Free Week 6 Prediction: Owls vs Pirates Odds
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College Football Handicapping: Week 6
(3-1) Temple Owls vs. East Carolina Pirates (3-2)
Date: Thursday, October 3rd
Time: 8:00 pm EST
Venue: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina
NCAA Football Spread: Temple -13
NCAA Betting Total: 49
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We have reached week six of the college football season, and this game will feature a couple of teams that are desperate for a win.
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The Temple Owls make the trip to Greenville North Carolina to take on the East Carolina Pirates. Last year when the two teams played the Owls won by a final score of 49-6.
Temple Owls
The Temple Owls have had a very tough season so far and come into this game with a 3-1 record, Being favored in three out of four matchups. The one game they weren’t favored was against Maryland and they beat them outright by three. Their record reflex their ATS record on the year going 3-1 as well.
A lot of the Owls success early on has been on the offensive side of the ball, especially running the ball.
They come into this game having run for 126 yards per game. Which is an improvement from the passed few years. They really need to find a running back they can lean on and be the workhorse.
A slight issue they have had has been the turnovers. The Owls are ranked 50th with averaging one interception per game.
Last week against a new building Georgia Tech team their starting Quarterback Anthony Russo threw 9/22 127 yards and one interception.
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To win this game the offense needs to be good. They need to establish the ground game and they can’t turn the ball over.
If they do continue to turn the ball over, they will be upset in this game. Which would be a huge setback for the program and their chances of winning the conference.
East Carolina Pirates
On the other side of this match up is the East Carolina Pirates who are going through a rebuilding season. They have been underdogs in every game it two, and their only wins come against some very week schools.
The biggest issue for the Pirates has been on the defensive side of the ball. The offense has been decent this year, but they can’t win when they are expected to put up about 40 points a game.
So far this season the Pirates are ranked 84th on defense points allowed averaging 32 a game. A team is going to have a hard time winning any games when you are giving up that many points a game.
To win this game it all comes down to the defense side of the ball. They need to find a way to slow down the Owls offense that really hasn’t been that great. More importantly try and stop their running game any force Temple to throw the ball.
They need to really make sure that the Owls don’t get any sort of run game going in this one.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Owls are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games after accumulating less than 170 yards passing in their previous game.
- Owls are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games on grass.
- Pirates are 2-10 ATS in their last 12 games after allowing less than 100 yards rushing in their previous game.
- Pirates are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games
Free Week 6 NCAA Football Pick
The East Carolina Pirates defense has been terrible, and that will continue in this game.
4* Free NCAA Betting Pick: Temple -13
I think the Owls will get the run game going early and the Pirates defense won’t have any answer for it.
The Owls will win a very high scoring game that they also cover the spread in.
Week 6 Free Score Prediction: Temple 42 – East Carolina 17
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