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OC Dooley:
“1 UNIT” NATIONAL-TV LATE NIGHT (Wake Forest +17’ at Stanford in a 11:15 eastern kickoff televised on ESPN2): A new week of college football wagering started on Thursday when North Carolina State of the Atlantic Coast Conference successfully covered the spread in an ESPN national telecast. The success of the Wolfpack that night completely reversed the prior weekend when all teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference draw lost “non” conference affairs with the most humiliating result being the James Madison outright upset of Virginia Tech (plus road failures by Florida State and Miami-Florida). Entering this weekend the Atlantic Coast Conference has only ONE member that is ranked in the National Top-25, so this league has work to do in “non” conference opportunities such as this. On the face of it siding with Wake Forest in this last night ESPN2 televised affair seems ridiculous since the Demon Deacons have lost 6 consecutive “out of state” regular season games and have a freshman quarterback directing the show. But the fact of the matter is that tonight is a prime emotional “letdown” spot for Stanford who one week ago in a National TV affair came up with arguably one of their biggest all-time victories by posting a 35-0 road shutout at UCLA. Odds are that Stanford defense will put the clamps on a Wake Forest attack that has put up a combined 107 points on the scoreboard in consecutive contests, but one has to wonder if they can bring the same type of intensity to the field for a second consecutive week. Stanford is also in a “look ahead” spot as they have a high profile game with Notre Dame on deck. For the record fast starts are unusual for Stanford who are seeking to go 3-0 out of the gate for the first time since 2001 and only the 4th time since 1972
OC Dooley:
“1 UNIT” NATIONAL-TV LATE NIGHT (Wake Forest +17’ at Stanford in a 11:15 eastern kickoff televised on ESPN2): A new week of college football wagering started on Thursday when North Carolina State of the Atlantic Coast Conference successfully covered the spread in an ESPN national telecast. The success of the Wolfpack that night completely reversed the prior weekend when all teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference draw lost “non” conference affairs with the most humiliating result being the James Madison outright upset of Virginia Tech (plus road failures by Florida State and Miami-Florida). Entering this weekend the Atlantic Coast Conference has only ONE member that is ranked in the National Top-25, so this league has work to do in “non” conference opportunities such as this. On the face of it siding with Wake Forest in this last night ESPN2 televised affair seems ridiculous since the Demon Deacons have lost 6 consecutive “out of state” regular season games and have a freshman quarterback directing the show. But the fact of the matter is that tonight is a prime emotional “letdown” spot for Stanford who one week ago in a National TV affair came up with arguably one of their biggest all-time victories by posting a 35-0 road shutout at UCLA. Odds are that Stanford defense will put the clamps on a Wake Forest attack that has put up a combined 107 points on the scoreboard in consecutive contests, but one has to wonder if they can bring the same type of intensity to the field for a second consecutive week. Stanford is also in a “look ahead” spot as they have a high profile game with Notre Dame on deck. For the record fast starts are unusual for Stanford who are seeking to go 3-0 out of the gate for the first time since 2001 and only the 4th time since 1972
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