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Published: November 26, 2009
The North Carolina Tar Heels will hit the highway in ACC conference play to face their archrival the North Carolina St Wolfpack in a college football game on Saturday. Kick off time in North Carolina St 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 contest and the North Carolina Tar Heels opened as a 4-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the road team, as the North Carolina Tar Heels are currently a 6-½ point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 50 for the betting public to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored North Carolina Tar Heels at –230 with the home underdog North Carolina St Wolfpack bringing back +190 to win without the points on their side.
When these two ACC conference rivals met in 2008 it was the NC State Wolfpack beating the North Carolina Tar Heels 41-10 as a 13-point road underdog. North Carolina committed 6 turnovers to the NC State Wolfpack turnover free football. North Carolina couldn’t run on the day with just 56 yards on 26 carries. North Carolina is 8-3 on the year and bowl eligible. The team is coming off a nice 31-13 road victory over Boston College. The Tar Heels are winners of 4 straight and playing outstanding defense. Junior quarterback T.J. Yates is hitting on 60% of his passes with only 10 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. North Carolina was able to defeat Boston College last week despite 3 interceptions from T.J. Yates. On the ground junior running back Ryan Houston has struggled with just 3.8 yards a carry average in 150 carries on the season. North Carolina despite the 11th ranked offense in the ACC conference is an 8-win team due to the play of their defense. The Tar Heels are the #1 defense in the ACC allowing just 261 yards per game. North Carolina is very difficult to run on as the team allows just 2.8 yards a rush against average. Industry pundits have the Tar Heels projected for the Champs Sports Bowl on December 29th. North Carolina St is 4-7 on the year and has been eliminated from bowl consideration after dropping a 38-10 decision to Virginia Tech. Wolfpack sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson is hitting on 58% of his passes this season with 27 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Toney Baker is the lead running back for the Wolfpack with a 5.0 yards a carry average. NC State has an explosive offense averaging 30 points per game. They are #4 in the ACC conference in total offense averaging 399 yards per game. On the defensive side the Wolfpack allows 31 points per game.
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CFB Trend: North Carolina Tar Heels are 5-1 ATS in their past 6 meetings with the North Carolina St Wolfpack
The Wagerline consensus has 75.1% of the CFB bettors on North Carolina –6 1/2
