Friday NCAA: West Virginia Mountaineers at South Florida Bulls
There are currently three unbeaten teams in Big East play, and unfortunately for the USF Bulls they are facing the third one in a row on Friday night in Tampa.
That would be West Virginia (2-0, 6-1 Big East), which is a 3-point favorite on WagerWeb.com.
USF (5-2, 1-2 Big East) has not fared against the previous two unbeatens, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, losing by a combined 44 points and covering the spread in neither, as you would expect. However, the Bulls have won two of the past three meetings with WVU, including a 21-13 victory in Tampa when 2007 season. West Virginia No. 5 in the country during the the Mountaineers were won 13-7 at home last season despite being outgained 326-280. The Mountaineers have failed to break 20 points in the past three games of this series
The Bulls will have to face of the best running backs in the country for the second straight week. This time it’s the Mountaineers’ Noel Devine, who ranks seventh in the country in rushing yards and is tied for 11th 111 yards to Pittsburgh’s Dion Lewis, also touchdowns. USF gave up in rushing one of the nation’s leading rushers, last week. South Florida ranks first in the Big East defending the pass but seventh against the run, allowing 132.4 yards per game.
WVU’s pass defense is a weakness, at least in terms of yardage and big plays, allowing 236.3 yards per game. The Mountaineers have allowed 292, 300 and 378 yards passing in three of the past five games.
However, USF freshman QB B.J. Daniels isn’t a stellar passer – he is 19 for 40 with one TD and four interceptions in the past two games, not coincidentally both losses. West Virginia’s 12 interceptions are the fourth most in the country, and the Mountaineers have now intercepted at least one pass in 11 straight games.
The only chance USF has is if Daniels doesn’t turn the ball over and if the Bulls can limit penalties, which never seems to happen. They rank No. 116 out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in penalty yards per game (79.7). Only 11 teams have committed more penalties.
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