the returning WAC defensive player of the year. He is going to have to get after Cal QB Kevin Riley who has already thrown for seven TD passes, including four against Colorado on Saturday.
Defensively, the Bears are using a new scheme and so far it seems to be working as they’ve only allowed 10 points this season. But UC Davis and Colorado have nowhere near the firepower of the Wolf Pack. And the Bears also don’t have the offensive weapons that Nevada does. Young receivers and a running game that isn’t all that good is going to cost them tonight. RB Shane Vereen had just 67 yards in the opener and managed just 59 against Colorado on 16 carries.
Cal has not done well against teams from the WAC, going 0-5 ATS the last five matchups, and they also struggle on the highway at just 6-13 ATS in their last 19 on the road.
Nevada is on several positive ATS streaks, including 26-12 at home, 5-0 after a straight-up win, 4-1 on Fridays and 8-3 at home against teams with a winning road record.
More bullets in the gun of Nevada. I’m grabbing the points and playing the Wolf Pack at home tonight.
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