After spending the last hour looking at all the angles in this Miami/NC St. match up here's what I think.
I think Miami is not double digits better than NC St. on the Wolfpack's home turf.
Quite frankly I find that +10.5 home dog betting line quite disrespectful to the Wolfpack Nation.
OK, here's my take away after spending more time than I should have analyzing this game.
NC State is a good home team, and Miami is a not very well liked opponent.
There's built in incentive for NC St. to perform well at home.
They are 2-0 this season at home.
They are 4-2 overall and ranked in the top 25.
NC State SoS is the 11th toughest schedule in the nation.
They play a tougher schedule than Miami.
The across the boars team stats are pretty much the same except NC State has yielded more points allowed on defense than the Hurricanes, largely due to that tough schedule they play.
Now don't get the impression I am disrespecting Miami.
I am not.
They are 5-1 in a tough ACC Conference.
Like NC St. Miami's schedule is tough also, just not as tough as State.
Both teams have good offenses but their defenses are ordinary.
The average Miami game score on the average is 33-22 (65points)
The average NC St. game score is 34-31 (65 points)
The offense numbers passing and rushing are pretty much equal.
Both teams rack up around 400 total yards per game.
The only edge I can clearly give Miami is scoring offense.
Here's a good link if you want to compare the numbers of both teams.
I can't punch them all up in this tread, too time consuming.
All things considered, Miami going into Carolina tonight as a 10 or 10.5 road favorite is like I said disrespectful.
Borderline ludicrous.
Now you want to tell me Miami is 3.5 or 4 or 4.5 better than NC St. in this spot, OK I'll listen, but unless I am missing something 10 points to the home team is a good bargain.
Oh, there should be about 64 points or so scored tonight too I think.
I like the home team getting the lumber in the spot.
I think Miami is not double digits better than NC St. on the Wolfpack's home turf.
Quite frankly I find that +10.5 home dog betting line quite disrespectful to the Wolfpack Nation.
OK, here's my take away after spending more time than I should have analyzing this game.
NC State is a good home team, and Miami is a not very well liked opponent.
There's built in incentive for NC St. to perform well at home.
They are 2-0 this season at home.
They are 4-2 overall and ranked in the top 25.
NC State SoS is the 11th toughest schedule in the nation.
They play a tougher schedule than Miami.
The across the boars team stats are pretty much the same except NC State has yielded more points allowed on defense than the Hurricanes, largely due to that tough schedule they play.
Now don't get the impression I am disrespecting Miami.
I am not.
They are 5-1 in a tough ACC Conference.
Like NC St. Miami's schedule is tough also, just not as tough as State.
Both teams have good offenses but their defenses are ordinary.
The average Miami game score on the average is 33-22 (65points)
The average NC St. game score is 34-31 (65 points)
The offense numbers passing and rushing are pretty much equal.
Both teams rack up around 400 total yards per game.
The only edge I can clearly give Miami is scoring offense.
Here's a good link if you want to compare the numbers of both teams.
I can't punch them all up in this tread, too time consuming.
All things considered, Miami going into Carolina tonight as a 10 or 10.5 road favorite is like I said disrespectful.
Borderline ludicrous.
Now you want to tell me Miami is 3.5 or 4 or 4.5 better than NC St. in this spot, OK I'll listen, but unless I am missing something 10 points to the home team is a good bargain.
Oh, there should be about 64 points or so scored tonight too I think.
I like the home team getting the lumber in the spot.
