The Cincinnati Bearcats will try and take another step closer to winning this season\u2019s Big East title when they travel to Heinz Field this Saturday night for a showdown with the Pittsburgh Panthers. <\/p>\n
Date\/Time: Saturday, Nov. 5\u00a0\u00a0 7 p.m. (ET) The game is slated to get underway at 7 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.<\/p>\n Cincinnati has reeled off five straight wins including a 37-34 victory over South Florida last Saturday as a three-point road underdog to move to 6-1 straight-up (5-2 against the spread) overall and 2-0 SU in the conference. The total has gone \u2018over\u2019 in four of its first seven games.<\/p>\n The Bearcats have returned to the top of the Big East behind an offense that is averaging 41 points a game combined with a defense that is giving-up an average of just 19 points. The main cog in the offensive attack has been a ground game that is averaging 200 yards a game led by Isaiah Pead\u2019s 6.2 yards per carry.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh\u2019s season has spiralled downward with four losses in its last six games, but a 35-20 victory over Connecticut as a 10-point home favorite last week has it right in the thick of the conference title race. The Panthers have an overall record of just 4-4 SU (3-5 ATS), but at 2-1 SU in conference play, they can still earned the automatic BCS bowl berth if they win out. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n To do that, Pitt will need a much better effort from an offense that is ranked 69th<\/sup> in the nation in scoring with an average of 26.5 points a game. The defense has been a little better; giving-up an average of 23.5 points a game, which is ranked 44th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n The Bearcats are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 conference games and the total has stayed \u2018under\u2019 in five of their last seven games in the Big East.<\/p>\n The Panthers are 14-5 ATS in their last 19 games played in the conference. The total has stayed under in five of their last seven November games.<\/p>\n Head-to-head, Cincinnati is 1-5 ATS in the last six meetings but 2-1 SU in the last three including a 45-44 win as a 1.5-point road favorite in its last trip to Heinz Field. Stick with the Bearcats to win on the road again in a game that covers the 2.5-point spread.<\/p>\n The Pick: Cincinnati 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pittsburgh 23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Big East NCAA Football Previews- Cincinnati vs Pitt The Cincinnati Bearcats will try and take another step closer to winning this season\u2019s Big East title when they travel to Heinz Field this Saturday night for a showdown with the Pittsburgh Panthers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":24377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45162","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=45162"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45208,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45162\/revisions\/45208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVenue: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA.
\nBroadcast: ESPNU
\nBearcats at Panthers lines by BetOnline.com
\nPoint spread: Bearcats -2.5
\nOver\/Under: 54<\/strong><\/p>\n