The Connecticut Huskies open-up their conference play in the Big East against the West Virginia Mountaineers this upcoming Saturday afternoon at Mountaineers Field in Morgantown. Kick-off is scheduled for 12 p.m. and the game will be available on ESPN3.com. <\/p>\n
Date\/Time: Saturday, Oct. 8\u00a0\u00a0 12 p.m. (ET) The defending conference champions have limped out to a 2-3 start straight-up and are just 1-4 against the spread. Connecticut is coming off a disappointing 38-31 loss to Western Michigan as a three-point home favorite this past Saturday in a game that went well \u2018over\u2019 47-point line. The total had stayed \u2018under\u2019 in its previous four games this year.<\/p>\n The Huskies have struggled on offense this season and are ranked 86th in the nation in scoring with an average of 24.8 points a game. Their passing game is only averaging 215.2 yards a game and they are ranked 84th in the country in rushing with an average of 127.6 yards per game.<\/p>\n West Virginia bounced back from a 47-21 pasting at the hands of LSU two weeks ago as a 5.5-point home underdog with a 55-10 rout of Bowling Green as a 20.5-point home favorite this past Saturday. The win moved the Mountaineers to 4-1 SU on the year and 2-3 ATS. The total has now gone \u2018over\u2019 in their last four games. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Geno Smith has already thrown for 1,709 yards and 12 touchdowns to lead a West Virginia passing game that is ranked sixth in the country with an average of 362.8 yards a game. He is completing 64.8 percent of his passes and is averaging 8.02 yards per attempts. The Mountaineers\u2019 running game has been slightly better than UConn\u2019s with an average of 133.2 yards a game.<\/p>\n Connecticut is 1-5 ATS in its last six games, but 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games as an underdog. The total has stayed \u2018under\u2019 in seven of its last nine games overall. The Huskies shocked the Mountaineers 16-13 in overtime last season as 4.5-point home underdogs, but West Virginia won the previous six meetings SU (5-1 ATS) by an average margin of victory of 23.5 points a game. The same holds true this Saturday as West Virginia rolls to an easy win.<\/p>\n The Pick: West Virginia 38\u00a0vs.\u00a0 Connecticut 16<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2011 CFB Season is finally here. Welcome to the CappersPicks.com college football weekly predictions pages! We KNOW you will find our FREE weekly college football picks<\/strong><\/a>, tips, betting advice, strategies, CFB gambling articles and more to help you become the best College football bettor on your block!!<\/p>\n On Saturday October 8th, 2011 its the Week 6 Connecticut Huskies vs. West Virginia Mountaineers matchup. Odds currently have the Mountaineers listed as 20-point favorites…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":26503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[28750,324,1485,548,45769,45770,763,18232,8057,45773,52506,2657,18289],"class_list":["post-44163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-28750","tag-college-football-odds","tag-football-lines","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-huskies-mountaineers-lines","tag-huskies-vs-mountaineers-predictions","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaa-football-preview","tag-uconn-huskies-vs-west-virginia-mountaineers","tag-uconn-vs-west-virginia-free-pick","tag-uconn-vs-west-virginia-pick","tag-week-6","tag-week-6-free-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44163","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44182,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44163\/revisions\/44182"}],"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=44163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVenue: Mountaineers Field, Morgantown, W.VA.
\nBroadcast: ESPN 3
\nHuskies vs. Mountaineers lines by BetOnline.com
\nPoint spread: Mountaineers -20.5
\nOver\/Under: OFF<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWest Virginia is 5-4-1 ATS in its last 10 games, but 3-0-1 ATS in its last five games against teams in the Big East. The total has gone \u2018over\u2019 in six of its last eight games overall.<\/p>\nCLICK HERE FOR THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS ALL SEASON LONG —–><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"