2010 Hawaii Warriors: College Football Betting and 2011 BCS Odds

The Hawaii Warriors missed a bowl for the first time in 4 seasons as they finished the 2009 season with a record of 6-7 straight up and 6-6 against the college football betting spread in Greg McMackin’s 2nd year on the job. McMackin had a young and inexperienced team last year but has 5 returning starters on offense and 7 back on defense which means that college football predictions will be higher for 2010. Hawaii is now 3 seasons removed from a BCS bowl berth as they were 12-1 in 2007 under June Jones and averaged 43.4 points per game. Online sportsbooks and handicappers aren't expecting the Warriors having a breakout season as Hawaii is listed as 750-1 longshots to win the national championship in 2011 BCS odds.

Since Jones left for SMU the offense has averaged just 25-points per game in 2008 and 23-points per game in college football odds last year. Hawaii’s defense has never been stout but last year’s 30-points per game allowed must be trimmed down if there is the expectation of improvement for 2010. Dave Aranda takes over as defensive coordinator as Cal Lee was promoted to assistant head coach. Senior strong safety Mana Silva will be back after compiling 74 tackles and 6 picks in 2009.

Senior quarterback Bryant Moniz is coming off an erratic season in which he passed for 2,396 yards and a 14/10 TD/INT ratio. Senior Greg Salas was 1st team Western Athletic Conference last year with 1590 yards and 8 touchdowns. Hawaii has a tough home opener against USC on Thursday, September 2nd before road games at Army and Colorado. This year, UNLV will be the final game of the season at home. Tough WAC college football betting games include Boise State on the blue carpet and a trip to Fresno State while Nevada and Idaho will visit the islands.