West Virginia Mountaineers @ Syracuse Orange: Friday Night ESPN Football Pick

There are crazy numbers coming in on this one. For starters, out of 18 experts that I’ve seen pick this game, 17 have the over. I don’t know if I’m on that one yet, but if you’re into following experts, the over might be your bet. 1 experts out of 18 took the Mountaineers to cover the two touchdown minimum, and while I do agree, I never like those numbers. I was much happier last night when the public was all over UCLA and I had the Wildcats. We all saw how that worked out. Still, I’m sticking with my pick – I never take anything back, and while the 69% public run (by my numbers) makes me less confident, I still think the Mountaineers are that much better than the Orange.

West Virginia sits at 5-1 (Syracuse is at 4-2) and the Mountaineers haven’t played a completely powderpuff schedule. The Tigers of LSU got them pretty good, but West Virginia still put up a lot of yards against the Tigers, out gaining them by over 150 yards. They can really move the ball, and if you don’t have a powerhouse defense, you can’t contain them when they get close to the end zone.

Newsflash, Syracuse doesn’t have that defense. I think West Virginia loses the rushing battle, but gets some big plays from Geno Smith on way to an easy Friday Night victory.

West Virginia Mountaineers (-14) @ Syracuse Orange (FRI)