New Mexico State Aggies vs Minnesota Golden Gophers Prediction, 9/1/2022 College Football Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New Mexico State Aggies vs Minnesota Golden Gophers

Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022

Location: Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN

TV: BTN

Odds/Point Spread: Golden Gophers (-37.5)

Total/Over-Under: 58

Huntington Bank Stadium is the location where the Minnesota Golden Gophers (9-4 last year) will compete against the New Mexico State Aggies (2-10 last season) on Thursday. New Mexico State is 37.5-point dogs. The over/under has been set at 58.

The New Mexico State Aggies ended the season having earned a 2-10 record. In their last game, the Aggies played the UMass Minutemen and notched a win by a score of 44-27. Juwuan Price was the best rusher for the Aggies with 24 attempts for 156 yds (6.5 yds per carry). Jonah Johnson went 26/32 with 420 yds through the air and 2 touchdowns. He had a quarterback rate of 212.1 and ended the game without throwing an interception. In the running game, the Aggies gave up 281 yards on 35 tries, which calculates to 8.0 yards per rush allowed. New Mexico State relinquished 12 completions on 23 tries for a total of 124 yds, and a completion percentage of 52.2%. On the day, they had 71 plays which gave them a total of 623 yards. The New Mexico State Aggies ended up running the ball 37 different times and totaled 203 yds, which had them averaging 5.5 yards per attempt.

The Aggies earned 4,450 total yards over the course of last season. New Mexico State compiled 16 touchdowns through the air and 16 touchdowns via the ground. They turned the football over 16 times. New Mexico State recorded 263 1st downs, and they committed 82 infractions for 706 yds. As a unit they had an average of 101.4 yards rushing, which had them sitting 122nd in D-1. When it comes to getting in the endzone, the New Mexico State Aggies averaged 22.6 PPG.

The Aggies ranked 128th in Division 1 when it comes to team defense, allowing 40.4 points per contest. Opposing teams ran for an average of 5.5 yards per attempt on the ground and 194.8 rushing yards per game last season. During the season, they allowed 2,338 rushing yards through 12 games. In terms of yards through the air, the Aggies gave up 3,532 yds which put them in 122nd in college football. Over the course of their 12 games played last season, they gave up 294.3 yards per game through the air in addition to surrendering a completion percentage of 68.5%. They allowed 489.1 yards per game which put them 127th in college football. They surrendered 31 throwing touchdowns as well as 26 touchdowns via the ground game.

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The Golden Gophers finished the season with a 9-4 mark. When they last stepped on the field, the Golden Gophers got the win with a final of 18-6 against the West Virginia Mountaineers. Tanner Morgan ended the contest with 109 yds on 8/13 through the air while his QB rate was 116.6. He threw 1 interception and his average yards per pass attempt was 8.4. Ky Thomas carried the rock 21 times for 144 yds, walking away from the contest with 6.9 yards per carry for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers finished the contest with a total of 358 yards while running 64 plays (5.6 yds per play). Minnesota rushed the football for 4.9 yds per carry, finishing the contest with 249 yards on 51 attempts. Minnesota conceded 27 running attempts for 66 yds (2.4 yds per rush). The Golden Gophers secondary gave up a completion rate of 58.1%, surrendering 140 yards on 18 for 31 passing.

When it comes to putting points on the board, the Golden Gophers were ranked 84th in college football with 25.5 points per game. Last season, the Golden Gophers threw for a total of 2,106 yards through the air together with an average of 162.0 passing yards per game, ranking them 118th in the nation. The Minnesota Golden Gophers averaged 361.2 yards per contest, which had them ranked 98th in Division 1. The Minnesota offense compiled 589 penalty yds on 59 infractions, which ranked them 116th in the country in terms of helping out the other team.

The Golden Gophers relinquished 17.3 points per contest, which had them in 8th in the nation. Minnesota surrendered a total of 1,269 yards via the ground game (97.6 yards per game) and 10 touchdowns via the rush over the course of last year. In total, they gave up 225 total points. They gave up 16 touchdowns via the pass in addition to 181.2 yards per game, which had them sitting 9th in the nation. The Golden Gophers defense was on the field for 744 plays, ranking them 8th in D-1.

Who will win tonight's Aggies/Golden Gophers college football game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take the Golden Gophers -37.5

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