{"id":3076,"date":"2008-12-20T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/new-mexico-bowl-fresno-state-colorado-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T05:06:00","slug":"new-mexico-bowl-fresno-state-colorado-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/new-mexico-bowl-fresno-state-colorado-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State-Colorado State Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Fresno<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> gets a chance to end its season on a better note and take a shot at a bowl win against a 6-6 team when they face the Colorado State Rams December 20. The schools will clash in the annual New Mexico Bowl at University Stadium in what could be a high-scoring affair. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Bulldogs listed as 3-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 60. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Fresno<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> was pounded 61-10 by <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boise<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 14, as 22-point road underdogs. The 71 points sailed OVER the posted total of 58. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Damion Owens ran back an interception for a touchdown in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Billy Farris threw three touchdown passes to Dion Morton as <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Colorado<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> came from behind to beat <st1:State><st1:place>Wyoming<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 31-20 in Week 13. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Rams covered the 1-point spread, while the final score played OVER the posted total of 47. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Fresno<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 7-5 SU, 2-10 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Colorado<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 6-6 SU, 6-5 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Fresno State most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After being outgained are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Colorado State most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 3-7<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Fresno State is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games <br \/>Fresno State is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Colorado State<br \/>Fresno State is 1-10 ATS in its last 11 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado State&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Colorado State is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Fresno State<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno State gets a chance to end its season on a better note and take a shot at a bowl win against a 6-6 team when they face the Colorado State Rams December 20. The schools will clash in the annual New Mexico Bowl at University Stadium in what could be a high-scoring affair. Oddsmakers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/new-mexico-bowl-fresno-state-colorado-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State-Colorado State Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}