West Virginia Mountaineers at Connecticut Huskies 2010 NCAAF Week 9 Odds, Preview, and Predictions: Head football coach Bill Snyder with try to regroup his West Virginia Mountaineers of a touch Big East Conference loss as they head to Rentschler Field to take on another Big East foe the Connecticut Huskies on Friday night at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN. UConn comes in off a conference loss to Louisville at 3-4 and seems frustrated. “Overall when you look at it, it doesn’t matter we lost. The only way we’re going to get out of this is we’ve got to work harder. That’s what I told the kids afterward. There are no magic words. There’s no magic potion. Basically what we have to do is we have to work harder and we have to keep getting better. That’s all I know we can do, and that’s what we’re going to continue to do.” — Coach Randy Edsall to the Hartford Courant. The Mountaineers come in at 5-2 after a home conference loss where quarterback Geno Smith had a tough day. “We had a case today of a young man who is being featured in our offense who had a rough day at the ranch,” Stewart said of Smith. “He had a real tough outing. … This young man, who people were writing ballads about, was just not clicking.” Vegas odds makers have the West Virginia Mountaineers a -6 1/2 point favorite on the road against the Connecticut Huskies.
The Mountaineers were beaten at home 19-14 by Syracuse last weekend. Quarterback Geno Smith completed 20 of 37 passes for 178 yards 1 touchdown, 3 interceptions, and was sacked 5 times. Heisman candidate Noel Devine carried the ball 24 times for 122 yards but no touchdowns. West Virginia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Connecticut. Vegas odds makers have Noel Devine at +10000 odds to win the Heisman Trophy.
The Huskies are also coming off a loss 26-0 at Louisville. Quarterback Zach Frazier came in for Mike Box after he suffered a concussion in the third quarter and completed 6 of 8 passes for 52 yards. Connecticut is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing West Virginia and the total has gone OVER in 5 of Connecticut’s last 6 games when playing West Virginia. Odds makers at BetUS have the over/under for the total score at 45 1/2 points combined of the West Virginia Mountaineers and Connecticut Huskies.
I predict a West Virginia win and cover on the road! Go Eers! Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert NCAA Football Predictions against the vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.