{"id":11944,"date":"2010-12-29T08:22:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11944"},"modified":"2010-12-29T08:26:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T13:26:14","slug":"free-ncaa-football-picks-east-carolina-pirates-vs-maryland-terrapins-military-bowl-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-ncaa-football-picks-east-carolina-pirates-vs-maryland-terrapins-military-bowl-predictions-11944\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NCAA Football Picks: East Carolina Pirates vs Maryland Terrapins Military Bowl Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Carolina Pirates vs Maryland Terrapins
\nWednesday, 12\/29\/10, 2:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Maryland -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Maryland -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 69
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 68<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Maryland Terrapins are 7.5-point favorites over the East Carolina Pirates in the Military Bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

East Carolina will make its fifth-straight bowl appearance and seventh since 2000 when it faces off against Atlantic Coast Conference member Maryland in the Military Bowl.\u00a0 \u201cI know we\u2019ll be facing a quality, disciplined and very well-coached opponent,\u201d said coach Ruffin McNeill.\u00a0 \u201cWe are excited to have another opportunity to accomplish something special for this senior class, especially against a team the caliber of Maryland.\u201d\u00a0 Today\u2019s game will mark the first meeting between the two schools in the sport of football.\u00a0 The Pirates will be aiming to score 30 or more points in this contest, as they\u2019ve won 27 of the last 31 contests when doing so.\u00a0 East Carolina is 3-1 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points and currently in that range on the college football lines page.<\/p>\n

The Pirates were handed a 20-17 loss in overtime to Arkansas in last year\u2019s Liberty Bowl and have gone 1-3 in their four consecutive postseason appearances.\u00a0 East Carolina\u2019s offense is centered around a passing game that is among the best in the nation, averaging 319.3 yards with 37 touchdowns.\u00a0 Leading the unit is quarterback Dominque Davis, who finished the regular season connecting on 64.9 percent of his passing attempts.\u00a0 He has a couple of dangerous targets down the field, including receiver Dwayne Harris, who caught a Conference USA-high 93 balls along with 1,055 yards and 10 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Maryland is set to make its fourth bowl appearance in the least five seasons and seventh in the last 10 years.\u00a0 The Terrapins should receive plenty of fan support with today\u2019s game being played in Washington, DC, but the players may lack the proper motivation to cover the spread in this contest.\u00a0 \u201cFinishing third in the ACC, we thought we were going to a better bowl – not a better bowl, but a warmer bowl,\u201d said linebacker Alex Wujciak.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re from around here.\u201d\u00a0 Much of the discussion surrounding the team since the end of the regular season has been centered around coach Ralph Friedgen, as his contract was bought out and will be on the sidelines a final time.\u00a0 Maryland was 8-4 ATS on the season and 2-1 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Terrapins offense was firing on all cylinders at the close of the season and posted over 400 total yards in four of the last five games.\u00a0 Maryland finished the year ranked 42nd nationally in scoring offense at 31.4 points per game and only three teams in the nation had fewer turnovers.\u00a0 The squad is 7-2 when winning the turnover battle and 4-1 in games decided by seven points or less.\u00a0 With a win against the Pirates, the program would capture its 14th nine-win season, including the fifth under Friedgen.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Pirates being 1-6 ATS versus ACC opponents, while the Terrapins are 4-1 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

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East Carolina Pirates vs Maryland Terrapins Wednesday, 12\/29\/10, 2:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Maryland -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Maryland -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 69 Current Total:\u00a0 68 East Carolina will make its fifth-straight bowl appearance and seventh since 2000 when it faces off against Atlantic Coast Conference member Maryland in the Military Bowl.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[4270,2826,1358,4268,2481,4269],"class_list":["post-11944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-dominque-davis","tag-east-carolina-pirates","tag-maryland-terrapins","tag-military-bowl","tag-ralph-friedgen","tag-ruffin-mcneill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11946,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11944\/revisions\/11946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}