{"id":19398,"date":"2011-11-15T18:18:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19398"},"modified":"2011-11-15T18:18:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:18:58","slug":"college-football-picks-week-12-north-carolina-tar-heels-vs-virginia-tech-hokies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-12-north-carolina-tar-heels-vs-virginia-tech-hokies-19398\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 12: North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Virginia Tech Hokies"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina Tar Heels at No. 8 Virginia Tech Hokies
\nThursday, 11\/17\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -10.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Virginia Tech Hokies simply dominate opponents in November<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

North Carolina got an opportunity to rest last week after playing in 10 consecutive Saturday contests, while the team is bowl eligible for the fourth consecutive season.\u00a0 The Tar Heels were last seen suffering a 13-0 loss to the NC State Wolf Pack as 3.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 Quarterback Bryn Renner is expected under center Thursday night, after suffering from a mild concussion in the last contest.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s doing fine now,\u201d commented Tar Heels coach Everett Withers.\u00a0 He\u2019s an important piece of the offense, ranking seventh in the nation in pass efficiency.\u00a0 North Carolina is 6-6 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels rank third in the league in rush defense, allowing 108.3 yards per game, sitting just behind this week\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 North Carolina has scored on 29 of 36 opportunities inside the red zone, while limiting opponents to just 15 touchdowns in 34 trips inside the 20-yard line.\u00a0 The program brings in a 5-3 record when playing on ESPN Thursday Night Football.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech has rattled off five consecutive wins that includes a resounding 37-26 win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets as two-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Hokies are certainly in position to reach the ACC title game.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re in the driver\u2019s seat,\u201d commented Hokies wide receiver Danny Coale.\u00a0 Playing in November is something this program looks forward to, posting a 25-2 record since the start of the 2004 campaign.\u00a0 Virginia Tech is 8-1 ATS in November the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Hokies are led by running back David Wilson offensively, rushing for over 100 ayrds in nine of 10 games this season.\u00a0 He currently leads all runners nationally with 1,360 rushing yards this season, putting him in position of potentially breaking the school record of 1,655 that was set in 2009.\u00a0 Quarterback Logan Thomas simply needs to manage the game under center, as the unit has gone over the 400-yard mark in five consecutive games.\u00a0 Virginia Tech is a dominating 121-32-1 at home under head coach Frank Beamer\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Tar Heels due to their 4-0 ATS mark as an underdog of 10.5 or more points, while the Hokies are 0-5 ATS as a favorite of 10.5 or more points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North Carolina Tar Heels at No. 8 Virginia Tech Hokies Thursday, 11\/17\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker North Carolina got an opportunity to rest last week after playing in 10 consecutive Saturday contests, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[387,5743,5654,3682,32,1926],"class_list":["post-19398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-bryn-renner","tag-david-wilson","tag-frank-beamer","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-virginia-tech-hokies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19398","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=19398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19399,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19398\/revisions\/19399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}