The West Virginia Mountaineers will look to bounce back from a tough conference loss this upcoming Saturday afternoon when they take-on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a battle of two teams that still have designs on the Big East title. <\/p>\n
Date\/Time: Saturday, Oct. 29\u00a0\u00a0 3:30 p.m. (ET) Kick-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ABC.<\/p>\n West Virginia\u2019s steady climb up the national rankings came to a screeching halt this past Friday after losing to Syracuse 49-23 as a 14-point road favorite. The loss dropped the Mountaineers to 5-2 straight-up (3-4 against the spread) overall and to 1-1 SU in the Big East. The total easily went \u2018over\u2019 the 60-point line in that game and has now gone \u2018over\u2019 in their last six games.<\/p>\n There is no problem with West Virginia\u2019s offense as it is averaging 38.3 points a game, but its defense has now given-up a total of 96 points in its two losses this season.<\/p>\n Rutgers is off to a surprising 5-2 start both SU and ATS that has it currently in the lead in the conference at 2-1 SU. The Scarlet Knights have already knocked-off \u00a0Syracuse (19-16 as 1.5-point road underdogs) and Pittsburgh (34-10 as 6.5-point home underdogs), but come into this game with a bad taste in their mouth after dropping a 16-14 decision to Louisville last Friday as one-point road underdogs. The total has stayed \u2018under\u2019 in their last four games. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The claim to fame for this team this season has been a stingy defense that is only allowing an average of 16 points a game, which is currently ranked ninth in the country. The most points it has given-up this season was 26 in a 12-point win over Ohio.<\/p>\n The Mountaineers are 4-1-1 ATS in their last six conference games and the total has gone \u2018over\u2019 in their last four games in the Big East.<\/p>\n The Scarlet Knights are 5-2-1 ATS in their last eight games overall and the total has stayed \u2018under\u2019 in five of their last seven games as underdogs.<\/p>\n Head-to-head, the Mountaineers have won 10 games in-a-row SU, but the series is tied at 2-2-1 ATS in the last five meetings. The total has gone \u2018over\u2019 in three of the five games. This time around it will be West Virginia\u2019s high-powered offense against Rutgers stout defense, but stick with the Mountaineers to get back-on-track with a road victory that keeps them in the national rankings for at least one more week.<\/p>\n The Pick: West Virginia 28\u00a0vs. Rutgers 20<\/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 29th, 2011 its the Week 9 West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights matchup. Odds currently have the Mountaineers listed as 7-point favorites\u2026<\/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":[28750,324,1485,548,52805,52804,763,18232,3679,4016,52806,52807,52808],"class_list":["post-44893","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-mountaineers-scarlet-knights-lines","tag-mountaineers-vs-scarlet-knights-predictions","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaa-football-preview","tag-week-9","tag-week-9-free-picks","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers-vs-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-west-virginia-vs-rutgers-free-pick","tag-west-virginia-vs-rutgers-pick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44893","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=44893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44933,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44893\/revisions\/44933"}],"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=44893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVenue: High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway, NJ.
\nBroadcast: ABC
\nMountaineers at Scarlet Knights lines by BetOnline.com
\nPoint spread: Mountaineers -7
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