North Texas needs this game to become Bowl eligible. They aided their cause with last week's 29-23 win over Southern Miss when Alec Morris was 14-of-29 for 267 yards and two touchdowns, and Willy Ivery rushed for 111 yards on 18 carries. The Mean Green is 6-4-1 ATS this season while UTEP is 3-8 straight-up and 4-6-1 ATS. The Miners have beaten only New Mexico State, Texas-San Antonio and Houston Baptist. UTEP comes off a 44-24 loss to Rice while gaining a total of just 232 yards of offense and 63 rushing yards on 18 carries for a 3.5 average. Quarterback Ryan Metz was 19-of-34 for 169 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. The Miners are #81 in the country in yards allowed (429.6) and #110 in points allowed per game (35.9). North Texas looks to avenge last year's 20-17 loss to the Miners, who are 1-4 ATS their last five home games and 1-3-1 ATS their last five conference games overall. North Texas has covered the number 11 of its last 16 against losing teams, so play the Mean Green.
This pick was released to clients on November 26, 2016 at 9:19AM ET.
CFB
North Texas at UTEP
November 26, 2016
4:00 PM Eastern
1 unit on North Texas -3 (-115) (risk 1 to return 1.87)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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