1. NC State
Caesars Win Total: 4.5
Win Total Should Be Set At: 7.5
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Schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule.
Put it this way. If NC State can’t roll past 4.5 wins with this slate, there’s going to be a massive problem.
This year’s Wolfpack team, though, will certainly need to prove it after crashing and burning in a brutal 4-8 run that wasn’t supposed to be that bad thanks to an okay schedule.
It was supposed to be a rebuilding year, but there was no offense, four of the losses came to teams that finished with losing records – Georgia Tech, really? – and all four wins were against teams that didn’t go to a bowl.
Chalk it up to a youth movement.
Now, in some configuration, it’s possible that 11 starters could be back on offense. They need to be a whole lot better, but the attack started seven underclassmen for most of last season.
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The defense isn’t quite as experienced as the other side, but seven starters should be back and ready to go.
And then there’s head coach Dave Doeren, who suffered just two losing seasons in his nine-year career. But to win on the over, you don’t need a winning season; you just need five victories.
Doeren has won seven games or more in all seven of his winning campaigns. And fortunately for him, when it comes to 2020 NC State …
Schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule.
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You only need one more win than the Pack got last season to get past the 4.5.
At Troy, Delaware, Liberty. There’s three.
Duke, Wake Forest, Boston College – all three come to Raleigh, and two wins against those three are all you should need to get this done.
Need more breathing room? At Syracuse, at Louisville, Mississippi State, Florida State, at North Carolina. Win just one of those, and the 4.5 is obliterated.
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