Week 8: Syracuse vs Wake Forest Predictions
College football Week 8 betting action sees the Syracuse Orange taking on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Saturday October at BB&T Stadium.
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Syracuse Orange (2-4) vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2-4)
Saturday October 18
12:00PM
BB&T Field – Winston Salem, NC
ESPN3
College Football Betting Lines: Syracuse -4
College Football Betting Total: Not currently listed
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A couple of also rans meet in the ACC. Not much to get excited about but it could be a betting opportunity.
Syracuse
The Orange are looking to break up a 4 game losing streak when they head to Winston-Salem this weekend.
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There is no shame in those losses as they have been facing better teams but the fact that they were all at home cannot sit too well. This is not a great Syracuse team but it has a chance to make it to a bowl game it is starts showing some improvement.
Offensively they have been a disaster scoring just 21ppg, 108th in the nation.
Syracuse is a pretty good running team thanks to the fact that QB Terrel Hunt is a dual threat. He leads the team in TDs but has not fared well throwing the balls with a TD/INT ratio of 1:4.
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Hunt is not going to play in this one and right now no backup has revealed themselves as a successor.
Syracuse is the better team but if they are getting a zero from the QB slot this one might be tough.
Wake Forest
Coming into the season most pegged Wake Forest as the worst team in the ACC and with half a season in the books there is no reason to waver on that opinion.
Their lone wins are against Gardner-Webb and Army and this week is probably their best chance to add another victory this season.
Two weeks ago they were hammered by Florida State so hopefully they used their off week to recover physically and emotionally. Times are kind of dark for the Deacons.
As bad as the Orange are on offense Waker Forest is worse.
They rank in the 100s in all major categories and haven’t scored more than 24 points in any game this season. They are catching Syracuse at a good time but they will still have to play better than they have been to get the victory.
Believe it or not they average 31 rushing yards per game. They are kind of pathetic.
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NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Over is 4-0-1 in Orange last 5 vs. a team with a losing record.
- Under is 17-4 in Orange last 21 games following a bye week.
- Orange are 8-2-1 ATS in their last 11 games following a bye week.
- Under is 4-0 in Demon Deacons last 4 games following a bye week.
- Demon Deacons are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games after scoring less than 20 points in their previous game.
- Under is 4-0 in Demon Deacons last 4 games after allowing more than 40 points in their previous game.
NCAA Football Week 8 Prediction: Syracuse -4
I am taking a bit of a leap of faith with Syracuse given their QB situation but Wake Forest is just that bad.
4* FREE NCAAF Score prediction: Syracuse 31 – Wake Forest 17
The Syracuse defense will give them enough room to breathe and get the win.
Check out our Updated NCAA Football Week 8 Odds.
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