Saturday, October 25, 2014

Scott Stadium in Charlottesville

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Saturday afternoon, the North Carolina Tar Heels (3 -4) will travel to Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia to take on the Virginia Cavaliers (4 -3). 

The North Carolina Tar Heels pulled out a 48 -43 win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in their last game.  It took some late game heroics for the Tar Heels to break their 4 game losing streak after they wasted an early lead.  North Carolina was up 21 -10 late in the 2nd quarter after Tar Heels’ quarterback Marquise Williams threw his 3rd touchdown of the game.  But the Yellow Jackets ended the half with a TD of their own to cut the lead to 21 -17. Georgia Tech briefly took a 24 -21 lead in the 3rd before the Tar Heels responded with 2 more touchdowns to go up by 11 points once again. Georgia Tech scored 3 more TDs in the 4th but North Carolina scored last with just 11 seconds remaining to snatch away the win.  The North Carolina defense will need to stiffen up in this one because the North Carolina offense might not be able to put up as many points against a solid Virginia defense.

The Virginia Cavaliers lost a tight game their last time out.  Virginia lost 20 - 13 to Duke for the 6th time in 7 years.   The Cavaliers went down 10 -0 early but battled back to make it a 13-13 game leading into the 4th quarter.  Duke scored the game winning touchdown in the 4th to walk away with the win.  The Virginia defense couldn’t find a way to stop a less than impressive Duke offense and that might not bode well for Virginia against a Tar Heel team that can move the ball if they put their minds to it.     

North Carolina Tar Heels Betting Trends

North Carolina Tar Heels are 2-5-0 Against the Spread

North Carolina Tar Heels are 4-2-0 against the Over/Under

Virginia Cavaliers Betting Trends

Virginia Cavaliers are 5-2-0 Against the Spread

Virginia Cavaliers are 2-4-0 against the Over/Under

Injuries to Watch

North Carolina Tar Heels

10/19/14 WR Kendrick Singleton Undisclosed "?" Saturday vs. Virginia
10/19/14 RB Elijah Hood Undisclosed "?" Saturday vs. Virginia

Virginia Cavaliers

10/19/14 OG Ryan Doull Undisclosed "?" Saturday vs. North Carolina
10/18/14 C Jackson Matteo Foot "?" Saturday vs. North Carolina
10/05/14 DB Demetrious Nicholson Toe out for season
09/30/14 WR Dominique Terrell Hernia out for season
08/02/14 OL Jay Whitmire Back out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Virginia

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