Monday, May 21st, 2012
The North Carolina Tar Heels from the ACC conference will hit the road in a week five NCAA college football game against the East Carolina Pirates from Conference USA on Saturday night.
Start time from East Carolina is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS College Sports.
The betting odds came out with the road club North Carolina Tar Heels lined as a –7 point favorite with an over under of 58 ½ points.
The money has come in early from the college football bettors on the side of the home team as the North Carolina Tar Heels are now favored by -6 ½ points.
The over under has seen no movement in the early wagering as the game is currently hung at 58 ½ points.
Those betting the road team North Carolina Tar Heels on the money line will lay –260 odds with the home underdog East Carolina Pirates bringing back +220 odds to earn the win straight up with the points no factor in the wager.
These two college football programs met in 2010 and it was the North Carolina Tar Heels with the 42-17 home win against the East Carolina Pirates as a -14 ½ point betting favorite.
The game went under the total of 61 points.
North Carolina pounded the East Carolina defense for 444 offensive yards in victory.
Tar Heels running back Johnny White rushed for 140 yards with quarterback T.J. Yates hitting on 18 of 26 for 181 yards.
East Carolina produced 347 yards on the Tar Heel defense.
Pirates quarterback Dominique Davis passed for 244 yards in a losing cause.
North Carolina will travel to East Carolina with a 3-1 record on the season.
The club posts 30 points and 399 yards per game with 166 yards rushing for 5 yards per rush average.
On defense the club surrenders 21 points and 354 yards per game. Opponents run for 135 yards per game against the Tar Heels for 3.5 yards per rush against average.
The team had their first major test and road game last week and failed in a 35-28 loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets as a +6 ½ point underdog.
The total came in at over the number of 57 ½ points.
North Carolina was able to amass 332 offensive yards but gave up 496 yards to the Georgia Tech offense.
The Tar Heels had 128 rushing yards on 27 carries for 4.7 yards per rush average.
The team had two turnovers and took two away from the Yellow Jackets.
The club allowed their ACC opponent to run for 312 yards on 58 carries for nearly 5 ½ yards per carry.
North Carolina loss the time of possession battle by over 12 minutes.
Quarterback Bryn Renner completed 17 of 25 passes for 204 yards with two touchdowns and two picks.
Running back Giovani Bernard had 17 rushes for 155 yards and two touchdowns.
Dwight Jones caught seven passes for 85 yards.
Eric Ebron had five grabs for 44 yards and a touchdown.
The East Carolina Pirates will host North Carolina with a mark of 1-2 on the year.
The team puts up 25 points with 333 yards per game with 83 yards rushing for 3.3 yards per rush average.
On defense the club surrenders 32 points and 361 yards per game. Opponents rush for 192 yards against the Tar Heels for 4.7 yards per rush against average.
The team earned their first win of the year last week with the 28-23 home win against the UAB Blazers as a -14 ½ point betting favorite.
The total came in at under the total of 62 ½ points.
East Carolina was able to outgain UAB by a 542 yard to 400 yard differential.
The Pirates ran well with 181 yards rushing on 32 carries for 5.7 yards per rush average.
The team was extremely sloppy with seven turnovers and took three away from the Blazers.
Quarterback Dominique Davis completed 35 of 42 passes for 361 yards with three touchdowns and three picks.
Reggie Bullock on 24 rushes ran for 169 yards and a touchdown.
Justin Hardy led East Carolina with seven receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown.
Lance Lewis chipped in with eight grabs for 69 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
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CFB Trend: North Carolina Tar Heels are 5-0 ATS in their past five meetings with East Carolina Pirates.
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