Week 6
Friday’s games
West Virginia @ BYU (-19.5)
West Virginia (2-3, 0-2)
WVU is 0-2 on road (17-10 @ Ohio U/41-10 @ Kansas)
Last two weeks, WVU gave up 41-48 points, 242-242 YR.
Mountaineers have 4 starters back on offense, 6 on defense.
Mountaineers have 57 returning starts on OL, mostly from transfers.
Junior QB Marchiol got benched, is going to transfer portal.
Former Texas A&M Henderson has 146 YR, is 7-18/50 passing.
Last 4+ years, WVU is 9-9 ATS as a road underdog.
In his career, Rodriguez is 40-48 ATS as an underdog.
In his career, Rodriguez is 20-32 ATS as a road underdog.
Rodriguez was HC here from 2001-07; this is his first year back.
Under is 3-1 in WVU’s I-A games this year.
BYU (4-0, 1-0)
BYU beat Stanford 27-3, ECU 34-13, Colorado 24-21.
BYU was +6 in turnovers in those games.
Cougars have 5 starters back on offense, 4 on defense.
Broncos have 61 starts returning on the offensive line.
QB Bachmeier is 61-90/687 passing (6 TD’s, no INTs)
BYU is 4-2 ATS last six games as a home favorite.
In his career, coach Sitake is 18-22 ATS as a home favorite.
BYU is 10-10 ATS in its two years on conference play.
BYU is 9-4 ATS in its last 12 games coming off a win.
Under is 3-0 in BYU’s I-A games this year.
Two years ago, WVU (-12) beat BYU 37-7, running for 336 yards.
That was teams’ only meeting since 2016.
Home favorites are 6-3 ATS in Big X conference games.