3. Syracuse at Pitt
LINE: Pitt -21.5
ATS PICK: Syracuse
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Let’s Try This Again, Part 2.
More like, You Owe Us For Last Week, Part 2, and throw in the concept that some teams just needed a week to start playing football again.
There was absolutely no excuse for Syracuse to not cover the 23.5 last week against North Carolina.
The Tar Heels didn’t play all that well, the cover was easily there for the taking several times, but Syracuse missed on a whole slew of easy opportunities in the 31-9 loss.
All-star PK Andrew Szmyt missed a normally automatic field goal, Tommy DeVito only completed 13-of-31 passes – air-mailing too many open targets and misfiring on a few sure touchdowns – and the offensive line was non-existent in pass protection.
That last part is the biggest concern – Pitt might have the nation’s best pass rush as the season goes on.
But the Panthers won’t take target practice like they did in the 55-0 win over Austin Peay, and the Orange should be just good enough to take come up with a few big plays to keep this from being a rout.
And again, Syracuse. You owe us.