College football week 10 and the East Carolina Pirates will travel to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa to take on the Temple Owls. The game has a start time of 12:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on ESPNews. Current Vegas odds have the Pirates listed as 7 point favorites, while the total is set at 58.5.
Analysis: The East Carolina Pirates have had a nice season so far that has included a road win over Virginia Tech and a 70-41 win over North Carolina. Overall the Pirates are 6-1 on the year and are tied for first place in the ACC with the UCF Knights, at 3-0. The Pirates are 1-11 ATS in their last 12 games as road favorites of more than 6, but are also 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games after accumulating more than 280 yards passing in their previous game. The Pirates are a powerful offensive squad that ranks 4th in total yards, 3rd in passing, 50th in rushing and 14th in scoring (39.6 ppg). Defensively they are very average, ranking 50th overall, 103rd vs the pass 10th vs the run and 48th in points allowed (23.4 ppg).
The Temple Owls have had a decent 4-3 start to their year, which includes a 2-2 conference mark and a 2-1 record at home. Temple comes in on a two game losing streak getting blasted by 21 at Houston and 20 at UCF. Temple is 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games after accumulating less than 275 total yards in their previous game, but also they are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games after scoring less than 20 points in their previous game. This is not a great offensive team that ranks 111th in total offense, 77th in passing, 107th in rushing and 61st in points scored (30.7 ppg). Defensively they have been a very solid team, ranking 47th in total yards allowed, 22nd vs the pass, 73rd vs the run and 18th in points allowed (18.6 ppg).
Pick: I will take the Owls to keep this one close. The Owls are 22nd in the nation vs the pass and that is key when you’re about to face this East Carolina offense. Temple is a better passing team than they are a running team and they should have good success vs an East Carolina pass defense that is 103 rd in the nation. This one could be a high scoring game, but it will be a close one.
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