2009 New Mexico Bowl Wyoming vs. Fresno State Picks & Predictions

Last Updated on December 19, 2009 8:00 am by drew

New Mexico Bowl Pick

The 2009-10 College Football Bowl Season kickoffs Saturday when Fresno State and
Wyoming meet in the 2009

New Mexico Bowl from University Stadium at 4:30PM ET.

Bet The New Mexico Bowl

Fresno
State is 8-4 on the season and 7-4 against the point spread odds. The Bulldogs won two-straight to end the regular season but have covered in just two of their last five.

Wyoming is 6-6 this season with an 8-3 record against the spread. The Cowboys won two of their last three to qualify for a bowl.
Oddsmakers from online sports book SBGGLOBAL have made
Fresno
State 10.5-point favorites over

Wyoming on Saturday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 55.5.

Fresno
State is scoring 34.3 points per-game on the year and has the second best rushing attack in the WAC Conference with 2,779 yards on the ground as a team. Ryan Mathews has rushed for 1,664 yards and 17 touchdowns to lead

Fresno
State.

Wyoming is allowing 27.3 points per-game on defense and has the second worst rushing defense in the Mountain West Conference, giving up 170.5 yards per-game on the ground.

Wyoming is scoring only 16.9 points per-game on the year and is totaling just under 300 yards of offense per-game. The Bulldogs are allowing 27.8 points per-game on defense and have been susceptible to the run, giving up 2,549 yards on the ground this year.

The key in this pick seems to be simply that
Wyoming is over-matched by

Fresno
State. The Cowboys struggle on both sides of the ball but managed to win six games while the Bulldogs have been a very competitive teams all season and have a strong running back that is facing a weak rushing defense. Unless you feel that the Mountain West is a much better conference than the WAC, we suggest you take a pick of

Fresno
State and the Under.

Our New Mexico Bowl Free Pick for this matchup is:

FRESNO
STATE -10.5 and UNDER 55.5.
College Football Bowl Season Betting Trends


WYOMING is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.

FRESNO ST is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons.

Wyoming is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games

Wyoming is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games

Fresno
State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of

Fresno
State‘s last 6 games

Wyoming

7-3 ATS as an underdog

11-7 ATS off road conference win

Fresno
State

2-11 ATS after allowing 50+ points

2-11 ATS off a road game

Bowl Season College Football Injury Report


WYOMING

No significant injuries.

FRESNO ST

[RB] 12/07/2009 – Ryan Mathews probable vs

Wyoming in the New Mexico Bowl. ( Leg ) 
New Mexico Bowl Odds

Wyoming Cowboys +10.5 Over 55.5 (+350)

Fresno
State Bulldogs -10.5 Under 55.5 (-500)
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Posted: 12/19/09 7:00AM ET