{"id":25187,"date":"2012-09-24T19:38:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T00:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25187"},"modified":"2012-09-24T19:38:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T00:38:21","slug":"college-football-week-5-picks-baylor-bears-vs-west-virginia-mountaineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-5-picks-baylor-bears-vs-west-virginia-mountaineers-25187\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 5 Picks: Baylor Bears vs. West Virginia Mountaineers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 25 Baylor Bears at No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineers
\nSaturday, 9\/29\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 West Virginia -12.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 West Virginia -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 79.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 79
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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West Virginia Mountaineers WR Tavon Austin leads the nation in averaging 11.3 receptions per game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baylor moved its win streak to nine games with a 47-42 victory over Louisiana-Monroe as 8.5-point road favorites last week, while climbing over the total for the second time this season in as many tries.\u00a0 The Bears have scored at least 47 points in all three games this year, as they lead the nation in going above 45 in seven consecutive games.\u00a0 Quarterback Nick Florence definitely isn\u2019t Robert Griffin III in terms of running the football, but he\u2019s done a nice job taking over for him.\u00a0 Baylor is 0-5 ATS on the road when the total is greater than 70, which is significant when making your college football picks this week.<\/p>\n

The Bears defense continues to cause turnovers with coordinator Phil Bennett on the sidelines, as they\u2019ve won all eight when creating two or more miscues.\u00a0 Baylor has forced a turnover in all 16 games under his direction.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is one of just six nationally that\u2019s averaging 300-plus passing yards and 200-plus rushing yards on the season.\u00a0 Florence has plenty of weapons on the perimeter, with the program possessing four 1,000-yard wide receivers on its roster.<\/p>\n

West Virginia is set to play its first-ever game as a member of the Big 12 Conference, as it faces an opponent that\u2019s gone 6-57 on the road in this situation.\u00a0 The Mountaineers weren\u2019t exactly sharp in last week\u2019s 31-21 victory over the Maryland Terrapins as 26-point home favorites, as they only won the statistical battle by 12 yards.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll get back to work this week after watching tape on all three sides of the ball,\u201d commented Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of room for improvement.\u201d\u00a0 West Virginia is 3-0 ATS after two or more consecutive losses against the spread the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Mountaineers are explosive offensively with quarterback Geno Smith, especially when he finds Tavon Austin down field, who ranks first nationally in averaging 11.3 receptions per game.\u00a0 West Virginia has gone 24-7-1 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Homecoming games, while the program has gone 78-3 when scoring 30 or more points since 2000.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the defense leads the conference and ranks 14th nationally in averaging 3.33 sacks per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Mountaineers due to their 7-2 ATS mark after playing two straight non-conference games, while the Bears are 0-6 ATS on the road.<\/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":"

No. 25 Baylor Bears at No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineers Saturday, 9\/29\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 West Virginia -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 West Virginia -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 79.5 Current Total:\u00a0 79 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baylor moved its win streak to nine games with a 47-42 victory over Louisiana-Monroe as 8.5-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3288,3267,5400,5398,7033,5493,449],"class_list":["post-25187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12-conference","tag-geno-smith","tag-milan-puskar-stadium","tag-nick-florence","tag-tavon-austin","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187","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=25187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25188,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187\/revisions\/25188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}