A huge Big East battle this Friday
features the 9th ranked Pittsburgh
Panthers facing the West Virginia
Mountaineers at 7:00 PM ET in the 102nd
meeting of these 2 teams. The Panthers
have won the last two meetings between
these squads including a shocking upset
13-9 victory in Morgantown on 2007, when
they kept out the then-No. 2
Mountaineers from an invite to the
National Championship game. "I think that win (in Morgantown) ...
it gave us life," Panthers coach Dave
Wannstedt said. "I think it helped our
program in several areas that today we
look back on and probably it was the
turning point since I've been here,
without a doubt." Both teams have proven that they can
run ball, but on the Panthers side the
big surprise is freshman RB Dion Lewis
who has numbers to be at least be talked
about in the Heisman Trophy race.
Pittsburgh Panthers -1 vs. West Virginia
Mountaineers >> Join Now to Bet Lewis has 13 TD rushing and is 9
yards away from 1300 rushing yards
(which he will surpass tonight). The
Mountaineers might not be strong enough
to stop a guy that has run for over 100
yards in the last 5 games he has played. College Football Tip: WV has only
allowed 6 rushing TDs all season, so
they should be able to stop Lewis when
it counts. If Lewis doesn’t make an early
impact, Pittsburgh will put the ball in
the hands of Senior QB Bill Stull. He
can manage the game but is not capable
of winning if they need 3 TD or more.
Expect Stull to look for WR Dorin
Dickerson every time they are at the red
zone. West Virginia on the other side needs
to open some holes for RB Noel Devine if
they want to win at home. Devine has not
performed well the last three games
putting under 100 yards on each game
without a score. Consider these
NCAA football betting trends:
West Virginia will try to go undefeated
in Morgantown for the first time since
1993 but the Mountaineers are 1-4 ATS in
its last 5 games at home. Pittsburgh is
5-0 SU in its last 5 games and the total
has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last
6 games and in 4 of West Virginia's last
6 games.
College Football Betting Odds: Pittsburgh Panthers pk
West Virginia Mountaineers pk
O/U49

