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On Saturday night, Kalani Sitake and the BYU football program renew and old conference matchup against the Wyoming Cowboys. The Cougars are looking to remain undefeated, while the Cowboys are looking for their first win of the season following an 0-2 start. Today, we’re predicting BYU’s final non-conference game of the 2024 season at Wyoming.

The Cowboys have not been good in the first two weeks. In fact, they have been downright dreadful. Wyoming ranks in the bottom 25 of the country in the following metrics:

The Cougars are favored by double digits in this game and they should be. BYU’s offense hasn’t been perfect, farm from it, but the defense has been excellent. If BYU takes care of the football, they should win this game by multiple scores.

After dominating Southern Illinois, BYU’s offense took a step back against SMU, turning the ball over three times and putting up only 18 points. The game against Wyoming will give the BYU offense an opportunity to get back to moving the football and scoring points. BYU and quarterback Jake Retzlaff need to show well. They need to get into a rhythm heading into conference play next week. Retzlaff will get the start against the Cowboys, but it’s unclear how long his leash will be if he struggles with turnovers once again. Last week, BYU’s coaching staff never considered a quarterback change.

The BYU defense has been fantastic and carried the Cougars to a win over the Mustangs. BYU is one of only two defenses to hold a P4 team to no touchdowns in a game this season. The other team is Georgia.

Wyoming fans hate BYU to their core, so the environment will get rowdy. Still, BYU will have too much talent for the home-field advantage to overcome.

As of this writing, BYU is favored by 9.5 points and the over/under is set at 40.5. In other words, oddsmakers expect BYU to win with a final score around 25-15. Vegas doesn’t have a great feel for BYU through two games this season. BYU was a 14-point favorite over Southern Illinois. Here at BYU On SI, we predicted a 28-point win and the Cougars won by 28. BYU was a 12-point underdog against SMU. We predicted a BYU win by 4 points. The Cougars ended up winning by 3.

The predictive models for BYU are still baking in a portion of 2023 results, but BYU is a better team in 2024 than they were in 2023. We like BYU’s chances more than oddsmakers at this point.

BYU is going to beat the spread once again.

We expect a bounce- back performance from Jake Retzlaff after turning the ball over three times against SMU last week. Wyoming has zero takeaways so far this season.

The BYU defense should suffocate a Wyoming offense that hasn’t been able to get anything going this season.

BYU 34 | Wyoming 10

NFL Week 2 continues with the highly anticipated clash between the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday.

The defending NFC champions dominated their Week 1 game against the New York Jets, securing a 32-19 victory over a team led by Aaron Rodgers, who made his return from an Achilles tendon injury. Quarterback Brock Purdy completed 19 of 29 pass attempts for 231 yards and added 11 rushing yards in Monday’s win. The 49ers achieved the victory without star running back Christian McCaffrey, who didn’t play in a last-minute decision due to a calf injury. The star running back has also been ruled out against the Vikings.

The Minnesota Vikings are coming off a Week 1 victory against the New York Giants. Veteran quarterback Sam Darnold, who left the San Francisco 49ers to sign a one-year deal worth $ 10 million with the Vikings, put up an impressive performance. He completed 19 of 24 passes for 208 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in the 28-6 victory over the Giants.

Here are the latest odds and predictions for the Week 2 matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings.

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NFL Week 2: San Francisco 49ers vs. Minnesota Vikings odds, moneyline, over/under

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• Spread: 49ers (-5.5)
• Moneyline: 49ers (-230); Vikings (+195)
• Over/under: 46.5

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NFL Week 2: San Francisco 49ers vs. Minnesota Vikings predictions and picks

ESPN’s Seth Walder: 49ers 31, Vikings 24

Walder writes: “49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk will record 100-plus receiving yards. One bad week, we can chalk up to rust — he had just two catches for 28 yards in the 49ers’ opener. But I don’t see the weak numbers lasting long because Aiyuk is just too good: He was the No. 1 WR in ESPN’s receiver tracking metric’s overall score last season for a reason.”

CBS Sports: 49ers but proceed with caution

Garrett Podell writes: “San Francisco certainly has the matchups to prevail on Sunday and improve to 2-0, but a Sam Darnold and Aaron Jones revenge game with a healthy Justin Jefferson could potentially prove to be tougher than anticipated. Jones ran for 108 rushing yards on 18 carries for a six yards per carry average in the Green Bay Packers’ 24-21 NFC Divisional Round loss at the 49ers in January. Minnesota has enough credible matchups, plus some voodoo (if you believe in superstitious things), when this matchup takes place at U.S. Bank Stadium. Sunday afternoon between these two squads should be top tier programming in the NFL’s 1 p.m. ET Week 2 slate.”

Pickswise: San Francisco 49ers

Kevin Davies writes: “The Vikings had the perfect Week 1. First of all, they were fortunate enough to play the Giants. Daniel Jones looked just as sharp as normal, which is about as sharp as a marble, and Minnesota came away with the 28-6 win. The Vikings defense was putting pressure on Jones all game and that resulted in 5 sacks and 2 interceptions. On offense, Sam Darnold looked fantastic and he was unsurprisingly targeting Justin Jefferson throughout the game. However, we have to put this win into perspective. New York is expected to have one of the worst offenses to go with a severely below-average defense in 2024. It would have been concerning if Minnesota didn’t stomp on the Giants. Now the Vikings have to go from facing Daniel Jones and Malik Nabers to Brock Purdy and Deebo Samuel. The difference is night and day, and San Francisco should demonstrate that by covering the touchdown spread on Sunday.”

Doc Sports: Take the Vikings

Guy Bruhn writes: “The Vikings are relinquishing 6.0 points per game, which has them sitting 1st of all teams in the NFL. They have allowed 0 touchdowns through the air in addition to 166.0 yards/outing, which has them in 16th in the NFL. Minnesota has surrendered a total of 74 yards on the ground. The Vikings defense has taken part in 68 plays, which ranks 25th in the league. They have compiled 2 turnovers on the year.”