Joe Duffy has had winning days 8-of-9. Oh the only “losing” day, we went 1-1 and gave back juice. Eagles OVER last night, Memphis in college. JDP now 20-7 in football. Friday, Duke-Virginia Tech side and total among three winners in college football. Get the picks now
Duke-Virginia Tech (-3, 51) at MyBookie
- Duke’s Quentin Harris has done very well replacing Daniel Jones and his OL has been very good
- Both teams off bye
- Duke’s deep passing game a pleasant surprise, but running game not as good as expected
- 86 points last two games
- Duke has gone 12 straight games without an interception
- V Tech QB Ryan Willis has thrown 4 INT
- Senior ranks 105th nationally is passing
- V Tech already with 10 sacks, so will test if Duke’s OL is as improved as they look
- Virginia Tech third worst margin of cover in country -14.8 and 0-3 ATS
- A rare case of public betting on the dog, with 56 percent of bets and 63 percent of money on Duke
The pick: pass
Penn St at Maryland
- Both teams with good running games
- Maryland 6 yards per rush to teams that normally allow 5.1
- Led by Anthony McFarland who had over 1,000 yards last year
- Penn State deep running game getting 5.7 yards per rush teams normally allowing 4.4
- James Franklin loves to run up score
- Teams off first loss of year if they were ranked 21 or better at the time are a go-against of 258-205-5
The pick: Penn State -6 at Bovada college football odds live now
San Jose St at Air Force
- Air Force is off a loss which sets up bubble burst offshoot
- When a team had more wins than oddsmakers expected, but if off first loss, a go-against of 417-320-16 (San Jose State)
- 66 percent of money on underdog San Jose
Pick: San Jose State +19
Arizona St at California
- When total is significantly less than the average total of each team’s last game, it goes UNDER 373-246-15
- Off three straight very lowing scoring games, ASU off 65-point game
- Teams with at least three wins and off first loss are go against of 480-386-16 (with California)
- ASU with true freshman QB Jayden Daniels and two true freshman on OL, work in progress
- Allowed 10 sacks first three weeks, just one last week
Pick: California -4.5