Hawaii vs Colorado St -14.5. Hawaii comes in to this year with a pretty young roster. They have 5 underclassmen starters on offense and 3 on defense. Hawaii returns 58% production on offense, 74% on defense and 66% overall. This doesn’t mean much as they were a very bad team last year going 3-9 overall and 1-10-1 ATS. On the other hand, Colorado State returns the lowest production numbers in all of college football with 27% on offense, 44% on defense and 35% overall. The difference for Colorado State is that they have a grad transfer QB in K.J. Carta-Samuels who transfered in from Washington. This along with a mostly upperclassmen starters on offense and in the defensive backfield, they should be able to pick up where they left off last year. Mike Bobo will also be coaching the team in the opener after his hospital stay for peripheral neuropathy. That should give Colorado State another reason to be dominant in their home opener. Need more convincing? Since 2016, Hawaii is 7-17-1 ATS overall and 4-8 ATS on the road. Colorado State stomped Hawaii last year 51-21 and have won the last 7 in a row. Colorado State has won the last 4 meetings by an average of 19.75 points. I don’t see much changing this year. Look for Colorado State to cover -14.5 points and roll in this one. Take Colorado State -14.5 for 2U.
