{"id":31155,"date":"2010-12-24T13:23:20","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T21:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=31155"},"modified":"2010-12-27T15:21:53","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T23:21:53","slug":"free-pick-champs-sports-bowl-odds-mountaineers-vs-wolfpack-271210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/gambling\/free-pick-champs-sports-bowl-odds-mountaineers-vs-wolfpack-271210\/","title":{"rendered":"Champs Sports Bowl: West Virginia vs. N.C. St. Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Champs Sports Bowl Betting – West Virginia vs North Carolina State Betting<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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West Virginia vs N.C. State Preview & Pick<\/h3>\n

Date: <\/strong>Tuesday, December 28, 2010
\nVenue: <\/strong>Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>ESPN
\nWest Virginia Mountaineers vs N.C. State Wolfpack Betting Lines from Betus.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong>West Virginia -135, N.C. State +115
\nSpread: <\/strong>West Virginia -2.5
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>48.5
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(22) West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defense, defense, defense was the name of the game for West Virginia this season. The Mountaineers enter the Champs Sports Bowl fielding the No. 2 unit in the nation. Unlike a defense like, say, Miami that is very strong in some areas but weak in others, West Virginia\u2019s unit is stout through and through. The Mountaineers are second in total defense, second in run defense, second in points allowed per game (12.8) and 11th\u00a0in pass defense.<\/p>\n

Expect West Virginia to go after N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson early and often; the Mountaineers are third in the country with 40 sacks this year, 20 of which come from Bruce Irvin and Julian Miller alone.<\/p>\n

Offensively, West Virginia has some names that get a lot of press, but the Mountaineers didn\u2019t dominate as much as some people think. Noel Devine is famous for the YouTube videos of his dominant high-school performances but he only rushed for 811 yards this year, averaging 4.0 yards per carry. Geno Smith threw 23 touchdown passes but averaged only 213.9 yards per game. West Virginia has the nation\u2019s 65th-ranked offense. This is a defense-first team.<\/p>\n

North Carolina State Wolfpack (8-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Carolina State is the more balanced squad of the two in the Champs Sports Bowl, ranking 39th<\/sup> in offense and 31st in defense. However, if you break things down closer, the Wolfpack are strong in some areas and weaker in others<\/p>\n

N.C. State passes the ball very well, ranking 18th<\/sup> in the country with 281.8 yards per game. This is Russell Wilson\u2019s team. He threw for 26 touchdowns and ran for nine more this year. The Wolfpack will also pose a major threat to Devine thanks to their outstanding run defense, which is 12th<\/sup> in the country. But their running game and pass defense are nothing special. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The typical logic is that the bigger, more reputable West Virginia will school upstart N.C. State in this one. But I\u2019m not so sure that will happen. First off, West Virginia\u2019s bowl game record from a betting perspective is spotty of late. The Mountaineers are 2-6 against the spread over their last eight bowl games and 0-4 ATS over their last four bowl games when favored.<\/p>\n

Secondly, is N.C. State just a bad matchup for West Virginia? The Wolfpack overcame some tough defenses this year, beating Boston College, Florida State and North Carolina. Sure, West Virginia is the best \u201cD\u201d they\u2019ve faced yet and should keep Wilson in check. But N.C. State\u2019s defense is no slouch and West Virginia\u2019s offense wasn\u2019t too impressive this year. Smith was solid but I\u2019m not convinced he\u2019s the type of quarterback to take a team on his shoulders and march it downfield when the running game is neutralized \u2013 which I think it will be.<\/p>\n

I like N.C. State to grind out the upset in what should be a close, hard-hitting game.<\/p>\n

West Virginia vs N.C. State prediction: <\/strong>N.C. State 20, West Virginia 17<\/p>\n

Money Line: N.C. State +115
\nSpread: N.C. State +2.5
\nOver\/Under: UNDER 48.5<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday December 28th, its the West Virginia Mountaineers vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack in the 2010 Champs Sports Bowl. Odds currently have the Mountaineers listed as 2.5-point favorites, the game’s total is set at 48.5. Here is a preview, free pick plus the college football betting angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":26503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10330,164,287,5824,21821,6768,324,1485,470,548,41708,41709,41707,763,771,17005,16464,41701,9418,1039,1168,1260,1294,1775,2556,5471,41703,41702,41704,41705,41706],"class_list":["post-31155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gambling","tag-10330","tag-betting-lines","tag-cfb-picks","tag-champs-sports-bowl","tag-champs-sports-bowl-free-picks","tag-champs-sports-bowl-odds","tag-college-football-odds","tag-football-lines","tag-free-pick","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-mountaineers-vs-wolfpack","tag-mountaineers-vs-wolfpack-predictions","tag-mountaineers-wolfpack-lines","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaa-football-previews","tag-ncaa-football-spreads","tag-north-carolina-state","tag-north-carolina-state-vs-west-virginia","tag-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","tag-previews","tag-sportsbook","tag-trends","tag-vegas-picks","tag-wagering-ncaaf-odds","tag-west-virginia","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers-vs-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","tag-west-virginia-north-carolina-state-spread","tag-west-virginia-vs-north-carolina-state-free-pick","tag-west-virginia-vs-north-carolina-state-predictions","tag-west-virginia-vs-north-carolina-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31155"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31291,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31155\/revisions\/31291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}