Pittsburgh Panthers versus North Carolina St Wolfpack ESPNU Saturday College Football Sports Betting Preview

Published on September 25, 2009 by admin · No Comments

The Pittsburgh Panthers from the Big East conference will hit the highway to face the North Carolina St Wolfpack from the ACC Conference in a college football contest on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time at North Carolina St is set for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening betting line in this game and the home team North Carolina St Wolfpack opened as a 1 ½ point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the underdog, as North Carolina St is currently a 1-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 47 for the college football bettors. College football money line bettors can make a play on the favored North Carolina St Wolfpack at –120 with the underdog Pittsburgh Panthers bringing back +100 to win without the need for getting points.

North Carolina St will face Pittsburgh with a 2-1 record. Their lone high profile opponent on the season was South Carolina Gamecocks in week 1 and the Wolfpack were beaten 7-3. Sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson was just 12 of 23 in defeat for 74 yards and no touchdowns in the Gamecock game. Following the loss to South Carolina the Wolfpack defeated Murray State and Gardner-Webb. The North Carolina St defense held South Carolina to just 108 yards rushing on 42 carries for a mere 2.6 yards from scrimmage. The Pittsburgh Panthers have done a good job rushing the football averaging 174 rushing yards per game. Pittsburgh freshman running back Dion Lewis has rushed 67 times for 398 yards and five touchdowns on the season for the Panthers for 5.9 yards per carry average on the season. Pittsburgh is coming off a 54-27 win at Buffalo and defeated Navy 27-14 last week as the Panthers enter the game with a perfect 3-0 record. Pittsburgh held the solid Navy rushing attack to just 2.8 yards per carry average on 46 rushing attempts last week. The Pittsburgh Panthers senior quarterback Bill Stull has hit on 70% of his passes on the season with 6 touchdowns and 1 interception on the season. Stull enters his second season under center for Pittsburgh and is coming off a season in 2008 where he completed just 57% of his passes for 9 touchdowns 10 interceptions and was sacked 25 times. Pittsburgh faces its toughest defense this season so their offensive line will be tested in providing protection for quarterback Stull.

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CFB Trend: North Carolina St is 2-8-1 ATS in their past 11 non-conference game

The Wagerline consensus has 64.6% of the CFB bettors on Pittsburgh +1

The Wagerline consensus has 52.3% of the CFB bettors playing over 47