The Houston Cougars remain among the unbeaten teams across America after thumping Georgia State 56-0 last weekend. \u00a0A win over an FCS opponent is hardly something to get overly excited about but quarterback Case Keenum continues to work his way up the all time passing list, passing former BYU QB Ty Detmer for third place all time. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Houston Cougars vs UTEP Miners Houston<\/p>\n Don\u2019t read too much into that shutout by the defense, this is still not a very good defensive team, but maybe they are getting better.<\/p>\n Keenum and the Cougars had little trouble dicing up Georgia State and the UTEP Miners might not put up much more of a fight. \u00a0This team is all about offense and enters their first Conference USA tilt leading the nations with 446 yards of passing offense per game and they are third in scoring at 44ppg. \u00a0Houston has been the more successful program of late but they have struggled against the Miners. \u00a0The last three times they have visited UTEP have included 2 losses and no ATS victories.<\/p>\n Houston has a chance to run the table this year but they have to get past their nemesis to start conference play. \u00a0After that the season sets up beautifully with a very manageable road schedule and only ECU and SMU as potetional home upsets due to their ability to score points at rates comparable to Houston. \u00a0I think the Cougars will take care of business this weekend. [soliloquy id=”82219″] <\/p>\n UTEP<\/p>\n The UTEP Miners are happy to return home after 3 straight road games. \u00a0They finished the trip 1-2, with losses to South Florida and SMU and a win over New Mexico State. \u00a0This year\u2019s UTEP team is not very good as they replaced almost their entire offense from last year. \u00a0The lack of continuity shows too as they are ranked in the 90\u2019s in yards per game and points.<\/p>\n Last week starting QB Nick Lamaison was unable to go so sophomore Carson Merger was forced into action. \u00a0The inexperienced hurler threw only three passes last year so given that it was his first start he wasn\u2019t too horrible – passing for 240 yards and 2 TD. \u00a0His three picks were killer though including one that was returned for a TD. \u00a0He needs a lot of help from his running game but that seems unlikely to come based on what we have seen thus far.<\/p>\n The only reason to think about backing the Miners here is because they have consistently been a thorn in the side of the Cougars. \u00a0This is a lower echelon C-USA team that likely is going to clean house in the coaching department at the end of the year. \u00a0However, a win in this game might be just enough to avoid a stay of execution for Mike Price and his staff so they should be highly motivated. \u00a0Might.<\/p>\n ATS Pick: \u00a0Houston -18 The CappersPicks.com college football weekly predictions pages! We KNOW you will find our FREE weekly college football picks<\/a>, tips, betting advice, strategies, CFB gambling articles and more to help you become the best College football bettor on your block!!<\/p>\n Bet On College Football – Houston vs UTEP Gambling Preview The Houston Cougars remain among the unbeaten teams across America after thumping Georgia State 56-0 last weekend. \u00a0A win over an FCS opponent is hardly something to get overly excited about but quarterback Case Keenum continues to work his way up the all time passing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[325,2188,41048,577,52423,52424,3628,766,1448],"class_list":["post-43942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football-picks","tag-cougars","tag-cougars-vs-miners","tag-houston","tag-houston-cougars-vs-utep-miners","tag-houston-vs-utep","tag-miners","tag-ncaa-football-lines","tag-utep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43942","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43987,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43942\/revisions\/43987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSun Bowl Stadium – El Paso, Texas
\nThursday September 29 – 8:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Houston -650, UTEP +475
\nSpread (ATS): Houston -18
\nOver\/Under: 64.5
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver\/Under Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Houston 49 – UTEP 24<\/p>\nREVIEW OUR BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAPPERS – CLICK HERE!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"