3. West Virginia at Texas Tech
POINT TOTAL 64.5
PICK OVER
If it seems like the final score of every Big 12 game is 38ish-34ish, it’s because it’s true. Six of the top 26 scoring offenses in the country are in the Big 12.
Well, it’s true except for Iowa State games and Red River Showdowns. but even the Cyclones are averaging 23 points per game and Oklahoma’s 34 points per game factors in the bagel put up against Texas.
TCU and Oklahoma State both average over 45 a game – BTW, over on the 60.5 on Texas-OSU isn’t bad, but I didn’t go with it because Cowboy QB Spencer Sanders is iffy with a shoulder injury – Kansas averages 40 a pop, and everyone else is in the mid-to-high 30s.
The Big 12 is cranking up back-and-forth firefights all across the board, so in these desperate times I’m reach back for three overs on totals that really do seem a tad low.
I usually like to stay away from overs on a game that’s in the mid-60s, but West Virginia gets into wild fights with the dates against Pitt, Kansas, and Baylor all going over 65.
Every Texas Tech game but the 27-14 loss to NC State blew past 65.
Sort of like the Rutgers-Indiana game where it’s going to take something out of the norm for Rutgers to score well, something will have to go wrong for these two not to hang around in the 30s.
The same goes for …
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