{"id":16742,"date":"2009-12-11T13:18:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T18:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2009-12-11T13:18:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T18:18:23","slug":"las-vegas-bowl-free-pick-111209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/las-vegas-bowl-free-pick-111209\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Bowl: Cougars vs. Beavers Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2009 LAS VEGAS BOWL &#8211; BYU COUGARS (10-2) vs. OREGON STATE BEAVERS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Event:<\/strong> MAACO Las Vegas Bowl<br \/>\n<strong>Date<\/strong>: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 8:00 pm EST<br \/>\n<strong>Site<\/strong>: Las Vegas, NV<br \/>\n<strong>MY Sportsbook.com LINE<\/strong>:  Oregon State -2.5<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the 2009\/2010 <a href=\"\/blog\/ncaa-football\/2009-2010-bowl-schedule-bcs-title-game-71209\/\"><strong>Bowl Game Schedule + Matchups<\/strong><\/a>?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team records:<\/strong><br \/>\nBYU: 10-2 SU, 5-7 ATS<br \/>\nOregon State: 8-4 SU, 7-4 ATS <\/p>\n<p><strong>Preview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Las Vegas Bowl presents an intriguing match-up. The Brigham Young Cougars are getting cosy in this bowl, this being their fifth straight year in America&#8217;s Playground. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST 2009\/2010 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAME GAMBLING PICKS FROM OUR TOP CAPPERS! \u2014&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They face a talented Oregon State squad that has been heartbroken in all the crucial games on its schedule. <\/p>\n<p>The Beavers came up just short against Arizona (37-32 L), USC (42-36 L), and perhaps the most stinging, a recent 37-33 loss to in-state rival Oregon in the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>BYU isn&#8217;t devoid of talent itself, and how this game turns out could come down to how the Beavers respond to these let-downs. We could witness a bit of a barn-burner, with two very strong backfields; BYU&#8217;s attack driven by QB Max Hall and RB Harvey Unga, and Oregon State by QB Sean Canfield and RB Jacquizz Rodgers.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mysportsbook.com\/mysb_banners\/300x250_flash\/300x250_girls.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Quizzy&#8221;s brother James Rodgers is also a threat catching the football. The Cougars can drop points on most anyone; this game may be a case of &#8216;the wolf climbing the hill is hungrier than the wolf on top.&#8217; BYU may get complacent after five straight Las Vegas bowls, while the Beavers should be out to prove that they, not Oregon, deserved to be representing the Pac-10 in the prestigious Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>If Oregon State responds well to the adversity, I expect them to win this game. <\/p>\n<p>If not, Brigham Young could certainly ride the prolific arm of Hall to victory. <\/p>\n<p>Expect a good game, and expect one where there is certainly no shortage of points put on the board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009 Team Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Offense:<\/strong> BYU 18th<br \/>\n                          Oregon St 28th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Defense<\/strong>: BYU 35th<br \/>\n                           Oregon St 50th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trends:<\/strong><br \/>\nBYU is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games<br \/>\nBYU is 6-15 ATS in its last 21 games<br \/>\nOregon State is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games<br \/>\nOregon State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick: Oregon State -2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\">We stand behind one of our top NFL Sportsbooks &#8211; MYSportsbook.com &#8211; Sign Up For A Free Account Today, and know that they have ONE OF THE Best CREDIT CARD ACCEPTANCE rates in the industry.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>James has been naming every player on the EA Sports NCAA video game rosters for half a decade now, he\u2019s finally putting his knowledge to better use writing for us here at CappersPicks.com. As always you\u2019re comments are welcome below\u2026Give Us Your Take!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Sam Boyd Stadium will be treated to a game between the BYU Cougars and the Oregon State Beavers when they take their seats for the Las Vegas Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Beavers listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 60\u00bd&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[41,21029,164,181,20891,21032,21033,287,21030,470,21031,6124,6901,763,17002,20925],"class_list":["post-16742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-41","tag-2009-las-vegas-bowl","tag-betting-lines","tag-betting-trends","tag-bowl-game-predictions","tag-byu-cougars-vs-oregon-state-beavers","tag-byu-vs-oregon-state","tag-cfb-picks","tag-cougars-vs-beavers-predictions","tag-free-pick","tag-las-vegas-bowl-free-pick","tag-las-vegas-bowl-odds","tag-las-vegas-bowl-preview","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-ncaaf-spreads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16744,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742\/revisions\/16744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}