NCAA Football Odds & Trends: Week 6 Picks Colorado at Texas

Last Updated on October 10, 2009 5:05 pm by shah

Big 12 Matchup

No. 2
Texas has hopes to play in the BCS Championship game this year, but on Saturday the Longhorns will host

Colorado, who will be treating this game like their national championship game.

The two Big XII foes will face off at 7:15PM ET from Texas Memorial Stadium.

Bet Colorado at Texas

The Longhorns have had an fairly easy road to a 4-0 start, with their lone challenge coming in a 34-24 win over Texas Tech three weeks ago. The key in Saturday’s game against an over-matched
Colorado team will be for
Texas to match the Buffaloes intensity, and not get caught looking past them with the Red River Shootout awaiting
Texas next week in a game with

Oklahoma. Colt McCoy has thrown for 1,145 yards and nine touchdowns on the season, but also has five interceptions for the Longhorns. Jordan Shipley has caught 36 passes for 436 yards and two scores for Texas, while Vondrell McGee and Tre’ Newton have each rushed for over 200 yards.

Texas leads the nation in points per-game and are fourth in yards per-game and the Longhorns also rank second in the country in fewest rushing yards allowed as a defense.

The Buffaloes have not had much to be excited about this year, as they are off to a 1-3 start in 2009. Dan Hawkins is in his fourth-year as head coach, leaving

Boise
State to take the job, but has struggled to three losing seasons, and this season, Hawkins needs to have a winning year to keep his job. Saturday could give Hawkins that marquee win he needs to hold on to his job, but the Buffaloes appear to be heavily over-matched.

Colorado quarterback and Dan Hawkins’ son, Cody Hawkins, has thrown for 1,045 yards and seven touchdowns on the year, but also has seven interceptions. The seven picks ranks in the top 10 in the country for the most of any quarterback.

Colorado also hasn’t been able to establish much in the running game as Rodney Stewart has 270 yards with three touchdowns, but as a team, the Buffaloes rank second to last in the Big XII in team rushing yards with 375. On defense,

Colorado is last in the conference in points allowed per-game, yards allowed per-game, and rushing yards allowed.

Oddsmakers from online sports book SBGGLOBAL have made
Texas 32.5-point home favorites over

Colorado on Saturday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 62.

College Football Week 6 Betting Trends
All games in this series since 1992

TEXAS is 8-3 against the spread versus

COLORADO since 1992

TEXAS is 6-5 straight up against

COLORADO since 1992

7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1992

Games over the last 3 seasons

TEXAS is 1-0 against the spread versus

COLORADO over the last 3 seasons 

TEXAS is 1-0 straight up against

COLORADO over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at

TEXAS since 1992

TEXAS is 3-1 against the spread versus

COLORADO since 1992

TEXAS is 2-2 straight up against

COLORADO since 1992

3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1992

COLORADO is 28-48 ATS (-24.8 Units) in weeks 5 through 9 since 1992.

COLORADO is 25-44 ATS (-23.4 Units) in October games since 1992.

TEXAS is 28-14 ATS (+12.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1992.

COLORADO: 2-8 ATS off road game

TEXAS: 38-19 Over off an Over

Colorado is 5-13 ATS in its last 18 games on the road

Colorado is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road

Texas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing

Colorado

Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Colorado
Week 6 College Football Injury Report
COLORADO

[QB] 09/11/2009 – Jerry Slota out indefinitely ( Suspension ) 

[OG] 09/22/2009 – Max Tuioti-Mariner expected to miss at least another 2-3 weeks ( Knee ) 

TEXAS                       

[LB] 09/21/2009 – Jared Norton out for season ( Shoulder ) 

[S] 09/30/2009 – Christian Scott out for season ( Academics ) 

[WR] 09/30/2009 – Brandon Collins out for season ( Academics ) 

[TE] 08/19/2009 – Blaine Irby out for season ( Knee ) 

[TE] 08/19/2009 – Ian Harris out for season ( Neck ) 

[OG] 09/26/2009 – Mason Walters missed last game, "?" Saturday Oct 10 vs

Colorado ( Foot ) 

[TE] 08/19/2009 – D.J. Grant out for season ( Knee )

Colorado at Texas Current Odds

Colorado Buffaloes +32.5 Over 62

Texas Longhorns -32.5 Under 62

Player Props:

Total pass attempts for Cody Hawkins (

COL): Over/Under 40.5

Total rushing attempts for Rodney Stewart (

COL): Over/Under 15.5

Total receptions for Scotty McKnight (

COL): Over/Under 6.5

Total receptions for Riar Geer (

COL): Over/Under 4.5

Total passing yards for Colt McCoy (

TEX): Over/Under 300.5

Total passing attempts for McCoy: Over/Under 34.5

Total touchdown passes for McCoy: Over/Under 2.5

Total rushing attempts for Vondrell McGee (

TEX): Over/Under 11.5

Total rushing attempts for Tre Newton (

TEX): Over/Under 10.5

Total receptions for Jordan Shipley (

TEX): Over/Under 8.5

Total receiving yards for Shipley: Over/Under 105.5

Total receptions for Dan Buckner (

TEX): Over/Under 5.5

Bet Colorado at Texas

Posted: 10/10/09 5:06PM ET