CFB Game of the Week Best Bet

The week 9 slate of college football is relatively weak when compared to the juggernaut matchups that took place in the prior two weeks. As a matter of fact, the best game on the schedule for week 9 isn’t even taking place on Saturday. Notre Dame vs Navy at Metlife Stadium will be a fun matchup and BYU at UCF might have some playoff implications for the Cougars, but these matchups don’t compare to the late-night, west-coast, clash between Boise State and UNLV.

With the new 12-team playoff format, a matchup of two one-loss Mountain West Conference teams is no longer just a fun novelty game for fans of the teams and hardcore gamblers, it has serious playoff implications. Don’t get me wrong, I will always get up for a 10:30 game with a Heisman-caliber RB having a historical season, and a UNLV offense that is casually dropping 50 points every other game. And to make this Friday's game even better, the undercard of Louisville at BC is going to be awesome.

Boise St at UNLV, 10:30 PM, o64.5

The over-on-the-point total has to be the play here. Both teams score an incredible amount of points on offense and play very little defense. Now, I’m no expert, but that sounds like a recipe for a lot of touchdowns. Jeanty is certainly going to break off a few runs for touchdowns that make him look like the reincarnation of 2009 Marshawn Lynch and the Rebels’ replacement for Sluka under the center, Hajj-Malik Williams, has done a fantastic job in a strange situation. I want to lean towards Boise State on the spread this game, but 3.5 points on the road against this talented UNLV is too many.