Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The West Virginia Mountaineers will take it to the road in Big East conference play with a college football game against the Connecticut Huskies on Friday night.
Kick off time from Connecticut is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.
The point spread opened up in this game with the road club West Virginia Mountaineers as a 7 point favorite with an over under of 46 points.
The early money from the college football bettors has come on the side of the home underdog as the West Virginia Mountaineers are currently hung as a 6 ½ point favorite. The total has moved downward to 45 ½ points.
Money line bettors playing on the favored West Virginia Mountaineers will lay -250 odds with the home underdog Connecticut Huskies bringing back +210 odds to earn the outright win without the need for taking the points.
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When these two Big East conference schools met last season it was West Virginia coming away with the 28-24 victory as an 8 point home favorite.
Connecticut was able to move the ball on the Mountaineers with 501 yards. The Huskies passed for 378 yards on the West Virginia defense but gave away the game with four turnovers in defeat.
West Virginia enters this prime time game with an overall record of 5-2 on the year. The team puts up 26 points and 363 yards per game.
The Mountaineers are playing their third road game of the year. In week two they survived a scare with a comeback 24-21 overtime victory against instate rival Marshall as a 12 point road underdog. In week four the Mountaineers visited LSU and dropped a 20-14 decision as a 9 ½ point road underdog.
The team is coming off a 19-14 loss to Syracuse last week as a 13 ½ point home favorite.
West Virginia was only able to amass 284 yards and converted on 6 of 17 on third down. The run game struggled for just 106 yards on 35 carries for a 3.0 yards per rush average. The team self destructed with 3 turnovers in defeat.
Quarterback Geno Smith completed 20 of 37 passes for 178 yards with 1 touchdown and 3 picks.
On the ground Noel Devine rushed 24 times for 122 yards.
Wide receiver Jock Sanders led the team with 3 catches for 53 yards.
West Virginia on the defensive side of the ball surrenders 13 points and 245 yards per game.
They Mountaineers defense allowed the Orange just 246 yards last week and only 4 of 14 conversions on third down. West Virginia got run on last week to a tune of 183 yards on 38 carries for a 4.8 yards per rush average.
Connecticut enters this game with a disappointing 3-4 record on the season. The team posts 28 points and 347 yards per game.
This will be the fourth home game of the season for the Huskies. The team stands 3-0 in front of the home folks and have covered every home point spread but it came mainly against very weak opponents. This is the teams major test at home this season.
Connecticut is on a two game losing streak with all results on the road. The team is coming off a 26-0 loss at Louisville last week as a 3 point road underdog.
The Huskies produced just 195 yards and 4 of 11 conversions on third down. The team only passed for 83 yards. Connecticut committed three turnovers and took none away from their opponent.
With starting quarterback Cody Endres suspended from the team the squad started freshman Michael Box. The young signal caller hit on only 4 of 12 passes for 35 yards with no touchdowns and 1 pick. Box left the game with a head injury and has been listed as questionable on the injury report for this game.
The erratic Zach Frazier relieved and completed 6 of 8 passes for 52 yards.
Running back Jordan Todman rushed it 19 times for 80 yards.
Ryan Griffin led the team with 4 catches for only 40 yards.
Connecticut’s defense surrenders 22 points and 357 yards per game.
The squad allowed 355 yards last week to the Cardinals offense and 8 of 15 conversions on third down. The Huskies opponent was able to rush for 160 yards on their defense. The Connecticut defense surrendered just 1 touchdown to their opponent. The other Cardinal touchdown came on a 74 yard punt return.
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CFB Trend: Connecticut Huskies are 5-1 ATS versus the West Virginia Mountaineers in their past 6 meetings.
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