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Notre Dame vs. Stanford Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Notre Dame vs. Stanford fearless prediction and game preview.

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Notre Dame vs. Stanford fearless prediction and game preview.

Notre Dame vs. Stanford Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 30
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
Network: FOX

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Notre Dame (9-2) vs. Stanford (4-7) Game Preview

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Why Notre Dame Will Win

Davis Mills has been fantastic, and it hasn’t mattered.

Stanford’s KJ Costello is an NFL starting quarterback talent, but he hasn’t been in one piece all season long. Mills was able to step in against Washington in early October and pull off the thriller, but Stanford has way too many problems now.

Mills threw for 504 yards against Washington State … and lost by 27.

He hit almost 75% of his throws for 290 yards against Cal last week … and lost.

Notre Dame’s secondary has gotten better and better as the season has gone on.

Forget the last two games against Navy and Boston College teams that don’t throw – they each threw for fewer than 80 yards – the Irish were able to keep everyone but Virginia’s Bryce Perkins and USC’s Kedon Slovis to under 190 yards.

The pass rush is good enough – even if it’s not consistent – and the rest of the defense has been dominant against mediocre.

Stanford’s offense is the working definition of mediocre with no ground game for the Irish to worry about.

It might be too late, but Notre Dame is playing as well right now as it has all season.

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Why Stanford Will Win

Can controlling the clock matter if nothing else works quite right?

Stanford struggles in a whole slew of ways, but at least it’s doing it all slowly.

Notre Dame doesn’t seem to care about the time of possession battle, but as long as the Stanford defense isn’t allowing a slew of explosive plays, the game should be kept relatively low scoring in range for something quirky to happen.

The Cardinal defensive front is decent enough against the run to keep the Irish from busting out yards in chunks, and the secondary has generally avoided getting toasted by everyone who isn’t Washington State’s Anthony Gordon.

Stanford won’t beat itself, so win the turnover battle, capitalize on every opportunity, keep it close late and build up the overall confidence – like it did in the Washington game – and hope for Mills to go off.

What’s Going To Happen

Notre Dame is too sharp, too good, and playing too well right now.

Stanford’s offense isn’t doing enough, the Irish defense is stuffing everything, and even though it’ll be a low-scoring battle for a while.

The Cardinal offense will be stuffed time and again after keeping it close going into halftime, and then Ian Book and the Notre Dame passing game will open it up for an easy win.

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Notre Dame vs. Stanford Prediction, Line

Notre Dame 30, Stanford 13
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Notre Dame -16.5, o/u: 48
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Oregon vs. Oregon State Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Oregon vs. Oregon State fearless prediction and game preview.

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Oregon vs. Oregon State fearless prediction and game preview.

Oregon vs. Oregon State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 30
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR
Network: Pac-12 Network

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Why Oregon State Will Win

Jake Luton, get this passing machine up and running and don’t stop taking chances down the field.

Oregon State’s passing game hasn’t always been perfect, but it’s not screwing up. Luton has not thrown three picks on the year, and the only times he’s been off was in a strange game against Washington, at Hawaii early on, and against Utah. Against everyone else, he’s been able to prove he can bomb away.

He threw for over ten yards per pass in the wins 54-53 loss to Washington State has week, he came close to 13 yards per throw in the win over Arizona, and he was on fire against UCLA.

How did Oregon lose to Arizona State? Jayden Daniels averaged 12.4 yards per pass, came up with a massive late throw, and ended up with three touchdowns and no picks.

As good as the Duck defense has been throughout the year, it’s allowed three touchdowns passes in four of its last five games and gave up eight yards or more per pass in three of them.

Luton has to be fearless. With the way Oregon is about to play, and with Beaver bowl eligibility on the line, this is no time to be timid.

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Why Oregon Will Win

Justin Herbert threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns against Arizona State, but now his pro potential is being questioned, there’s some concern about his mettle to handle the big moment, and …

Whatever. He’s might not have been perfect against ASU, but when he was on, he showed off the arm, the power, and the ability that few quarterbacks can bring to the table.

Everyone saw the loss to the Sun Devils, but the brilliant against USC seems to have been blown off, the dominance against Arizona should get more credit, and even though he hasn’t been Joe Burrow or Tua Tagovailoa this season, he’s been a rock with 220 yards or more in every game.

Oregon State just got hit for 606 yards by Washington State’s Anthony Gordon.

The Beaver secondary isn’t just giving up big pass plays; it’s giving up the deep ball. Luton and the offensive side have the potential to do big things against the Ducks, but there isn’t enough there, because …

What’s Going To Happen

Oregon will really, really care.

It’s the Civil War against OSU, so of course it’s going to care, but the focus would’ve been a whole lot more on the Pac-12 Championship and the Utah game showdown if the Ducks were 10-1 and coming off a domination against Arizona State.

The Ducks don’t need this game – they’re off to the Rose Bowl if Oregon State wins and Utah rolls on the way to the College Football Playoff – but they’re going to come out hot after last week’s disappointment.

The defense will stuff the Beaver ground game, it’ll hold Luton in check, and Herbert and the Duck attack will get hot early and roll from there.

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Oregon vs. Oregon State Prediction, Line

Oregon 38, Oregon State 14
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Oregon -19.5, o/u: 65.5
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Must See Rating: 3.5

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Washington State vs. Washington Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Washington State vs. Washington fearless prediction and game preview.

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Washington State vs. Washington fearless prediction and game preview.

Washington State vs. Washington Broadcast

Date: Friday, November 29
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
Network: FOX

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Washington State (6-5) vs. Washington (6-5) Game Preview

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Why Washington State Will Win

This isn’t the Washington defense of the past several seasons.

It’s terrific, and it’s certainly not bad, but this year’s version isn’t coming up with as many picks, and it’s allowing more downfield plays. The secondary has only picked off two passes in the last six games, gave up over 200 yards in those to everyone but Oregon State, and it’s not getting enough key stops late.

Meanwhile, Washington State’s Anthony Gordon is cranking up the production with two of his biggest performances yet. After hitting Stanford for 520 yards and five scores, and threw three picks against Oregon State … along with 606 yards and six touchdowns.

The Cougar offense has become more accurate, more explosive, and even more dominant. The No. 1 passing game in the nation is averaging 70 more yards per game than LSU’s No. 2 air show.

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Why Washington Will Win

Washington State is a high-end bumslayer.

It’s going bowing with six wins already, but there’s a better-than-average chance that all six wins came against teams that won’t go bowling.

Oh sure, the happy terrific fun-time offense is a blast against the New Mexico States and Houstons of the world, but the Oregons, Utahs and Cals were able to find ways to survive and win.

But how?

Third down stops.

The yards and production will be there, but for this all to work, Wazzu has to keep the chains moving and its defense off the field.

In the six wins, the Cougars converted 40% or more of their third down chances five times. In the five losses, the offense only converted more than 40% in the insane classic against UCLA.

Going along with that is Washington’s running game.

The Huskies are 6-0 when running for 187 yards or more, and 0-5 when failing to hit that mark.

Washington State’s run defense has allowed 187 rushing yards six times so far.

What’s Going To Happen

The Huskies have won six straight in the series, nine of the last ten, and 2007 was the last time they lost to the Cougars at home.

They’ll keep it all going.

Gordon will come up with yet another big performance, but Washington will be balanced, and Jacob Eason will be just effective enough on third downs to keep control of the game.

It’s been a disappointing season for the Huskies, but at this point, closing out with another Apple Cup win would be terrific.

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Washington State vs. Washington Prediction, Line

Washington 34, Washington State 27
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Washington -7.5, o/u: 63.5
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
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ACC Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 14

Check out all the fearless predictions, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 14 of the ACC season.

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Check out all the fearless predictions, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 14 of the ACC season.

How are the ACC predictions so far?
Straight Up: 76-26, ATS 43-44-2, o/u: 52-38

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Friday, November 29

Virginia Tech at Virginia

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BetMGM Line: Virginia Tech -2.5, o/u: 47.5
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Saturday, November 30

Clemson at South Carolina

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BetMGM Line: Clemson -27.5, o/u: 51
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Georgia at Georgia Tech

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BetMGM Line: Georgia -28, o/u: 46.5
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Louisville at Kentucky

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BetMGM Line: Kentucky -3, o/u: 53.5
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Wake Forest at Syracuse

12:30 ACC Network X | Get Tickets
BetMGM Line: Wake Forest -3.5, o/u: 67.5
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Boston College at Pitt

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BetMGM Line: Pitt -9, o/u: 52
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Miami at Duke

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BetMGM Line: Miami -8, o/u: 45.5
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North Carolina at NC State

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BetMGM Line: North Carolina -10, o/u: 55
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Florida State at Florida

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Boston College vs. Pitt Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Boston College vs. Pitt fearless prediction and game preview

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Boston College vs. Pitt fearless prediction and game preview.

Boston College vs. Pitt Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 30
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
Network: ACC Network

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Boston College (5-6) vs. Pitt (7-4) Game Preview

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Why Boston College Will Win

What happens to the Pitt running game?

A terror last year that led the way to an appearance in the ACC Championship, the Panther ground attack is struggling to provide a spark.

It has yet to hit the 200-yard mark, it’s averaging under 3.6 yards per carry, and it’s not able to pound into the end zone. The Panthers have nine rushing scores on the year – three came against North Carolina.

On the other side, AJ Dillon was bottled up in the blowout loss to Notre Dame, but before that he was a 100-yard machine, hitting the mark in seven of his previous eight games. With bowl eligibility on the line, he’s about to be his 35-carry workhorse self. However …

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Why Pitt Will Win

The Panther run defense has been a rock.

The secondary hasn’t been bad, but Pitt is destroying ground attacks, is great at getting into the backfield, and has only allowed more than 140 yards to Penn State. Six times this season the Panthers have held teams to under 100 yards.

But that’s not BC’s real issue here.

The Eagle secondary has been roasted over the second half of the season, allowing 19 touchdown passes with just two picks over the last seven games. This group is giving up big plays, it’s getting dinked-and-dunked on, and it’s having hard times coming up with big stops in key moments.

No, there’s no Pitt running game, and Kenny Pickett isn’t Joe Burrow, but the Panthers have and effective enough passing attack in spurts to complement what the defense does.

What’s Going To Happen

Boston College can still potentially get a bowl game with a loss, but it’ll need a slew of teams to fail to hit the six-win mark, so …

It needs to win this to go bowling.

That’s not happening. Pitt’s run defense will be too tough, the BC offense will fizzle too often, and it’ll be a good bounce back win for the Panthers after a shutout loss to Virginia Tech.

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Boston College vs. Pitt Prediction, Line

Pitt 27, Boston College 17
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Pitt -9, o/u: 52
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Must See Rating: 3

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Week 14 Mountain West Football Expert Picks

Final week of picks for the regular season.

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Week 14 Mountain West Football Expert Picks

Final week of the season is here.

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Who are you taking this week?

Boise State at Colorado State (+13.5)

Jeremy: SU: Boise State | ATS: Boise State | Score: Boise State 35, Colorado Stare 17

Raj: SU/ATS: Boise State, 34-17

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Boise State 41-21

Jesse: SU: Boise State | ATS: Colorado State

Brad: SU: BSU | ATS: BSU | BSU 38 – CSU 17

Matt K: SU: | ATS: | Score: Boise State 42-21

Sean: SU: BSU | ATS: BSU | BSU 31 – CSU 17

Wyoming at Air Force (-11)

Jeremy: SU: Air Force | ATS: Wyoming | Score: Air Force 28, Wyoming 18

Raj: SU: Air Force | ATS: Wyoming

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Air Force 38-17

Jesse: SU: Wyoming | ATS: Wyoming

Brad: S: WYO | ATS: WYO | WYO 24 – AF 21

Matt K: SU: Air Force | ATS: Air Force | Score: Air Force 24, Wyoming 14

Sean: SU: Air Force | ATS: Wyoming | Score: Air Force 17, Wyoming 14

UNLV at Nevada (-7)

Jeremy: SU: Nevada | ATS: UNLV | Score: Nevada 28, UNLV 27

Raj: SU/ATS: Nevada

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Nevada 28-14

Jesse: SU: UNLV ATS: UNLV

Brad: SU: UNR | ATS: UNLV | UNR 33 – UNLV 30

Matt K: SU: | ATS: | Score: Nevada 24, UNLV 20

Sean: SU: Nevada | ATS: Nevada | Score: Nevada 24, UNLV 17

Utah State at New Mexico (+11.5)

Jeremy: SU: Utah State | ATS: Utah State | Score: Utah State 46, New Mexico 13

Raj: SU: Utah State | ATS: New Mexico

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Utah State 31-14

Jesse: SU: Utah State ATS: Utah State

Brad: SU: USU | ATS: USU | USU 48 – UNM 20

Matt K: SU: Utah State | ATS:  Utah State | Score: Utah State 35, New Mexico 24

Sean: SU: Utah State | ATS:  Utah State | Score: Utah State 31, New Mexico 17

BYU at San Diego State (+3)

Jeremy: SU: BYU | ATS: BYU | Score: BYU 21, San Diego State 17

Raj: SU/ATS: BYU

Brandon T: SU/ATS: SDSU 10-3

Jesse: SU: BYU ATS: BYU

Brad: SU: BYU | ATS: BYU | BYU 26 SDSU 17

Matt K: BYU 17, San Diego 12

Sean: SU: BYU | ATS: BYU | BYU 24 SDSU 14

Fresno State at San Jose State (+3)

Jeremy: SU: San Jose State | ATS: San Jose State | Score: San Jose State 35, Fresno State 31

Raj: SU/ATS: Fresno State

Brandon T: SU/ATS: SJSU 38-28

Jesse: SU: SJSU ATS: SJSU

Brad: SU: SJSU | ATS: SJSU | SJSU 30 – FSU 24

Matt K: SU: | ATS: | Score: San Jose State 35, Fresno State 28

Sean: SU: SJSU | ATS: SJSU | Score: San Jose State 31, Fresno State 28

Army at Hawaii (-3)

Jeremy: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii | Score: Hawaii 35, Army 28

Raj: SU/ATS: Army (Upset Alert!)

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Hawaii 28-21

Jesse: SU: Hawaii ATS: Hawaii

Brad: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Army | Hawaii 45 – Army 43

Hawai 31, Army 21

Sean: SU: Army | ATS: Army | Hawaii 24 – Army 28

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Colorado State vs Boise State: Three Keys To Victory

Can the Rams pull of fan upset over Boise State?

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Colorado State Keys To Victory

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WEEK 14: Colorado State Rams (4-7, 3-4 Mountain West) vs. Boise State Broncos (10-1, 7-0 Mountain West)

WHEN: Friday, November 29 — 1:30 PM MT/12:30 PM PT

WHERE: Canvas Stadium; Fort Collins, Colorado (36,500)

TV: CBS Sports Network

STREAMING: FuboTV – Watch for free with a seven-day trial

RADIO: Colorado State | Boise State

SERIES RECORD: Boise State has never lost to Colorado State. The series currently stands at 8-0.

WEBSITES: CSURams.com, the official Colorado State athletics website | BroncoSports.com, the official Boise State athletics website

ODDS (via OddsShark): Boise State -13.5

Three Keys to a Colorado State Victory

1. Play Like There Is No Tomorrow

One of the fatalistic things about college football is that one it’s done, it really is done. 13 seniors will play their final game in a Colorado State uniform and some may never get the chance to put on pads and play the game of football again. Ever.

Colorado State is going to need to remember that when they take the field on Friday. There truly is no tomorrow for some of these players. This is the final competitive football they will ever play and they get to go out by playing against one of the better football teams in the country. So play fast, free and hard.

From a coaching perspective, they have to pull out all the stops but still be smart. Surprise the Broncos at every turn and sometimes just man up and beat them at the point of attack. Keep Boise State on their heels and make the key adjustments as the game goes on.

2. Pray For Breaks

It is unlikely that Colorado State is going to beat Boise State in a straight up match up. Especially when you consider that the fact that Colorado State has continually shot itself in the foot with penalties at key times and with turnovers. They are going to need some help from Boise State if they are to beat the Mountain Division champs. If and when the Rams get those breaks whether it’s a fumble, shanked punt, of a penalty of some kind, the Rams have to turn it into points. Preferably touchdowns cause, well, the kicking game hasn’t exactly been a lock this season.

3. Pride

The Rams are staying home for the holidays for the second year in a row. While it’s been a down two years for the program, there is still pride left and that is the final ingredient to pulling off an upset. Pride in knowing that a win against Boise State will be the first one for Colorado State and a loss would ruin any chance Boise State has in getting to the Cotton Bowl. Pride in sending out the seniors in their final game with a win.

Prediction

This isn’t the Boise State of Kellen Moore and Doug Martin. The Broncos have had issues winning football games on the road this season. They had to come from behind against Florida State, San Jose State and lost at BYU. This is no gimme for Boise State but there is too much on the line for them to not pull it out. BOISE STATE 37 – COLORADO STATE 28

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PODCAST: 2019 Mountain West Week 14 Preview

Get ready for Week 14 of Mountain West football.

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PODCAST: 2019 Mountain West Week 14 Preview

Final week of the regular season.

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Pride is on the line.

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the final week of the Mountain West regular season. There are five league games and two non-conference games. There is not really much on the line this week as there are no more bowl bids that can be earned and the championship game has been set with Hawaii and Boise State.

Speaking of Boise State, they need to win to keep pace in the Group of Five mix and the Cotton Bowl and that is the biggest storyline of the week. We also discuss the coaching changes at both New Mexico and UNLV and what is next for those openings at each school.

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North Carolina vs. NC State Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

North Carolina vs. NC State fearless prediction and game preview.

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North Carolina vs. NC State fearless prediction and game preview.

North Carolina vs. NC State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 30
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC
Network: ACC Network

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North Carolina (5-6) vs. NC State (4-7) Game Preview

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Why North Carolina Will Win

NC State is bad at college football.

The defense isn’t taking the ball away – just seven turnovers on the year – the passing attack is painfully inefficient, and the team is on a five-game losing streak with its best win of the season over … Ball State.

The only time the Wolfpack secondary has had any success this year was against teams that spent the whole time running the ball, and even Georgia Tech ended up throwing three touchdown passes in last week’s 28-26 game.

North Carolina’s passing game isn’t consistent and it’s not always sharp, but it’s effective enough to put up big numbers when Sam Howell gets on a roll. When the thing is working, he’s able to connect on big plays and stretch the field enough to keep the pressure on.

Howell has thrown three touchdown passes or more in five of the last six games. NC State has allowed three touchdown passes ore more in each of its last five games.

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Why NC State Will Win

NC State has the most problems with the teams that run well. That’s not really North Carolina.

The Tar Heels have been effective at times – 4-0 this year when running for over 200 yards – but that’s now how their bread is baked. They’ve run or nine touchdowns on the season, and five of them came last week against Mercer – they didn’t run or a score in the previous four games.

NC State has enough of a pass rush to get to Howell on a regular basis, and overall, the run defense hasn’t been all that miserable. The D should be just good enough to keep the team in the game as long as the offense can keep up the pace.

North Carolina is just sloppy enough and mistake-prone enough to not run away with this.

What’s Going To Happen

NC State will make it a fight in a rivalry game at home, but that will last only so long. The offense won’t be consistent enough and the passing game won’t be strong enough to come through on the late drives needed to pull this off.

North Carolina likes to play close, tight games, and this one won’t be any different.

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North Carolina vs. NC State Prediction, Line

North Carolina 30, NC State 24
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North Carolina -10, o/u: 55
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Miami vs. Duke Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Miami vs. Duke fearless prediction and game preview.

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Miami vs. Duke fearless prediction and game preview.

Miami vs. Duke Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 30
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, NC
Network: ESPN2

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Miami (6-5) vs. Duke (4-7) Game Preview

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Why Miami Will Win

Duke seems to have moved on from this whole playing college football thing for 2019.

The team was doing just fine with a 4-2 start, and then the wheels came off on offense, the defense couldn’t make up for it, and now it’s on a five-game losing streak.

The problem? Three words …

Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers.

They were a problem to start the season, they stopped for a little while, and then they started flowing again and haven’t stopped.

In the seven losses this year, Duke has given the ball away an impressive 25 times. Against FBS teams it’s 3-0 when it doesn’t give up any turnovers, but …

It’s Turnover Chain time.

Miami is painfully inconsistent, but it’s also terrific when it decides it wants to play focused and angry. After the loss to FIU last week – the Canes were -3 in turnover margin – get ready for that all to flip.

Be stunned if the Canes aren’t at least a +2.

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Why Duke Will Win

It’s not like the Blue Devils are facing Stephen F. Austin.

Miami’s running game was spotty to begin with, and now it doesn’t have leading rusher DeeJay Dallas, who suffered an injury in the loss to FIU.

The ground game hasn’t hit 200 yards this season against an FBS team, and it failed to hit 100 yards in a run of five games in six. Even worse, the Canes haven’t rushed for multiple scores in and game so far against an FBSer.

Considering the run D has been an issue this season for Duke, it’s getting a break. It’s also getting a week off from worrying about third down conversions.

Miami was already miserable on the money downs, and then it converted just one of ten tries against FIU last week. On the year, the Canes are second-worst in college football on third downs, converting just 27% of the time.

What’s Going To Happen

This would’ve been the perfect spot for Duke to snap out of it and play like it did earlier in the season … except for that Miami loss to FIU.

The Canes will get a 300-yard passing game from Jarren Williams – without all the mistakes he made against FIU – and the defense will rise up on the road with a dominant performance.

At least, it’ll dominate when it comes to the takeaways.

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Miami vs. Duke Prediction, Line

Miami 30, Duke 17
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Miami -8, o/u: 45.5
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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