Dougherty’s faculty soccer Week 8 picks and preview
One other week, one other banger of a school soccer slate for us to take pleasure in. We would be watching these video games even when we did not have any motion on them, however you already know we now have to sprinkle in some bets to spice issues up. Let’s break down the 5 greatest matchups on the Week 8 faculty soccer slate and discover a profitable guess for every one.
Nebraska Cornhuskers @ No. 16 Indiana Hoosiers
Saturday, Oct. 19, Midday ET, FOX
Indiana finds itself in unfamiliar territory at 6-0 and ranked Sixteenth within the AP Ballot. What a begin it has been for brand spanking new head coach Curt Cignetti, however are we positive the Hoosiers are the Sixteenth-best workforce within the nation? Indiana hasn’t confronted a workforce ranked higher than fiftieth in whole protection, and that was UCLA. The Bruins rank 107th in passing yards allowed per recreation and 127th in factors per recreation, in order that’s a low bar for IU’s hardest take a look at to this point.
Nebraska’s protection ranks eighth in whole protection and factors allowed per recreation, and quarterback Dylan Raiola will current a problem the Hoosiers have not seen but.
The guess to make: Nebraska +6.5 (-110 BetMGM)
No. 6 Miami Hurricanes @ Louisville Cardinals
Saturday, Oct. 19, Midday ET, ABC
Miami is clinging to its No. 6 rating regardless of flirting with catastrophe over the previous couple of weeks. The Hurricanes survived a controversial last-second name to beat Virginia Tech by 4 and wanted a miraculous, 25-point comeback towards California to remain undefeated. Cam Ward remains to be one of the proficient gamers within the nation, however he struggles when beneath strain.
Fortunately for Ward, Louisville ranks simply one hundred and fifteenth within the nation in sack fee. We do not belief both protection to make stops and restrict explosive performs proper now, so there’s just one guess to make right here.
The guess to make: Over 60.5 (-104 FanDuel)
No. 24 Michigan Wolverines @ No. 22 Illinois Preventing Illini
Saturday, Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Luke Altmeyer is having a profession 12 months with the Preventing Illini. The redshirt junior has thrown for 1,426 yards, 14 touchdowns and just one interception by means of six begins, however we do not belief him to step up in competitors and carry out.
A majority of Altmeyer’s stats have come towards bottom-feeder defenses equivalent to Purdue, Japanese Illinois and Central Michigan. In his begin on the street towards Penn State, Altmeyer accomplished simply 16 of his 25 passes for 185 yards, one landing and one choose. Michigan’s protection is loaded with NFL expertise and is far nearer to Penn State than Purdue.
The guess to make: Illinois workforce whole beneath 18.5 (-105 DraftKings)
No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide @ No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers
Saturday, Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Like Miami, Alabama appears damaged proper now. The Crimson Tide knocked off Georgia within the recreation of the 12 months just a few weeks in the past, then proceeded to lose to Vanderbilt on the street and barely squeak by South Carolina at residence. Alabama was outplayed in each video games.
Tennessee hasn’t been significantly better with a loss to Arkansas and an extra time win towards Florida in its final two video games. Nico Iamaleava, after wanting like a Heisman contender by means of 4 begins, has changed into a pumpkin simply in time for the Halloween season. Each defenses are weak within the secondary and are vulnerable to giving up explosive performs, so it is a good spot for Iamaleava and Jalen Milroe to have bounce-back performances.
The guess to make: Over 57 (-110 DK)
No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs @ No. 1 Texas Longhorns
Saturday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Texas is thought to be the most effective workforce within the nation and on one other degree in comparison with each different contender, however we do not agree with that evaluation. The Longhorns’ greatest two wins got here towards Michigan and Oklahoma, and now we all know each groups are offensively inept.
This Georgia offense led by Carson Beck and Trevor Ettienne is a unique animal. We have seen Kirby Good’s workforce dominate in such a scenario time and time once more over the previous couple of years, however Quinn Ewers and the Longhorns have not stepped up at school and proved they belong simply but.
The guess to make: Georgia +5 (-110 DK)
