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No. 12 (BCS) TCU Horned Frogs at No. 8 Utah Utes College Football Pick: Betting Line-TCU by -1 1/2 (41 1/2) total; Kickoff 8:00 p.m. ET; Television-CBSC; Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah; Betting lines provided by SBGglobal.com.

No. 8 (BCS) Utah and No. 12 TCU, each vying for a BCS Bowl bid and Mountain West Conference championship will play tonight at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah tonight. The game, televised on CBS College Sports, is an elimination game in the BCS scene. The winner stays in the national spotlight and the loser would fall out of sight.

Oddsmakers at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com have installed the Horned Frogs as 1 1/2 point road favorites ATS and -120 money line favorites with a 41 1/2 total. Utes backers are getting EVEN money line juice.

The key to the Horned Frogs success in 2008 is its defense where Utah has hung its hat on its explosive spread offense. So in this game something must break.

[Utah quarterback Brian Johnson (pictured) will lead his explosive Utes offense against TCU, a team with one of the top defenses. Handicapper Reno Gold is undefeated with his week night college football picks this week and has a winning pick for this game. Follow this link to Reno Gold's picks page and start cashing your bets.]

The Utes will be looking for ways to exploit the Horned Frogs defense, something that only Oklahoma has been able to do this campaign.

TCU is 28-1 in its last 29 games when allowing less than 333 yards of offense. The only loss in that stretch was 27-20 to Utah last year when the Utes had 227 yards. The Horned Frogs lead the nation in run defense (38.9 yards per game), sacks (38) and time of possession (35:05). The Frogs are second in the country in total defense (214.5) and third in both scoring defense (10.8 points per game) and turnover margin (+15).

"TCU has no weaknesses and they are playing exceptional football in all three phases of the game," said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham at his weekly press conference. "They are leading the conference in several categories and doing a lot of good things."

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