What the hell, Florida State? I still can\u2019t believe this team was ranked fifth in the preseason coaches\u2019 poll for 2011. Here we are in Week 7 and the Seminoles have a worse record than Duke of all teams. At least FSU can pull even with the Blue Devils if they win on Saturday.<\/p>\n
NCAAF Week 7: Florida State vs Duke<\/strong> Florida State Seminoles (2-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n After losing a 35-30 shootout at Wake Forest last week, the Seminoles have dropped three straight games. What\u2019s wrong with this team? On paper, it isn\u2019t that bad. The Seminoles actually have the country\u2019s 10th<\/sup>-ranked defense and are top-25 against both the pass and the run. They\u2019re 13th<\/sup> in passing, averaging 325.4 yards per game. They average 33.8 points and allow 20.6. Yet their offense fell flat when it mattered against Oklahoma and their defense couldn\u2019t keep points off the board in consecutive losses to Clemson.<\/p>\n The numbers clearly show that FSU\u2019s talent should yield a better record but this team seems to wilt in clutch situations. Turnovers have been a problem, too. E.J. Manuel and Clint Trickett combined for four interceptions last week.<\/p>\n Duke Blue Devils (3-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n Duke enters Saturday\u2019s home game headed in the opposite direction of FSU; the Blue Devils have rattled off three straight victories. With the gunslinging Sean Renfree leading the charge, Duke has ridden a strong passing game to victory. Last week, he threw for 335 yards and two scores as Duke rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat Florida International on the road.<\/p>\n Duke is not without its faults, however. The Blue Devils have struggled to run the ball all season, ranking 107th<\/sup> with just 97.8 yards per game. They\u2019ve allowed 278.8 passing yards per game, good for 106th<\/sup>; and they allow 28 points per game. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n See a pattern here? Florida State and Duke are the perfect inverse of each other. The Seminoles\u2019 numbers suggest they\u2019re vastly underperforming and even unlucky; the Blue Devils\u2019 numbers suggest they\u2019re overachieving and lucky.<\/p>\n The more I look at this matchup, the more I believe FSU covers the 13.5 points \u2013 easily. Duke\u2019s offense is one-dimensional and could get bottled up by a well-rounded FSU defense. Despite the turnovers, the Seminoles have still moved the ball through the air, so they should score on Duke\u2019s Swiss-cheese defense.<\/p>\n Look for Florida State to take out a month\u2019s worth of frustration on a Duke team that may be a bit overconfident.<\/p>\n Florida State vs Duke prediction: <\/strong>Florida State 38, Duke 17<\/p>\n Money Line: Florida State -480 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, <\/p>\n strategies, CFB gambling articles and more to help you become the best College football bettor on your block!! <\/p>\n CFB Football Previews \u2013 Florida State Seminoles vs Duke Blue Devils What the hell, Florida State? I still can\u2019t believe this team was ranked fifth in the preseason coaches\u2019 poll for 2011. Here we are in Week 7 and the Seminoles have a worse record than Duke of all teams. At least FSU can pull […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":24578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2484,325,2481,4178,52654,17437,2198,23258],"class_list":["post-44545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-blue-devils","tag-college-football-picks","tag-duke","tag-florida-st","tag-florida-st-seminoles-vs-duke-blue-devils","tag-ncaa-odds","tag-seminoles","tag-seminoles-vs-blue-devils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44545","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=44545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44599,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44545\/revisions\/44599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDate: <\/strong>Saturday, October 15, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham NC
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>ACC\/FSN Regional HD
\nFlorida State Seminoles at Duke Blue Devils Betting Lines from Sportsbook.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong>Florida State -480, Duke +360
\nSpread: <\/strong>Florida State -13.5
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>54.5<\/p>\n
\nSpread: Florida State -13.5
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