UNLV hasn’t beaten Boise State in 49 years, and professional sports bettor Jeff Whitelaw expects that winless drought to reach 50 after Friday’s Mountain West championship game in Idaho.

Whitelaw bet on the Broncos -3 before the line shot up to 4 on Monday when it was reported that quarterback Maddux Madsen would return for Boise State for the first time in more than a month. The consensus number reached 5 on Thursday. The Broncos closed as 13-point favorites Oct. 18 in a 56-31 rout of the Rebels on their blue turf.

“They blew out UNLV when they played them early. Now they’re playing them in the freezing cold,” Whitelaw said. “It seems like a mismatch in that spot. I think Boise will win handily.”

The forecast calls for rain with a low of 39 degrees.

Boise State has won 10 straight ove

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