09/07/2008 - Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brian Johnson garnered 183 passing yards and two touchdowns on 15-of-24 completions with an interception and also rushed five times for 80 yards and a TD, as the No. 22 Utah Utes crushed the UNLV Rebels, 42-21, in the Mountain West Conference opener for both schools.
Backup quarterback Matt Asiata had just one pass, a 32-yard touchdown, and rushed 11 times for 34 yards and a score for the Utes (2-0, 1-0 MWC). Freddie Brown had a pair of catches for 60 yards and a TD.
Omar Clayton was 19-of-30 passing for 159 yards and a score for the Rebels (1-1, 0-1). Frank Summers gained 87 yards on 23 touches and ended with two scores, while Phillip Payne caught four passes for 63 yards and a TD.
UNLV took its opening drive 80 yards in 11 plays, capped by a two-yard touchdown run from Summers, to put the Rebels up 7-0. That lead lasted until the second quarter, as neither school could find the end zone in the remaining 9:49 of the opening frame.
On Utah's second possession of the second quarter, Johnson dropped back to pass on 3rd-and-12 to find all of his targets covered. The senior signal- caller decided against an air attack and kept the ball himself to scramble 56 yards into the end zone unscathed. The run tied the contest at 7-7 with a bit over eight minutes left before the half.
The Rebels took their ensuing possession 80 yards in nine plays to the end zone for a 14-7 lead. The 3:07-long drive was highlighted by a 45-yard reception from Payne and capped on Summers' three-yard TD run with 5:01 showing on the clock.
Asiata then ran in a two-yard TD with 52 ticks on the clock, and the game went into the half tied at 14.
Two quick scores -- a 32-yard reception by Brown and a 15-yard run by David Reed -- gave the Utes a 28-14 lead with just under nine minutes to go in the third.
Colt Sampson hauled in an eight-yard TD pass late in the third to send Utah into the final frame leading 35-14.
Asiata hooked up with Jereme Brooks on a 32-yard scoring strike 1 1/2 minutes into the fourth, capping a five-play, 78-yard drive that left the Utes sitting on a 42-14 cushion.
On UNLV's ensuing possession, Clayton found Payne for a 10-yard scoring strike to close out a 16-play, 77-yard drive that lasted 7:14 and brought the Rebels within 42-21 with just over six minutes left in regulation.
Game Notes
The Utes were coming off a huge victory, beating Michigan in the opener at the Big House by a score of 25-23. As for the Rebels, a group that won just two games each of the last three years, they were coming off their first win of 2008 for head coach Mike Sanford right out of the gate with a 27-17 triumph over Utah State in Nevada...The Rebels fell to 2-12 against Utah and have never won consecutive games in this series.
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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