{"id":19068,"date":"2011-11-02T16:52:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T21:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19068"},"modified":"2011-11-02T16:52:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T21:52:58","slug":"acc-thursday-night-betting-preview-florida-st-seminoles-at-boston-college-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/acc-thursday-night-betting-preview-florida-st-seminoles-at-boston-college-eagles-19068\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Thursday Night Betting Preview: Florida St Seminoles at Boston College Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida St Seminoles at Boston College Eagles
\nAlumni Stadium – Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
\nThursday, November 3, 2011, 8:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN
\nOpening Line: Florida St -16
\nCurrent Line: Florida St -14 1\/2
\nOpening Total: 44
\nCurrent Total: 44 1\/2
\nOpening Money Line: FSU -615 \/ BC +485
\nCurrent Money Line: FSU -600 \/ BC +475<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Boston College hosts Florida St Thursday night in ACC action. The Seminoles are 14 1\/2 point favorites on the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Florida St has won 3 games in a row since they went on a 3 game losing streak to make their record 5-3. At 3-2 in conference, they still have an outside shot of overtaking Clemson for the ACC Atlantic Division title. Florida St travels north to Massachusetts to take on the 2-6 Boston College Eagles Thursday night. Florida St is coached by Jimbo Fisher and has home wins over Louisiana Monroe 34-0, Charleston Southern 62-10, Maryland 41-16, and last week against NC State 34-0, along with a road win at Duke 41-16. The Seminoles have a home loss to Oklahoma 23-13, and 35-30 road losses at Clemson and Wake Forest, the two teams ahead of them in the Atlantic standings. Boston College is coached by Frank Spaziani, and has a home win over UMass 45-17 and last week at Maryland 28-17. The Eagles have a pair of 3 game losing streaks this season, with home losses to Northwestern 24-17, Duke 20-19, and Wake Forest 27-19, along with road losses at UCF 30-3, Clemson 36-14, and Virginia Tech 30-14. Florida St leads the series 5-4 against BC including 24-19 last season in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n

Last week, Florida St hosted NC State. The game was never close as the Seminoles dominated every phase of the game in a 34-0 rout. Florida St easily covered the 18.5 point spread.<\/a> The Seminoles had 444 total yards including 321 passing yards from quarterback E.J. Manuel who had 2 touchdowns and an interception. Florida St held the Wolfpack to 166 yards and 12 first downs. NC State had 3 turnovers.<\/p>\n

Florida St is averaging 432.8 total yards a game and 35.6 points a game. The Seminoles are averaging 306.4 passing yards and 126.4 rushing yards a game. The Seminoles have 14 turnovers and have allowed 23 sacks. Florida St is 44\/93 on third and fourth down conversions. Florida St is 28\/32 scoring in the red zone but have only 20 red zone touchdowns. Florida St is giving up 277.1 total yards a game and only 16.9 points. FSU is allowing 78.5 rushing yards and 198.6.4 passing yards. They are ranked in the top 12 in all categories except passing defense which is #32.\u00a0 The Seminoles have forced 9 turnovers and 29 sacks. FSU opponents are 48\/134 on third and fourth down conversions, and 19\/22 scoring in the red zone with 11 touchdowns. The Seminoles are averaging just over 8 penalties for 70 yards a game. FSU has one defensive touchdown this season.<\/p>\n

Manuel is 130\/197 passing with 1,776 yards, 13 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, along with 52 carries for 143 yards and 3 rushing touchdowns. He missed the second half of the Oklahoma game and the Clemson game with a shoulder injury, and was replaced by Clint Trickett.\u00a0 Trickett is 44\/72 passing with 675 yards, 7 touchdown passes and 4 interceptions. James Wilder, Jr., Chris Thompson, and Devonta Freeman are the leading rushers but none has more than 305 yards combined in the 8 games. Freeman has 3 rushing touchdowns, and Thompson & Wilder each have one. Thompson is out for the season with a back injury. Six other Seminole running backs have a rushing touchdown.\u00a0 Receiver\u00a0Rodney Smith has 27 catches for 468 yards with 3 touchdowns. Rashad Greene has 26 catches for 457 yards with 6 touchdowns. Greene is probable with an ankle injury after missing the last two games.\u00a0Kenny Shaw has 26 catches 308 yards, and 4 touchdowns. Bert Reed has 17 catches for 189 yards and 3 touchdowns.\u00a0 Receivers\u00a0 Josh Gehres and Willie Haulstead are listed as questionable or out against Maryland.\u00a0 Kicker Dustin Hopkins is 33\/33 on extra points and 14\/16 on field goals with a long of 53 yards. Besides the injuries to the receivers and running backs Florida St has 7 other players on the injured list including 4 defensive players.<\/p>\n

Last week, Boston College got their first ACC win this season at Maryland. The Eagles were 6.5 point underdogs on the college football betting line, but BC jumped out to a 21-3 lead at halftime. BC ended up winning 28-17. Boston College had 404 total yards including 372 rushing yards. Running back Rolandan Finch had 39 carries, 243 yards and 2 touchdowns. Andre Williams had 16 carries, 72 yards, and a touchdown. Alex Amidon also had a touchdown run. The Eagles overcame 4 turnovers in the win. Maryland had 2 turnovers in the loss. The Terrapins had 376 total yards, including 197 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Boston College is averaging 325.9 yards and 19.9 points. The Eagles average 179.4 passing yards and 169.5 rushing yards a game. Boston College has 14 turnovers and has allowed 18 sacks. The Eagles are 52\/128 on third and fourth conversions, and 16\/22 scoring in the red zone with 12 touchdowns. BC allows 421.8 yards and 25.1 points a game. The Eagles give up\u00a0 252.2 passing yards and 169.5 rushing yards per game. BC has forced 9 turnovers and 6 sacks this season. Boston College opponents are 55\/131 on third and fourth down conversions, and 27\/34 scoring in the red zone with 15 touchdowns. Boston College has 2 defensive touchdowns this season.<\/p>\n

BC quarterback Chase Rettig is 119\/231 passing for 1,394 yards, 7 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and a rushing touchdown. Finch has 98 carries, 509 yards, and 3 touchdowns, and 7 catches for 73 yards. Williams has 90 carries, 405 yards, and 4 touchdowns, and 2 catches. He is questionable with an ankle injury. Receiver Colin Lamond has 26 catches, 443 yards, and 2 touchdowns. Bobby Swigert has 31 catches, 291 yards and a touchdown. Amidon has 13 catches, 117 yards, and a touchdown catch, along with 6 carries, 89 yards, and a touchdown. Kicker Nate Freese is 18\/19 on extra points and 9\/14 on field goals with a long of 52 yards. Boston College has 14 players listed on the injury report including 9 that are doubtful or out.<\/p>\n

Boston College is 3-5 against the spread this season and the total is 1-6-1 in those games. Florida St is 4-4 ATS this season and the total is also 4-4 in those games. Boston College has covered the last two against Florida St. The Seminoles are 4-0-1 ATS on the road against teams with losing home records, 4-1 as a favorite of 10.5 points or more, 6-2 as a favorite, 7-18-1 after a straight up win of more than 20 points, 2-6 against teams with losing records, and 1-5-1 in Thursday games. The Eagles are 4-1 ATS as a home underdog of 10.5 points or more, 6-2 as an underdog, and 2-10 at home.<\/p>\n

Florida St seems to have righted the ship and is playing up to the potential of their top 5 pre-season rankings. They should beat a rebuilding Boston College team rather easily even on the road. The only thing that concerns me is Florida St has arch-rival Miami coming up next week, and could overlook BC.<\/p>\n

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Florida St Seminoles at Boston College Eagles Alumni Stadium – Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Thursday, November 3, 2011, 8:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN Opening Line: Florida St -16 Current Line: Florida St -14 1\/2 Opening Total: 44 Current Total: 44 1\/2 Opening Money Line: FSU -615 \/ BC +485 Current Money Line: FSU -600 \/ BC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":16558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[387,5497,3110,9531,1923,2289,2274,1492,3114,29],"class_list":["post-19068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-acc-atlantic","tag-boston-college-eagles","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-betting","tag-college-football-handicapping","tag-college-football-odds","tag-espn","tag-florida-st-seminoles","tag-ncaa-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19068","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\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19068"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19138,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19068\/revisions\/19138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}