2. Texas at West Virginia
LINE West Virginia -3
ATS PICK West Virginia
Don’t think, just throw.
Sometimes something seems too obvious for a reason, but then it really is just that simple.
Things aren’t exactly going well in your world if you los as a 30-point favorite at home against Kansas.
But it’s not just that disastrous 57-56 clunker.
It’s the lifeless 30-7 loss to Iowa State after the rough defeats to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Baylor.
It’s head coach Steve Sarkisian getting a dreaded vote of confidence – it’s Year One of a rebuilding job and fans are already claiming to miss Tom Herman.
It’s star RB Bijan Robinson being out for the year with an elbow injury. It’s being 4-6 and needing two wins just to go bowling. And it’s West Virginia playing its home finale and also needing two wins to get to a bowl.
The difference? West Virginia gets Kansas next week and Texas gets a hot Kansas State.
The line is just three. West Virginia has a good enough defense to keep the high-powered Longhorn passing game under wraps, the offense is running the ball far better than it showed against Kansas State and Oklahoma State, and not to get technical here, but Texas is just plain sad.
A jacked up home team that’s great at controlling the tempo and can get into the backfield in bunches should be able to come up with this.
There is a theme in these last three picks. Florida, Texas, and now this – disappointing brand name teams in lost seasons that might not even go bowling.
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