West Virginia at Pitt 2010 College Football Picks: The Pitt Panthers (6-4, 4-1 BIG EAST) will host the West Virginia Mountaineers (7-3, 3-2) ,Friday in one of the oldest college football rivalry games – the "Backyard Brawl," at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh (Noon ET, ABC). Today's game is more than just a rivalry, its a battle for the BIG EAST title, or at least for West Virginia it is. With a win, Pitt can eliminate West Virginia from the championship hunt, but a loss will knot put them in a three way tie the Mountaineers and Connecticut.
These two teams have split the last 10 games in the series with each school winning five times since 2000. Pitt, however, has won two of the past three games. Oddsmakers at Bodog.com and across the offshore college football board list the Panthers as 3-chalk road favorites for the game with a posted total of 39 points.
West Virginia picked up a big road win Nov. 20, when they played at Louisville at Papa John's Stadium in Louisville. Getting a win on the road was an important step for the Mountaineers as they have struggled in big games away from Morgantown. In their game previous to Louisville,, the Mounties lost at Connecticut. Overall, the Mountaineers are 2-2 SU and ATS in road games, one of those SU wins coming against non-BCS Marshall (C-USA). The UNDER has been the best bet in games West Virginia played cashing in 7-of-8 games the team played. The UNDER has cashed in all four lined road games the Mountaineers played this year.
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Pitt is 5-1 in SU wins at home this years, and have covered the betting spread in 3-of-4 games lined by sportsbooks.
Their only other conference road victory came Oct. 16 at Syracuse. Pitt also lost a non-league affair at Notre Dame on Oct. 9. On the year, Pitt is 2-3 SU in road games. In their last five games, Pitt is 2-1 at home, and 1-1 on the road. The UNDER has cashed on the game total the last three games at home.
Reno Gold's pick: I expect a hard fought game like most WVU vs. Pitt games usually are, but Pitt will get both the SU and ATS wins in this one. Take Pitt giving the -3 chalk.
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