New Mexico at Air Force Football Betting Odds

The New Mexico Lobos head to Colorado to take on the Air Force Falcons in a Thursday night Mountain West Conference showdown. Odds makers don’t feel New Mexico will bring the same magic which propelled them to a 70-7 slaughter of San Diego State in its last game and have listed Air Force as the 6-point home favorites.

New Mexico scored 49 points in the first half in its impressive 70-7 win over San Diego State. San Diego State is now 1-6 on the season and 0-3 in the league. Air Force will be a much bigger fish to fry.

Tailback Rodney Ferguson racked up 149 yards and four touchdowns on the Aztecs as New Mexico amassed 419 total rushing yards. Perhaps even more impressive, the defense gave up only 80 total yards in the first half to the Aztecs.

The Lobos’ offensive line gets my MVP award in its last game and this unit is going to have to play even better against Air Force. While the line was thought to be an inexperienced unit heading into the season, it has helped New Mexico average 290.8 yards per game on the ground over the last four games.

The Lobos will face a tall task in stopping Air Force’s triple option attack, but they were able to rest their players in the second half of their last game and they do have great speed on defense. If you think the Lobos will keep on rolling this week, bet New Mexico at +6 at Bookmaker and receive a 20% cash signup bonus.

Air Force freshman signal caller Tim Jefferson played well beyond his years in Saturday’s 29-28 thrilling win over UNLV.

Jefferson guided the offense on a pair of fourth quarter scoring drives in just his second career start to secure the win. The wins took the Falcons to 5-2 on the season and 3-1 in MWC play.

Jefferson ran for 99 yards on 13 totes and was 6 of 7 through the air for 162 yards and a pair of scores.

Air Force does most of its damage on the ground and that is what New Mexico is going to have to try to stop this week. The Falcons were able to rack up 346 rushing yards against the Rebels.

While fullback Todd Newell was the big star of the UNLV game, New Mexico is going to have to watch out for explosive freshman Asher Clark. Clark made a key 15-yard run on the Falcons’ game-winning touchdown drive.

The Falcons perennially boast one of the best rushing attacks in the nation and have now gained 747 yards on the turf in the last two games, but the Falcons will likely need another stellar performance from freshman QB Tim Jefferson to secure another win.

They are also going to have to cut down on costly penalties. Air Force was whistled for eight infractions totaling 67 yards last game. These things are drive killers on offense and extenders on defense and they can be the difference in close contests. A near fatal false start penalty went on center Andrew Pipes last week. The Falcons were ready to go for it on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line but had to settle for a field goal after the penalty.

Also, the defense has to be better on third down. UNLV converted on 8 of 13 third downs and the Falcons last three opponents have combined to make good on 23 of their last 47 third down situations. With as well as New Mexico can run the football, Air Force has to be better in this area. If you think the Falcons can improve to 4-1 in the MWC and cover the point spread in the process, bet Air Force at -6 at Bookmaker.

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