When Boise State pays a go to to Laramie on Saturday to tackle Wyoming, not solely are the Broncos anticipated to proceed their unbeaten season in Mountain West play but it surely is also one other large week for Ashton Jeanty’s Heisman Trophy marketing campaign.
Boise State, ranked twelfth within the newest School Soccer Playoff rankings, has gained eight straight video games to maneuver to 9-1 general and 6-0 in convention play. Heading into Saturday’s tilt, the Broncos are a 22.5-point favourite towards Wyoming, in accordance with the BetMGM odds accessed on Nov. 19. The host Cowboys are 2-8 on the season (2-4 in Mountain West play) and have misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games.
On paper, taking part in in Laramie not solely units up properly for Boise State however Jeanty as properly. The junior operating again leads all FBS rushers with 1,893 yards on the bottom this season. Mix that together with his 26 dashing touchdowns and it is simple to see why Jeanty is at the moment second behind Colorado’s Travis Hunter within the odds to win the Heisman.
With Wyoming ranked tenth out of the Mountain West’s 12 groups in dashing protection, giving up an average of 201.2 yards per game, listed below are three numbers to observe from Jeanty on Saturday.
2,000
Jeanty wants 107 yards to achieve the two,000-yard mark this season. That will put him in some uncommon firm in NCAA historical past as he would develop into simply the 30th player to achieve the milestone whereas main FBS in dashing. The two,000-yard mark can be a stamp on Jeanty’s Heisman resume and positively appears to be in play this Saturday as he has not been held to lower than 127 yards in any sport this season.
By the way in which, Jeanty is already the Boise State single-season dashing chief, so what he does within the subsequent two regular-season video games will solely add to his legacy.
50
Within the first 5 video games of season, Jeanty broke not less than one run per sport of 64 yards or extra. Nonetheless, since that stretch, Jeanty’s longest run is 54 yards, and he hasn’t logged a 50-yard run in his final 4 outings.
Final week in a loss at Colorado State, Wyoming’s protection gave up runs of 32, 38 and 46 yards to a few totally different rushers as a part of a 248-yard dashing effort by the Rams. On the season, Wyoming has solely had two video games the place the longest run was below 20 yards, so the massive play on the bottom has been an issue for the Cowboys all season.
Will this be the week that Jeanty seems so as to add one other lengthy landing run of fifty yards or extra to his Heisman spotlight reel? It actually appears doable.
3
Jeanty has scored not less than three touchdowns in six of Boise State’s 10 video games this season, together with back-to-back weeks with three touchdowns heading into Saturday’s sport. Might this be one other week with three or extra touchdowns for Jeanty?
Wyoming has surrendered 30.9 points per game this season and opponents have a complete of 18 dashing touchdowns, a quantity that places the Cowboys in the course of the Mountain West rankings in that class. 5 of these dashing touchdowns allowed, nevertheless, got here on Nov. 2 in a, 49-45, Wyoming win at New Mexico, a sport the place the Lobos rolled up 412 yards dashing. These are latest numbers that ought to have Jeanty and the Broncos salivating.
