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College Football Week 3 Odds, Picks & Prediction: Washington State vs. Colorado State (2022)

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Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 3 odds, picks, and predictions for this week’s game: Washington State vs. Colorado State.

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College Football Week 3 Early Odds, Picks & Prediction: Washington State vs. Colorado State

Washington State vs. Colorado State UNDER 54

These are some wretched offenses through the first two weeks of the season.  Colorado State is 0-2, and while they opened up on the road against Michigan in the big house, last week’s loss against MTSU at home is way more concerning. 

New Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell had some killer offenses in his time at Nevada, but he brings a pass-heavy offense to a run-heavy roster under former HC Steve Addazio.  The result has been brutal so far. After 82 rush yards against Michigan, they went negative against MTSU because of all the sacks (9) given up with -10.  Colorado State is sitting at the second-worst run total, but if we took away the yardage lost from sacks, they would still only bump up from 130th to 121st. 

Washington State is coming off a big win against Wisconsin, but they only earned 10 first downs, went 2-for-11 on third down, and put up just over 250 total yards.  The Cougars did put up 358 yards against FCS Idaho in Week 1, but three fumbles and only 23 minutes in time of possession held them to 24 total points. 

The Cougars are 16.5-point favorites, and the only reason I'm not taking that is that I'm not sure I can trust them to get up by that many points!  We're banking on the ineptitude of offenses here to stay under the total, but it feels pretty safe to me for this week, so I'm going to take it and hope it doesn't make me sweat as most Unders do!

Bet: Under 54 (-110 on DraftKings)

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