The Eagles range from a 4-4.5 point favorite with a total of 56-56.5. The Spartans are 7-5 straight up and against the spread. It was quite the roller coaster ride for them, winning their first four games, but losing 5-of-6 before closing out the year with consecutive impressive wins and covers at Purdue and at home to Penn State.
From our hand-picked previews from around the Internet at Sportsline360.com, we note that motivation could be a problem for BC. An 8-0 start had
MSU will be without star defensive end Jonal Saint-Dic because of academic issues. "This is a key injury because it hurts their pass rush against Matt Ryan," notes Cy McCormick of MasterLockLine.com
From our bowl previews: To say the least, these two teams are closely matched statistically on both sides of the ball. BC does get 3.3 more first downs per game but they are dead even in yards per play.
However, the Spartans do get .9 more rushing yards per attempt and .8 more passing yards per reception.
Boston College allows19.9 fewer total yards per game on .7 less yards per play and 66 fewer rushing yards per game. However, MSU allows 46.1 fewer passing yards per game. In the key areas of yards per play, BC has the upper hand in rushing yards per attempt allowed of 1.6, passing yards per attempt of .6 and passing yards per reception of .9. Even the turnover ratio is close with
The author Joe Duffy is CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com, where sports bettors can get the top side and over/under picks throughout the bowls.
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