Free Week 1 Prediction: Minutemen vs Eagles Odds
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College Football Handicapping: Week 1
(0-0) UMass Minutemen vs. Boston College Eagles (0-0)
Date: Saturday, September 1st 2018
Time: 12:00 pm EST
Venue: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA.
NCAA Football Spread: BC -19
NCAA Betting Total: 60.5
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Massachusetts boasts a roster with four players on various preseason award watch lists, which is a big number for the Minutemen, traditionally.
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Three of the four come on offense but an improved defense, so they say, has UMass thinking about improving on its 4–8 season a year ago.
UMass Minutemen
Bryton Barr is the top defensive player returning from last year’s team that struggled to stop opponents at times throughout the year. He has been in college since 2012 but was granted two extra years of eligibility by the NCAA due to injuries.
Barr brought down 105 opponents, including five sacks from the linebacker spot. He is the only one of UMass’ top four tacklers from last season to return.
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But this will be the second season for defensive coordinator Ed Pinkham, who instituted a new scheme for all his players last season. Common knowledge would expect things to go better this year.
With a home game against Duquesne the week before this one, UMass should be ready to go for this one so BC better not start sleepily.
Boston College Eagles
Boston College will open its season with this game, however.
The Eagles are on the rise, as evidenced by their number 34 ranking in the preseason poll.
The ground game will be the strength for BC. AJ Dillon rushed for 1500 yards as a freshman last season, when he didn’t fully take over the starting role until October. He will run behind five returning starting lineman.
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Steve Addazio has always been more defensive-minded and he’s banking on having a strong defense this season, despite losing Harold Landry.
Zach Allen returns for the defensive line as one of just two lineman in the entire country to have amassed one-hundred tackles last season.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Over is 7-3 in MASS last 10 road games.
- BC are 8-1-1 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
- Under is 15-5-1 in BC last 21 games as a favorite.
- Under is 19-7 in BC last 26 home games.
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I’ve got BC. There shouldn’t be too much funny business here. But it’s never that easy with the Eagles and nineteen is a big number to cover.
4* Free NCAA Betting Pick: Massachusetts +19
So I’m looking for a 10-20 point game, hopefully not 20 exactly.
Week 1 Free Score Prediction: UMass 21 – Boston College 31
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