Virginia Tech at Boston College 8/31/19 - College Football Betting Odds & Picks
Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Boston College Eagles
NCAAF: 4:00 PM EST
Aug. 14, 2019
TV: ACCN
Latest Odds : VT -2.5 Total 57
The Hokies are a team that looks to be impressive at points this year, but opening against an ACC opponent could help the Hokies out as well. With only 5 starters coming back on offense it could be a challenge for the Hokies to win a lot of the early games. One gem that is coming back is Ryan Willis who threw for 2716 yards and 24 touchdowns.
Defensively the Hokies do have a lot of chances to improve on the show they had last year. The Hokies finished 98th overall, but this year are returning 8 starters. That type of return allows the team to gel with each other, but also know the assignment of their teammates and be aware of the weaknesses which makes it easier to avoid the issues that are commonly seen with a young defense.
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Boston College needs to work on what they did not get a chance to improve on at the end of last season and that was the 3 game losing skid. The offense of the Eagles was able to come into the game last year and had a decent receiving corps, but the two top players left. Now, the Eagles may rely quite heavily on AJ Dillon who is coming back at running back, but last year was a bruising back.
Defensively the Eagles could be in trouble. The team has 2 starting linebackers back this year, but only 1 player on the line coming back and 1 player in the defensive backfield. That will make it hard for the Eagles, who only ranked 70th last season, to come into the game here and actually look like the defense that can scare people or even think about shutting down an offense.
Recent Betting Trends:
Hokies are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 conference games.
Eagles are 10-3-1 ATS in their last 14 games on fieldturf.
Under is 5-2 in Hokies last 7 road games.
Under is 4-1 in Eagles last 5 games overall.
Free Betting Pick: Boston College Eagles +2.5
The Eagles are coming into this game with a defense that has to basically be rebuilt and the one from last year was just doing enough. What does not help is the Eagles lost a lot of offensive production as well and that could make it difficult for the Eagles to pull out a win here. Look for the Hokies to make mistakes offensively, though, with the youth movement they have as well and that is what cost the Hokies the game to the Eagles. Final Score, Boston College Eagles win, but grab the points 27-20.