The West Virginia Mountaineers football team , ranked No. 3 in this weeks BCS poll has a chance to move up based on current No. 1 LSU’s loss to Arkansas on Friday. Two things must happen for the Mountaineers to replace the Tigers on top of the polls. First, No. 2 Kansas must lose to No. 4 Missouri and most importantly, they must defeat Connecticut on Saturday when the Huskies travel to Morgantown.
Both WVU and UConn sit atop the BIG EAST standings with 5-1 records. The winner takes home the spoils and gets the automatic bid to one of the BCS bowl games. If the Mountaineers win the dreams of winning a national championship continue.
Oddsmakers at Sportsbetting.com have the Mountineers chalked in as a heavy 19-point favorite against the spread (ATS) with a 51 total. The money line prices have been taken off the board.
Connecticut forced three Syracuse turnovers in Week 12's 30-7 win, covering the 19.5-point home spread. The 37 points scored were UNDER the posted total of 47.5.
Tyler Lorenzen was 15-for-23 for 210 yards and a touchdown, and Donald Brown II had 22 carries for 99 yards and a score for the Huskies.
The Mountaineers earned a hard-fought 28-23 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats in Week 12. West Virginia could not cover the 5.5-point spread on the road, and the combined score fell UNDER the poseted total of 56.
Patrick White completed 13-of-19 pass attempts for 139 yards, and ran for 155 yards off 27 carries with two TD's for the Mountaineers.
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