Lot of love for Jordan Love....and he deserves it, dude is legit. But that is the only thing going on for the Aggies in week 1.
Current line is Wake -3.5. I look for this number to drop as the public will remember Utah St & Jordan Love giving Sparty all they could handle week 1 last year.
One problem though - COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEAM AND COACHING STAFF!
Too much "new" going on for Utah St to trust them on the road, 1500 miles away from Logan Utah, first game of the year.
- O-Line is LAST, 130 of 130 career starts returning. On the road too??? Yikes...
- New coach ( retread) Gary Anderson. New OC Mike Sanford. New DC Justin Ena. New installs = sloppy & slow play
I'm not extremely bullish of the Deac's this year, but I do like them in this spot and I'm a Dave Clawson believer. They're 16th of 130 in career starts on the O-Line (98). WR Dortch is gone but they played well without him in bowl game.
This pick is a early season fade of Utah St as they are breaking in too much "New" on the road in the ACC. I actually think they will progress nicely into the season. Trench play should expose the Aggies early aswell.
I'll lay the points with Wake all the way to -4
Best of luck!