Oregon among betting favorites for Saturday as bowl season begins

The Oregon Ducks (7-5) will have a new head coach when they take on the Boise State Broncos (10-3) in Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl after Willie Taggert left for the Florida State Seminoles following one season. The Ducks hired from within by promoting offensive coordinator Mario Cristobal, and they are listed as 7.5-point favorites over the Broncos.

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Boise State won the Mountain West Conference Championship Game, rallying for a 17-14 victory against the Fresno State Bulldogs after going 7-1 in the league during the regular season. Led by quarterback Brett Rypien, the Broncos are 11-2 straight up in their last 13 December games while the Ducks are 7-0 under the same scenario.

Boise State is also 4-1 against the spread in its past five following a win compared to 2-9-1 ATS in the previous 12 for Oregon, which is coming off a 69-10 rout of the Oregon State Beavers. The Ducks went 4-5 in the Pac-12 and covered three of four down the stretch.