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Published: November 20, 2009
The North Carolina Tar Heels will hit the road in ACC conference play when they face the Boston College Eagles in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in Boston College is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Boston College Eagles have opened as a 3-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home team, as the Boston College Eagles are currently a 3-½ point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 38 ½ for the bettors to play into. College football money line players can make a play on the favored Boston College Eagles at –165 with the road underdog North Carolina Tar Heels bringing back +145 to win without the points on their side.
When these two ACC conference teams met last season it was North Carolina getting the win over Boston College 45-24 as a 3 point home favorite. Boston College could not run the ball with just 40 yards rushing on 21 carries. North Carolina captured three interceptions in that meeting. Boston College is 7-3 this season and has an outside shot at capturing the ACC Atlantic division. Should they win out and Clemson loses to Virginia it would be Boston College facing Georgia Tech for the ACC title. Since the Clemson game goes on later in the afternoon the Boston College Eagles will have life in the ACC race during the entire game. Boston College is winners of two straight games and coming off a 14-10 win at Virginia. The team was good on the ground with 156 yards rushing in victory. Freshman quarterback Dave Shinskie is hitting on 53% of his passes with 12 touchdowns and 9 interceptions on the season. Sophomore running back Montel Harris has been a workhorse for the Eagles with 221 carries for 1081 yards 13 touchdowns and 4.9 yards a carry average. Defensively the Golden Eagles are great against the run allowing just 94 yards a game and 3.1 yards per carry against average ranking 2nd in the Big East. North Carolina is 7-3 on the season and is bowl eligible but eliminated from the ACC conference race with three losses in conference. The Tar Heels are winners of 3 straight games including an impressive 33-24 win against Miami last week. The Tar Heels are playing for a better bowl and industry pundits have the team projected into the December 29th Champs Sports Bowl. North Carolina by winning could get some consideration for the New Years Day Gator Bowl. The Tar Heels are led by their #1 ranked defense in conference. The team allows just 268 yards per game and just 4.1 yards per play against average. Junior quarterback T.J. Yates is hitting on 58% of his passes this season with 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Yates has a weak throwing arm and has trouble stretching defenses against good secondaries with speed. Junior running back Ryan Houston is averaging 4.0 yards a carry on the season. North Carolina has struggled for points at times this season and only average 23 points a game.
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CFB Trend: Boston College Eagles are 5-0 ATS at home this season
The Wagerline consensus has 50.8% of the CFB bettors on Boston College –3 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 60.0% of the CFB bettors playing over 38 1/2
