{"id":30310,"date":"2013-09-23T21:12:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T02:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30310"},"modified":"2013-09-23T21:12:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T02:12:26","slug":"college-football-week-5-predictions-virginia-cavaliers-vs-pittsburgh-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-5-predictions-virginia-cavaliers-vs-pittsburgh-panthers-30310\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 5 Predictions: Virginia Cavaliers vs. Pittsburgh Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Cavaliers vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
\nSaturday, 9\/28\/13, 12:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 52
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Pittsburgh Panthers are 5-5 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 10 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/strong>Virginia is 0-5 when facing a new ACC member for the first time in conference play, while it has compiled a 22-37 all-time record in conference openers.\u00a0 The Cavaliers are 10-14 all-time in seasons that were active NFL stadiums at the time of the contest, including a 0-1 mark at Heinz Field.\u00a0 The program is playing its 12th game in Pennsylvania since the end of World War II\u2014posting a 4-7 mark in that type of situation.\u00a0 Virginia is 5-6 SU and 2-9 ATS in September the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 5-4-2 in those 11 opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Cavaliers will dress only eight seniors against the Panthers, which ranks tied for the second-fewest in the nation.\u00a0 Virginia is one of four FBS programs in the country that entered the 2013 season without any quarterback on its roster that played at all in 2012.\u00a0 \u00a0 Junior running back Kevin Parks is the player to watch in this matchup, as he\u2019s rushed for 1,443 yards during his first two seasons in Charlottesville.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has rebounded from its season-opening loss to nationally ranked Florida State, as it has picked up victories over Duke and New Mexico.\u00a0 The Panthers have some major weapons offensively, with wide receivers Devin Street and Tyler Boyd averaging 129 and 104.7 receiving yards per game respectively.\u00a0 Senior quarterback Tom Savage leads the conference in averaging 287 passing yards per game.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 6-4 SU and 5-5 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 10 points over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 6-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Panthers\u2019 last three-game winning streak occurred during an 8-5 season in 2010, which is important to consider when making your college football predictions in Week 5.\u00a0 Pittsburgh has played 12 true freshmen this season, with running back James Conner being a player to watch, as he leads the team in rushing for 326 yards.\u00a0 On the season, the program\u2019s true freshmen have accounted for 70 percent of the school\u2019s scoring.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Panthers, as they\u2019ve gone 13-5 ATS versus teams with a winning record, while the Cavaliers are 1-8-1 ATS in September.<\/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":"

Virginia Cavaliers vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Saturday, 9\/28\/13, 12:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 51 Current Total:\u00a0 52 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Virginia is 0-5 when facing a new ACC member for the first time in conference play, while it has compiled a 22-37 all-time record in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[387,7614,3977,7644,615,7646,7645,2977],"class_list":["post-30310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-devin-street","tag-heinz-field","tag-kevin-parks","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-tom-savage","tag-tyler-boyd","tag-virginia-cavaliers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30310","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=30310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30311,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30310\/revisions\/30311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}