Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Clemson Tigers will travel to face the Maryland Terrapins in an ACC Conference football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time is set for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and the Clemson Tigers have opened as a 13-point favorite. The early money from the college football sports bettors has come in on the underdog as the Clemson Tigers are currently an 11 ½ point favorite. The current over under is lined at 48 for the college football bettors to bet into. College football money line bettors can make a play on the favored Clemson Tigers at –500 with the underdog Maryland Terrapins returning +400 to win without the aid of getting points.
The Clemson Tigers look to rebound after a home loss last week 14-10 to TCU from the Mountain West. Clemson is starting a freshman quarterback this season as Kyle Parker is hitting on 47% of his passes this season with five touchdowns and four interceptions on the season. Kyle Parker could use more help from his running game as its only produced 595 yards on 165 carries for a mere 3.6 yards per carry average. Senior running back C.J. Spiller is well below his numbers from the previous 3 seasons as he is only averaging 4.3 yards per carry on the season. The Clemson Tigers are 11th in the ACC with 4.6 yards per carry average on the season. The Tigers defense has been good against the pass this season allowing only 5.4 yards per catch ranking third in the conference. The Tigers defense has grabbed 8 interceptions ranking first in the ACC. Maryland is just 1 of 3 this season and have failed to cover a point spread in four games on the season. The Maryland defense has been lit up for 411 yards average per game on the season ranking last in the ACC. Clemson may get healthy on the ground as this Terrapins team give up 201 yards per game on the ground and a 4.91 yards per carry average which ranks Maryland last in the conference. Maryland has had some bad losses on the season with a 39-point loss at Cal and then a 1 point home loss to Middle Tennessee State and last week dropping in front of the home folks to Rutgers by 21. Senior quarterback Chris Turner struggled mightily last week throwing three interceptions and fumbling once in defeat. Turner is hitting on 60% of his passes this season for 962 yards only four touchdowns and 5 interceptions on the season. The Maryland Terrapins are having problems rushing the football as the team averages just 3.2 yards per carry in 138 attempts ranking 9th in the conference.
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CFB Trend: The Under is 7-1 in their past 8 meetings
The Wagerline consensus has 62.8% of the CFB bettors on Clemson –11 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 59.7% of the CFB bettors playing under 48
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