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South Florida at Syracuse Football Picks

Written October 2, 2009 by Jack Jones

One of the early games on Saturday that the national media probably won’t pay much attention to but our football handicappers have really concentrated on is the South Florida at Syracuse matchup. The college football spreads are showing South Florida as 7-point favorites over the Orange with the total set at 47.5. If you are going to do any football betting on this game then we suggest you take a look at the $500 in FREE bonus money offered by BetUS to our readers. Plus if you want to increase your chances of winning bets this weekend, get signed up for the college football picks offered by our experts.

Big Al McMordie is ready to get his Saturday started off early with his High Noon Hanging going on this contest. The 2007 World Series of Handicapping champion has a play on this game that is backed by one of his patented systems and will cash easily. Jim Feist is another quality handicapper who is ready to help clients get started off on the right foot with his Saturday early college football starter on the South Florida/Syracuse odds.

Trev Rogers has gotten off to a 17-9 start this year and is looking for another early college football 3-0 sweep. He has three games going early on Saturday, including the winner here between the Bulls and the Orange. John Martin also has this game included in his large package of plays, with 5 winners going for Saturday. He was the #3 handicapper from a year ago in the NCAA gridiron and he’s off to a 19-13 start this year. Cash in big with Martin.

Steve Janus was last year’s best in CFB and even though he got off to a slow start, he’s ready to cash in big this weekend. It all gets started with the Syracuse/South Florida point spread so sign up and build your bankroll.

For his free college football pick on Saturday Matt Fargo is taking Syracuse +6: I used South Florida on Saturday as it was able to go into Tallahassee and take out Florida St. For the Bulls they were without quarterback Matt Grothe and that was actually one of the reasons that I backed them as teams that lose a leader tend to step up in their very next game to make up for that fallen teammate. That was definitely the case on Saturday and now we can actually use that against them. It was pretty clear that South Florida used a ton of energy against the Seminoles and now trying to get up once again in another road get will be extremely difficult if not close to impossible. Not only that, but this is a definite letdown situation even though it is the Big East opener for the Bulls. Syracuse is coming off a less than inspiring victory over FCS Maine on Saturday as it geared up for Big East Conference action. The victory made it two straight for the Orange who could very well be 3-1 right now if not for an overtime loss in their opener against Minnesota. Syracuse has never defeated South Florida as it is 0-4 and has been outscored by 26.8 ppg in those four losses while getting outgained by at least 245 total yards in each of those contests. While that normally would not be a good sign here we have to remember this is a totally different Syracuse team than what we have seen in those other four years. Those first four meetings came in the Greg Robinson era and we all know how that went as the Orange averaged 2.5 wins per season and they have already almost topped that average this season. The players believe in new coach Doug Marrone and it is evident with seeing the attitude on the field. One of the big stories this season has been about Orange quarterback Greg Paulus and how his transition would be from hoops to football. It has been pretty smooth thus far as he made one crucial mistake in that Minnesota game but other than that he has been pretty solid. Paulus has completed 68 percent of his passes (78 of 114) for 888 yards and six touchdowns along with a 144.2 passer rating, good for 41st in the nation. After throwing three interceptions in his first two games, he has just one pick in his last two games so he is becoming better familiarized with the offense and with the college game as a whole. The Orange are struggling to run the ball but they are making up for it on the defensive end as they are 13th in the nation in rushing defense, allowing 83 ypg and 2.7 ypc, both of which are better than what the Bulls are allowing (112.2 ypg and 3.4 ypc). On offense South Florida relies heavily on the rush and will do so again here so Syracuse needs to continue that strong defense. Syracuse falls into a very solid contrarian situation as well. Play against road teams that are averaging 6.4 or more yppl after outgaining their opponent by 100 or more total yards in three consecutive games. This situation is 49-21 ATS (70 percent) over the last five seasons with the average point differential being just -2.7 ppg. Also, Syracuse is a solid 12-1 ATS in its last 13 home games following a home victory by 17 or more points. It is also 24-5 ATS in its last 29 home games after allowing 100 or less rushing yards last game. The Bulls meanwhile are just 1-5 ATS in their last six games as a road favorite. 3* Syracuse Orange

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