USF vs. Rutgers College Football Picks: The BIG EAST Conference again takes center stage in the featured Thursday night ESPN game with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights hosting the University of South Florida Bulls with kickoff time set for 7:45 pm ET.
College football picks oddsmakers at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com list Rutgers as 2 1/2-chalk favorites versus USF with a 43 1/2 total. Bulls backers are getting +115 moneyline odds as a road underdog while Rutgers is giving -135 on the SBGglobal moneyline.
While No. 5 Cincinnati and No. 8 Pittsburgh have been getting all the headlines this college football season, No. 23 USF and unranked Rutgers are still in the thick of the BIG EAST Conference race. And each win gets Rutgers and USF in shape for a better bowl when the selections come around following the regular season.
USF will be going all out to keep from losing to Rutgers a fourth straight season. Both teams are 6-2, needing one more win to become bowl eligible. Both Rutgers and USF are led by freshman quarterbacks. Tom Savage has thrown for eight touchdown with only one interception among 168 attempts. The Bulls counter with Tallahassee, Fla., product B.J. Daniels who leads the team in rushing and has thrown 10 touchdown passes with six interceptions.
Daniels threw three touchdown passes to lead South Florida to a 30-19 victory over West Virginia in Week 9. South Florida won the game as a 3-point underdog, while the 49 points made it OVER the posted total of 47.5. Daniels completed 13-of-26 pass attempts for 234 yards for South Florida, while Carlton Mitchell ran for 132 yards and a TD in that win.
Tim Brown scored on an 81-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left to give Rutgers an improbable 28-24 win over Connecticut in Week 9.The Knights pulled off the upset and covered the 7.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day's posted total of 44.
College football picks: We like the Scarlet Knights at home in this one. Take Rutgers -2 1/2.
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