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*Free Play on Syracuse* The Syracuse Orange are 23rd in PPA/Pass allowed so far this season. This Syracuse defense is improving quickly. Kevin Jennings has a career TD/INT ratio of only 29/25 on the road. His performance away from home has consistently been mediocre at best.

Syracuse is coming off a road win at N Carolina. SMU trailed Cal at halftime before outscoring them 42-0 in the second half.

I don't like that SMU has been playing down to their competition many of their games this year. A close win against. An ugly tight win over Missouri State. A close win at Florida State.

Syracuse has a sneaky good home field advantage. Steve Angeli is listed as questionable, but most believe he will play here. If he plays I think there is a lot of value on Cuse as a double digit dog.

Take Syracuse.

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*3 Star Play Under* The Clemson Tigers are a good under team. Clemson is struggling in a big way on offense. The Tigers are 126th in the nation in offensive success rate. Clemson is 128th in points per scoring opportunity, so they aren't turning red zone trips into touchdowns either. Florida State isn't great defensively by any means, but they are 59th in points per scoring opportunity allowed.

Florida State lost their most explosive running back to an injury. The Seminoles are likely to struggle to punch it in here against a good Clemson defense. Clemson is 19th in the nation in points per scoring opportunity allowed. Clemson is a top 20 secondary in the country.

Clemson isn't taking big chances down the field. Florida State is inconsistent on offense.

Take the under here.

*3 Star Play Under* The Indiana Hoosiers last three games have finished 20-17 (Nebraska), 19-15 (Ohio State), and 13-6 in overtime (Michigan). Josh Hoover is dealing with an injury and is clearly less than 100%. Indiana started running the football a lot more last week, and they slowed their pace down. The Hoosiers are likely to play it safe with Hoover if they are able to. I think Hoover will play, but he is likely asked to do a little less than normal.

Minnesota played a 20-14 game against Michigan where the two teams averaged 4.0 and 3.7 yards per play. They just played a 13-10 game against Iowa where the Golden Gophers won despite averaging a measly 3.4 yards per play.

Both of these teams play at a very slow pace. They are 125th and 134th in plays per game.

Indiana is 3rd nationally in success rate allowed. They are just 45th on offense. Minnesota is 46th on defense and 91st on offense.

Minnesota is 137th in offensive line yards. Indiana is 4th in offensive line yards allowed. Minnesota won't be able to run here.

Indiana has hit some rushing explosives this year, but Minnesota is 45th in rushing explosiveness allowed.

Minnesota's offense is terrible in the red zone, and I think they'll struggle mightily to score points here.

Take the under.

*3 Star Play Over* Owen Eshelman has stepped in as quarterback for Washington State. Eshelman struggled last week against Boise State because he was pressured early and often. Boise's pass rush really got to him. For the season though, San Diego State is 133rd in havoc created. The Aztecs pass rush is very poor. Eshelman showed a lot against Oregon State a couple weeks ago. Eshelman threw for 289 yards and ran for 136 yards against a pretty good Oregon State defense. I think the Cougars offense will at least be improved with Eshelman at QB.

San Diego State is 13th in plays per minute, so they are moving quickly. This isn't a good offense, but they have started breaking some bigger rushing plays. They are 83rd in YPC. Washington State is 120th in yards per carry allowed.

San Diego State is 134th in defensive success rate. They are much worse on defense this season. The Aztecs have had at least 49 points total scored in their last five games.

Take the over here.

*3 Star Play Under* The Old Dominion Monarchs have a bottom five offense in the country. They put up just 2.5 yards per play against LA Tech last week. They are on their backup quarterback. Old Dominion is actually dead last in the nation in yards per play for the season at 3.5. The times they have put up decent point totals has largely been thanks to forced turnovers (defensive scores).

Marshall's Zion Turner was injured and missed the last series last week. He might play here but would likely be less than 100 percent. The Marshall defense has shown a great deal of improvement in recent weeks.

Both teams have struggled to finish drives once they get deep into opponents territory. I see this as a sloppy game.

Take the under.

*3 Star Play Under* The North Dakota State Bison are tenth in the nation in yards per play allowed. North Dakota State is bottom 20 in the nation in tempo too. The Bison are not explosive on offense, but they will run the ball and possess the ball for long periods of time.

UTEP is second worst in the nation in yards per play on offense. The Miners are bottom 25 in the nation in tempo. They move slowly and they will struggle to move the ball here against a good North Dakota State defense.

North Dakota State has been willing to shut things down and just run the clock when they have a big lead. I think they will do that here and keep it lower scoring.

Take the under.

*I would play this as low as 43. Thanks and good luck!*