{"id":9626,"date":"2010-10-22T16:59:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9626"},"modified":"2010-10-22T16:59:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:59:14","slug":"acc-upset-alert-north-carolina-tar-heels-at-miami-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/acc-upset-alert-north-carolina-tar-heels-at-miami-hurricanes-9626\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Upset Alert: North Carolina Tar Heels at Miami Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina Tar Heels at Miami Hurricanes
\nSaturday, 10\/23\/2010, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Miami -255 \/ North Carolina +215<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jacory<\/a>
Miami has dropped the last three games in this series and is still listed as a 6.5-point home favorite over the Tar Heels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

North Carolinas is enjoying a four-game winning streak despite having 16 players sanctioned during an NCAA investigation and is coming off an impressive 44-10 win at Virginia.\u00a0 The Tar Heels have also won all three meetings in this series under current head coach Butch Davis.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019ve got our number now,\u201d Miami head coach Randy Shannon stated.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to find a way to change it.\u201d\u00a0 Both coaches became good friends during Davis\u2019 stint at running the program at Miami before heading off to the NFL.\u00a0 \u201cThis will probably be the biggest challenge that our football team\u2019s had this season,\u201d Davis commented.\u00a0 North Carolina hasn\u2019t won fivein a row since accomplishing the feat in 2001, as the program has posted consecutive wins over Rutgers, East Carolina, Clemson and Virginia to rebound from an 0-2 start.\u00a0 The team is 5-1 ATS this season and the total is 3-3 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels are led by quarterback T.J. Yates and his 1,495 passing yards that ranks third in the ACC and he also possesses the lowest interception percentage in the country.\u00a0 He has just once interception in 182 attempts this year.\u00a0 North Carolina is definitely aware of how important protecting the football has been in this series recently, with Miami having 10 and the Tar Heels only committing one in the last three games in the series.\u00a0 Carolina leads the ACC and ranks seventh in the country in turnover margin (+1.17).\u00a0 Each of the last three meetings have been decided by 10 points or less.<\/p>\n

Click to compare college football odds on all the games for this weekend!<\/p>\n

Miami is 4-2 overall and 2-1 in conference play heading into an ACC matchup against the Tar Heels at Sun Life Stadium.\u00a0 The Hurricanes are coming off an impressive 28-13 win at Duke in a game which Miami created seven turnovers and tallied a season-best 448 yards offensively.\u00a0 Quarterback JacoryHarris threw for 224 yards and a touchdown, while not throwing an interception for just the second time this season.\u00a0 Harris is tied for second in the conference with nine interceptions.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s offensive attack also has been lifted by the recent performance of senior running back Damien Berry, who comes in having recorded three straight 100-yard rushing games.\u00a0 The team is 7-12 ATS versus conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes defense was dominating versus the Blue Devils in their last game, forcing five interceptions and two fumbles while holding a solid passing attack to 187 yards.\u00a0 Miami has also led the country in tackles for loss all season, averaging 9.5 per game. \u00a0 The defense leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in total defense and pass defense. On the other side of the ball, Miami\u2019s offensive line has been great this season, ranking third in the ACC in allowing just eight sacks through six games.\u00a0 The unit\u2019s 1.33 sacks per game is an improvement of over a sack per contest from last year (2.69 pg).<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Tar Heels 16-5 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Hurricanes are a dismal 1-9 ATS in their last 10 games as a home favorite of 3.5 to 10 points.\u00a0 North Carolina is the only way to look in the this game and taking 6.5 or 7 looks like a decent wager.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of other games on the Saturday card that are offering much more value including a rare 20 unit release from the Maddux Sports handicappers.\u00a0 So far this season in college football they have released five 20 unit picks, the record is 5-0.\u00a0 This is the closest thing to a sure thing you will find in the handicapping industry.\u00a0 Get signed up for this big release via the college football handicapping page of the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North Carolina Tar Heels at Miami Hurricanes Saturday, 10\/23\/2010, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 49.5 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Miami -255 \/ North Carolina +215 North Carolinas is enjoying a four-game winning streak despite having 16 players sanctioned during an NCAA investigation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[387,3233,2803,2962,1083,32,3325,3583],"class_list":["post-9626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-atlantic-coast-conference","tag-butch-davis","tag-jacory-harris","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-randy-shannon","tag-t-j-yates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9626","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=9626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9665,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9626\/revisions\/9665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}