Duke Blue Devils<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Duke Blue Devils haven\u2019t defeated a ranked opponent in nearly 20 years, and they have quite a challenge ahead of them if they\u2019re going to make it happen this weekend. Duke\u2019s 6-3 record is impressive at this point, but there is something to consider: when this team loses, they lose big. Their three loses haven\u2019t even been close, and their only ranked opponents have outscored them 98-20 on the year. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n
The only way Duke stands a chance against Clemson is to slow down their offense. Tajh Boyd has been great all year, which is why Blue Devils cornerback Ross Cockrell will need to step up big. He is a top-5 player in passes intercepted this season, and if he can rattle the wideouts early, the team can utilize their home-field advantage late in the contest.<\/p>\n
Not many people would have predicted that this matchup would have ACC implications at the beginning of the year, but a win at this point in the season will put either team in good position to win the division. Duke has a decent chance of making this a game early, but Clemson\u2019s defense should wear down the Blue Devils by the time this one is done.<\/p>\n
Duke may be in the hunt for an ACC title heading into their matchup with the Tigers, but don\u2019t be surprised if the fizzle to starts to disappear with another loss come Saturday.<\/p>\n
Trends<\/strong><\/p>\nTigers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 head-to-head meetings.
\nFavorite is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 head-to-head meetings.
\nTigers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a S.U. win.
\nTigers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a ATS win.
\nOver is 4-1 in Tigers last 5 games after allowing less than 20 points in their previous game.
\nOver is 4-0-1 in Blue Devils last 5 games overall.<\/p>\n
O\/U Pick: Over 65<\/strong>
\nScore Prediction: Clemson 42 \u2013 Duke 24<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tigers vs Blue Devils NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping The No. 13 Clemson Tigers are set to travel to Durham, N.C. to take on the Duke Blue Devils in a nationally televised contest this weekend. Clemson is looking to win their fifth straight game in a row, while Duke is looking to bounce back from a disappointing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":25458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56910","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\/56910","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=56910"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57086,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56910\/revisions\/57086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}