Temple is emerging as a power in the MAC, so much so that there are rumours the Big East might come calling again. <\/p>\n
Gildan New Mexico Bowl Temple<\/strong><\/p>\n This year has proven that there is life after Al Golden in Philly, this team was just a slip away from competing in the MAC title game in place of rival Ohio. \u00a0They are a physical team with a solid defense that plays hard all the time. \u00a0They wear you down.<\/p>\n There is no secret to what the Owls are going to try and do against Wyoming. \u00a0They are going to try and pound the ball down their throat with a rushing attack that was 7th in the nation. \u00a0\u00a0They feature a Thunder and Lightning style duo of Bernard Pierce and Matt Brown. \u00a0Pierce was a TD machine again rushing for 25 while Brown is so small he sometimes gets lost behind their massive offensive line.<\/p>\n The Owls are also very physical on defense. \u00a0They were third in the nation in points allowed at 13ppg and excel at both pass and run defense. \u00a0Here is a great stat. \u00a0They only gave up more than 14 points on defense four times all season. \u00a0Not bad considering there are some pretty nifty offenses in the MAC right now.<\/p>\n Wyoming<\/strong><\/p>\n The Wyoming Cowboys are a nice story nobody is talking about. \u00a0In a transitional year in the Mountain West, Wyoming grabbed third place, only losing to Boise State and TCU in conference play. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The truth is even lose losses were respectable when you see how that duo steam rolled the rest of the conference most of the season.<\/p>\n The biggest question mark of the season was answered quickly with the play of frosh QB Brett Smith. \u00a0The agile freshman is a solid run-pass threat but most importantly he doesn\u2019t turn the ball over, just 8 interceptions on the season. \u00a0If the Cowboys are to pull of the upset he must play well. \u00a0His final two games of the season were his worst so hopefully the extra time will right things for him.<\/p>\n Wyoming won\u2019t stand a chance if they don\u2019t figure out a way to have their best defensive game against the run this season. \u00a0They finished the season 115th in the nation against the run. \u00a0Earlier this season against really good running teams like TCU and Nebraska they gave up 390 and 333 yards. \u00a0They have to keep it to about 200 tops to have a chance.<\/p>\n ATS Pick: \u00a0Temple -7 CFB New Mexico Bowl Handicapping: Temple Owls (8-4) vs Wyoming Cowboys (8-4) this weekend. Temple is emerging as a power in the MAC, so much so that there are rumours the Big East might come calling again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":30711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46451","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=46451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46531,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46451\/revisions\/46531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTemple (8-4) vs Wyoming (8-4)
\nUniversity Stadium – Albuquerque, NM
\nSaturday December 17 – 2:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Temple -255, Wyoming +215
\nSpread (ATS): Temple -7
\nOver\/Under: 47
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver\/Under Pick: \u00a0Under
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Temple 27 – Wyoming 13<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"