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Duke vs Boston College game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 10 game on Saturday, November 5

Duke vs Boston College prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 10, Saturday, November 5


Duke vs Boston College How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 5
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Duke (5-3), Boston College (2-6)
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Why Duke Will Win

Boston College is having problems.

It’s one thing to not be able to do much against Clemson or Wake Forest, but getting thumped by UConn last week 13-3 was a low point.

What’s going wrong? The running game is easily the worst in the country, and the passing attack that’s supposed to make everything go isn’t doing enough to pick up the slack.

There are way too many turnovers, there aren’t enough takeaways, now the O is dealing with a Duke defense that hasn’t been too bad.

Boston College is 2-0 when throwing for 300 yards or more and 0-6 when it doesn’t. But …

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Why Boston College Will Win

The passing game should click. It might not go off for a bazillion yards, but it should get to at least 250 without a problem and it might just hit the 300-yard mark.

How did the struggling Eagles get by Louisville a few weeks ago? The passing game was good, the defense came up with one of its better performances of the season, and there’s a shot it goes off – Duke’s pass rush is just okay.

Duke needs its ground game to do well. It lost to North Carolina in a wild shootout – the rushing attack came close to 300 yards – but it won the other five games when it came up with 170 yards or more. Boston College has only allowed that many twice.

Here’s the problem …

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What’s Going To Happen

Turnvers.

Boston College is -8 in turnover margin, Duke is +14.

Duke doesn’t have a ton of talent, but the offense is good enough to get by however it needs to, and the takeaways are coming in bunches with eight against Miami last week and two more in every game but two.

Boston College doesn’t force enough takeaways to matter.

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Duke vs Boston College Prediction, Line

Duke 27, Boston College 20
Line: Duke -9.5, o/u: 47.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Duke vs Boston College Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Duke vs Boston College How To Watch

Date: Saturday, February 12
Game Time: 5:00 ET
Venue: Silvio O Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA
How To Watch: ACC Network
Record: Duke (20-4), Boston College (9-13)
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Why Duke Will Win

Boston College just doesn’t score.

It’s not good from three and it’s the worst team in the ACC overall from the field. Throw in the inability to come up with a whole lot of takeaways for easy points, and this will be a grind for the offense.

Duke had the blip against Virginia when it didn’t apply itself to its work, but it came back roaring with a dominant win over Clemson to get back on track.

As long as the Blue Devils are patient and simply do what it’s capable of – keep the ball moving, work for the easy inside shot, don’t turn the ball over – there won’t be a problem. The defense will take care of the rest.

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Why Boston College Will Win

So what can Boston College do to possibly pull this off?

Take its time.

Duke is too good defensively inside to force a whole lot of plays in the interior, and the transition points shouldn’t be there in bunches, but the Eagles should be able to slow this down a bit and keep the score in range.

Basically, Boston College has to shoot the lights out at home.

It’s 1-12 when it shoots worse than 44% and 8-1 when it shoots that or better. That’s how Virginia pulled it off – it hit 48% from the field, rebounded well enough, and it came up with one or two key stops to …

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What’s Going To Happen

Nah.

Boston College might have the ability at home to make this a fight for a while, but it’s just not consistent enough from the field and doesn’t have the three point ability to bounce back in the game after Duke goes on a decent run.

The Blue Devils will be sleepy in the first half, and it’ll put this away early in the second with one big burst.

Duke vs Boston College Prediction, Lines

Duke 78, Boston College 65
Line: Duke -14, o/u: 137.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 2

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