{"id":4688,"date":"2008-11-25T16:21:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T21:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:04:10","slug":"wk14-nc-duke-pick-251108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/gambling\/wk14-nc-duke-pick-251108\/","title":{"rendered":"Cappers Tar Heels vs. Blue Devils Betting Trends + Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Struggling Teams Meet As Duke Hosts North Carolina<\/h2>\n<p>The North Carolina Tar Heels (7-4 SU, 5-5 ATS, 6-4 O\/U) have dropped two straight games and are coming off a dismal 41-10 loss to ACC rivals, North Carolina State on Saturday where they failed to cover the spread for college football <strong><a title=\"Sportsbooks\" href=\"\/sportsbooks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">sports betting<\/a><\/strong> backers as an 11-point home favorite.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Duke Blue Devils (4-7 SU, 6-4 ATS, 4-6 O\/U) have lost four consecutive games and are coming off a 14-3 loss to Virginia Tech, but covered the spread for NCAA college football sports betting buffs as a 14.5-point road underdog in the BetUS Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the longtime ACC rivals will both be looking to get back in the win column when they meet at Wallace Wade Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Tar Heels Quarterback T.J. Yates completed 10 of 22 passes for 116 yards with no touchdowns and one interception. The Tar Heels were held to a mind-boggling 56 total rushing yards in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our players and coaches are smart enough to know that if you play that poorly, you&#8217;re going to get beat,&#8221; said Davis, now 0-2 against the Wolfpack. &#8220;And if you turn the ball over six times, you&#8217;re going to got get beat badly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/1431\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a>Duke was defeated 14-3 in Week 13 by Virginia Tech, but covered the spread for backers as a 15-point road underdog. Quarterback Paul Asack completed just 2 of 9 passes for just 20 yards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at the key trends for each team, followed by my in-depth analysis and NCAA college football free picks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Duke<br \/>\nNorth Carolina is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games when playing Duke<br \/>\nNorth Carolina is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Duke<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>\nDuke is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing North Carolina<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Duke&#8217;s last 5 games<br \/>\nDuke is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against North Carolina<br \/>\nDuke is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAF Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina -8\u00bd -110<br \/>\nDuke +8\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: I know the Blue devils are pretty pathetic BetUS NCAA college football bettors, but I wouldn\u2019t think twice about taking them to cover the spread at home against a Tar heels team that is going backwards badly. Take the Blue Devils to out up a heck of a fight while covering the spread.<\/p>\n<h3>NCAAF Odds: Duke +8\u00bd Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Week 14 CFB betting action the North Carolina Tar Heels  play the Duke Blue Devils this week, we preview and pick this matchup&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[30,161,166,2735,313,2481,2482,1485,470,66495,502,548,632,3257,2487,5245,2736,5246],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gambling","category-ncaa-football","tag-30","tag-betting","tag-betting-odds","tag-cfb-trends","tag-college-football-betting","tag-duke","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-football-lines","tag-free-pick","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-lines","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-lines","tag-north-carolina","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-north-carolina-vs-duke","tag-online-college-football-gambling","tag-tar-heels-vs-blue-devils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105977,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions\/105977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}