3. Duke at Virginia
LINE: Virginia -5.5
ATS PICK: Virginia
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It’s the unknown vs. the known.
Do we know if Virginia is any good? It’s a Bronco Mendenhall coached team, so there’s a certain level of competence that’s going to be there no matter what. It’s a rebuild year, though, and it’s the first time the team is hitting the field.
We do know that Duke is bad at at college football so far.
It put up a decent fight against Notre Dame in a 27-13 loss in South Bend, and then it got drilled by Boston College 26-6 at home. Both losses might look fine a few weeks from now, but there’s a whole lot of work to do.
The offense has yet to do much of anything, the defense has been fine but not good enough to overcome the other problems, and now there’s an ugly trend that’s not changing.
Duke has scored 17 points or fewer in six of its last eight games, and hasn’t hit the 28-point mark in any of those eight, including a 48-14 loss to Virginia last season.
The line went down from Cavaliers -9 to the 5.5, but until Duke shows you something better, keep on riding.