They looked sharp this week.
Offense worked on silent count and threw it downfield more than I've ever seen.
Defense worked on pass coverage a ton. They're starting that freshman at CB again. The two suspended corners aren't playing again.
Another Friday 6pm early start on the road at Utah State. Tough place to play, elevated, Utah State has won 26 out of their last 30 home games.
They suck this year though. They beat Fresno St. last week by 18 and covered, but it was their first win in 4 games. They were supposed to be good last year and SDSU waxed them 38-14 as a small home dog, they still haven't recovered.
SDSU is a better team this year and Utah St. is worse. Hence SDSU is a -6 road favorite 53 weeks later in the rematch.
It's nowhere near enough IMO.
I just don't see home field advantage being worth much more than 4 points here. If Utah St. ran an uptempo offense then maybe, but they don't. They like to run, they are also running the exact same sets as last year. Long confirmed this earlier this week.
They're going to struggle to score two TDs vs this SDSU defense imo.
I think SDSU will have no problem moving the ball and should put up another 30 or 40 points while threatening to shut out The Aggies at home.
Maybe Utah St finds the freshman CB out of position once or twice and manages to score 17 points but no way they hold SDSU under 23. DJ is getting his 180 yards, most likely more. SDSU is better at every position including head coach. Hell, SDSU's backup RB Penny was heavily recruited by Utah and he could easily start for them and be their best player.
I see -6 as a very coverable number here. SDSU should be up 13 by halftime and never look back.