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Published: October 30, 2009
The North Carolina St Wolfpack will take it to the road in ACC conference action when they play the Florida St Seminoles in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time at Florida St is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN Gameplan. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Florida St Seminoles opened as a 7-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the favorite, as the Florida St Seminoles are currently a 10-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 64 ½ for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Florida St Seminoles at –425 with the road underdog North Carolina St Wolfpack bringing back +355 to win straight up without the points on their side.
When these two conference rivals met last year Florida St beat NC State on the road winning 26-17. Florida St was able to move the ball with 138 yards on the ground and 254 through the air in victory. Both teams are 3-4 this week and in need of 3 more wins in their last 5 games to reach bowl eligibility. Florida St got a much-needed victory last week with a come from behind 30-27 win at North Carolina last week. Seminoles starting quarterback Christian Ponder has passed like a Heisman Trophy candidate as he has completed 70% of his passes with 12 touchdowns and 1 interception. Ponder has passed for 8 touchdown passes in back to back games against Georgia Tech and North Carolina. We usually see quarterbacks pile up big numbers against cupcake non-conference opponents but Ponder has gotten the job done all season. Ponder has not thrown an interception since week 1 against Miami. In Ponders last 6 games his completion percentage has been no worse than 62.9%. Running back Ty Jones is running well with a 5.0 yards per carry average on the season. The problem with Florida St has been their defense. The team gives up an average of 413 yards per game and an incredibly poor 6.6 yards per play against average on their defense. Florida St allows 28 points a game. NC State’s defense give up points as well as their opponents have averaged 27 points on the Wolfpack defense. NC State has been pounded the last three weeks losing 49-28 home to Duke and 52-20 in their last game home to Boston College. NC State will enter their game with Florida St off a bye week. The Wolfpack defense allowed 361 passing yards to Wake Forest and 459 yards to Duke. NC State will be challenged here against a good Christian Ponder at quarterback for the Seminoles. NC State starting quarterback Russell Wilson has struggled as of late. The team is in the midst of a three game losing streak and Wilson has thrown his 4 interceptions during this time period. Wilson is hitting on 58% of his passes this season and has thrown 16 touchdown passes. NC State does own a come from behind victory over Pittsburgh this season winning 38-24. On the ground running back Toney Baker has rushed 76 times for 401 yards and a 5.3 yards per carry average.
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CFB Trend: North Carolina St is 7-1 ATS in their past 8 meetings.
The Wagerline consensus has 66.4% of the CFB bettors on Florida St –10
The Wagerline consensus has 68.7% of the CFB bettors playing under 64 1/2
