Angle Plays For Virginia-fresno St.

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The Angle Plays stand 4-1 so far this bowl season. With the lone loss coming with UCLA coming up short after losing their QB and playing some of the sloppiest football that they've played all year. But these are things that we can't control. I hope to get back on the horse this week starting with:

Virginia vs Fresno in the MPC Computers Bowl

Both teams come in at 8-3
Virginia is rated #16 on offense and #18 on defense
Fresno is rated #42 on offense and #41 on defense
Offensive line strength goes to Virginia
Defensive line Virginia
Linebackers Virginia
Defensive backs Fresno
Special teams goes to Fresno #33 to Virginia's #68
Surface goes to Fresno. Both play on natural grass. But Fresno played Boise St. on the "Smurf Turf" earlier this season.
Virginia is the highest ranked team #18 to ever play in MPC Bowl.
The Cavs have faced 7 bowl caliber teams and outscored them by an average of 26-21
Fresno has faced 3 bowl caliber teams outscoring them by an average of 36-24.
Virginia under Al Groh are 4-6 ATS as away favorites.
Fresno is 2-1 ATS as away dogs this year.
Virginia has had the toughest schedule #28 to Fresno's #105.
The intangibles in this game would have to go the Fresno. They will have plenty of fans at the game and being in Boise the WAC crowd should be overwhelmingly in Fresno's corner.
Virginia is the more expierenced team with 8 seniors and 16 upperclassmen.
Fresno has 5 seniors and 12 upperclassmen.

PREDICTION: Fresno is obviously excited about coming to Boise and knocking over another giant. Many of the intangibles here favor Fresno, but the players on this Virginia team have said they are determined to make up for that last game loss to Virginia Tech and end this season on a winning note for all the seniors. They said they have heard the Fresno players like to come out before the game and intimidate other teams. They also said "that kind of nonsense isn't going to work on us". Virginia boasts the top rushing attack in the ACC led by a massive offensive line against an undersize Fresno defensive line. Even the solid top 20 defense of Ga.Tech said this Virginia team simply wore them down with their running game. Fresno simply don't have the depth on defense to hold this Virginia down. Virginia has what many people say are the best linebacker corps in the country. I believe Fresno will have a lot of trouble running on this team. And will have to go almost exclusively to the pass. Which could spell danger for this team. Fresno has had an easy time of it in the last 5 games playing teams that are ranked no better than 88th on defense and most toward the bottom of Division 1 football.. They won't have that luxury with this Cavs team who has played 3 top 20 defenses in the last 3 games with 2 of them coming on the road to end the season. I believe that Fresno's #41 ranked defense is going to have their hands full all day with this determined Cavs team. PREDICTION: Virginia -5.5

Good luck to all!
 

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UVA can say all they want about wanting to come out and play. ucla said the same thing about its game w/Wyoming and what ucla said - and how they played were 2 different things.


UVA has come up small EVERY GAME this season when they were asked to come up "large" so why should this game be any different? when the season began UVA was talked about for a possible BCS spot - not some rinky-dink game in boise 2 days after Xmas.

UVA can talk all they want - i go by actions - and actions for UVA have been disgraceful.

i see no reason for UVA to FINALLY step it up here since they haven't all season long

I took Fresno +5 and feel very solid about it.
 

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Good luck Pags. Sitting around waiting for the line to go down. Hopefully below 5. Fresno's the popular pick so I think it could be 4.5 or 4 by gametime.
 

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winkyduck said:
UVA can say all they want about wanting to come out and play. ucla said the same thing about its game w/Wyoming and what ucla said - and how they played were 2 different things.


UVA has come up small EVERY GAME this season when they were asked to come up "large" so why should this game be any different? when the season began UVA was talked about for a possible BCS spot - not some rinky-dink game in boise 2 days after Xmas.

UVA can talk all they want - i go by actions - and actions for UVA have been disgraceful.

i see no reason for UVA to FINALLY step it up here since they haven't all season long

I took Fresno +5 and feel very solid about it.
Winky, the intangibles could win out here for Fresno. But you have to remember that the only really bad game that the Cavs played this year was against a stout defense at Florida St. The 3 losses that they've had has been against two top ten teams on the road (Va.Tech & Fla.St.) and at home against top 20 Miami. Two top 10 defenses and Miami #14. If you have a deep physical defense like these teams you can give Virginia some problems. But Fresno doesn't have this kind of a defense. They're not really deep and their undersize. The only way I see Fresno winning or covering in this game is to cause some turnovers or big plays in their superior special teams and jump on Virginia early and hold on. Trouble is this veteran Virginia team very seldom makes mistakes. So all I'm playing here is strength vs strength. And I believe like the stats prove that Virginia is the stronger team.
 

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Heres the story on Uva fellas,

If you think UVa can run on Fresno give the pts. Uva lost the three "big games"

when they were forced to pass. The eight games they didn't have to pass they

won by large margins Maryland by 16 being the closest. The spanking by the

Noles was a complete shut down of the running game and included an injury

to Hagens. Miami loss was due to exploitation of punt coverage and pass

defense. VT loss was due to shut down of the running game and pass

defense. Can Fresno stop running game, expose punt coverage or throw

deep on UVa? As for Groh's preparation for this game, he's dissapointed

too, as some of the blame is on him. I can't see a half - assed effort from

him in this spot. The pre bowl drama of Al Golden and D'onofrio to ND has

been put to rest and of the 4 rising underclassmen eligible for the draft 3

have said they will return next year, with Heath Miller undecided.
 

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