Nevada vs New Mexico State 10/9/21 College Football Picks and Predictions
New Mexico State Aggies (1-5) vs. Nevada Wolf Pack (3-1)
October 9, 2021 10:30 pm EDT
The Line: Nevada Wolf Pack -33.5 / New Mexico State Aggies +33.5; Over/Under: 61.5
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The Nevada Wolf Pack and New Mexico State Aggies meet in a week 6 college football contest from Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nevada on Saturday night.
The New Mexico State Aggies will hope to improve on their 1-5 record after a 37-31 loss to San Jose State last time out. Jonah Johnson’s thrown for 1,024 yards, 5 touchdowns and 5 picks while Dino Maldonado’s tossed for 513 yards, 4 touchdowns and a pair of interceptions this season. Juwaun Price and O’Maury Samuels give the Aggies a pair of 200+ yard rushers so far this year while Jared Wyatt and Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda make up a pair of 300+ yard receivers for the Aggies so far this year, On defense, Chris Ojoh leads the Aggies with 4 sacks while Michael Bowe Jr. has a team-high 33 total tackles.
The Nevada Wolf Pack will try to build on a massive 41-31 win over Boise State in their last game. Carson Strong’s thrown for 1,218 yards, 8 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 67.5% passing while Toa Taua has a team-high 279 rushing yards. Romeo Doubs leads Nevada with 22 catches for 304 yards while Cole Turner has 202 receiving yards and the Wolf Pack have another four 100-yard receivers so far this season. Defensively, Tristan Nichols leads the Wolf Pack with 5 sacks while Daiyan Henley has a team-high 35 total tackles this season.
New Mexico State is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss and 20-41-1 ATS in their last 62 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a loss. Nevada is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 18-7-1 ATS in their last 27 home games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record.
I’ll give the Aggies credit, they’ve been a lot more competitive than I thought they’d be for much of the season. With that said, they’re still not a good football team and while Nevada hasn’t been a team I’ve figured out yet this season, Carson Strong is still throwing the ball really well and this could end up being a nice stat builder game for him. Either way I think this one ends up flying over the numver. Give me the over here.
