{"id":7678,"date":"2010-09-06T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=7678"},"modified":"2010-09-06T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T19:24:09","slug":"bodogs-virginia-tech-vs-boise-state-espn-football-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/bodogs-virginia-tech-vs-boise-state-espn-football-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodog’s Virginia Tech vs. Boise State ESPN Football Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now one of the few sportsbooks to get the most prestigious honor of the all, \u201cSportsbook of the Year\u201d by OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a> takes a look at today\u2019s top betting action.\u00a0 It\u2019s ESPN Boise State vs. Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

College football\u2019s most anticipated game of opening week is about here as No. 3 Boise State and No. 10 Virginia Tech face off at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., in their first-ever meeting. This line has gone bonkers on Bodog\u2019s NCAA football odds as Boise State opened as a 2.5-point favorite but now the Hokies are 1-point favorites.<\/p>\n

Fair or not, both teams can probably kiss a national title shot goodbye with a loss. The Broncos have never opened a season ranked so high, but their weak schedule the rest of the way will likely preclude them from a spot in the BCS National Championship Game if they fall tonight. Boise State brought back a whopping 20 of 22 starters, led by Heisman contender QB Kellen Moore, from last season\u2019s 14-0 team that beat TCU in the Fiesta Bowl. If Moore has a big game, he quickly jumps to the front of the Heisman discussion along with Ohio State\u2019s Terrelle Pryor. The Broncos are 10-3-1 on the road the last two seasons ATS and 7-1 ATS in their past eight non-conference games.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech has arguably the best tailback tandem in the country in Ryan Williams and Darren Evans, but they have yet to play a down together. Two years ago, Evans rushed for an ACC freshman-record 1,265 yards and 11 touchdowns and was named Orange Bowl MVP. But he tore his ACL a few weeks before the start of last season, so the Hokies turned to Williams, who rushed for 1,655 yards \u2014 the sixth-highest total by a freshman in NCAA history \u2014 and 21 scores to become the first newcomer in ACC history to lead the conference in both rushing and scoring. The Hokies also bring back the ACC\u2019s top-rated passer from a year ago in Tyrod Taylor, but the defense lost nine starters from 2009. Virginia Tech has a stunningly bad record in its history against AP Top 5 teams, going 1-25. The Hokies also have lost their past two season openers.<\/p>\n

Get in the action and be a player: Take advantage of Bodog<\/a>\u2019s live betting option on Boise State-Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n

Top expert pick on this game: The pro bettors are 13-3 with \u201cnamed plays\u201d this season. The biggest play of NCAAF so far goes tonight on Boise State and Virginia Tech. It\u2019s the ESPN Best Bet of the Month. ScoresOddsPicks up now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now one of the few sportsbooks to get the most prestigious honor of the all, \u201cSportsbook of the Year\u201d by OffshoreInsiders.com takes a look at today\u2019s top betting action.\u00a0 It\u2019s ESPN Boise State vs. Virginia Tech College football\u2019s most anticipated game of opening week is about here as No. 3 Boise State and No. 10 … Continue reading Bodog’s Virginia Tech vs. Boise State ESPN Football Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7680,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678\/revisions\/7680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}