Virginia Tech Hokies at Miami Hurricanes 2010 NCAAF Week 12 Odds, Preview, and Predictions: Head football coach Frank Beamer will lead his smoking hot No. 14 Virginia Tech Hokies to Sun Life Stadium on Saturday to take on ACC rival the No. 20 Miami Hurricanes at 3:30 PM ET on ESPN. The Hokies come in on an eight game winning streak at 8-2, 6-0 and first in the Atlantic Coast Coastal while the Hurricanes are 7-3, 5-2 good for 2nd place in the division 2 games back. A win would give Miami the tiebreaker if VTech were to drop another game getting them to the ACC Championship game. The Hokie success has come at the hands of Quarterback Tyrod Taylor who has improved as a passer to balance his overall game and present a difficult situation for opposing defenses. “Tyrod gives you a lot of confidence that he’s going to do the right thing with the ball,” coach Frank Beamer said. “It makes play-calling a lot easier when you’ve got a quarterback like that, that trust factor, who has the ability to do things with the ball. He’s the guy that makes us and beyond that, we’ve got a football team that just battles, we’ve got some good players that just battle like heck.” Vegas odds makers have the Virginia Tech Hokies a -3 point favorite on the road against the Miami Hurricanes.
Virginia Tech is coming off a win 26-10 on the road against the North Carolina Tar Heels moving them to 7-2 against the spread for the season. Quarterback Tyrod Taylor completed 13 for 28 passes for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns while carrying the ball 8 times for -3 yards. The VTech defense was stingy as usual snagging four interceptions and holding the Tar Heels to 314 net yards. Both teams have been in and out of my FBS Top 25 poll and the loser will likely drop out for good.
Miami is coming off 2 consecutive wins most recently on the road against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets moving them to 4-5 against the spread on the season. Quarterback Stephen Morris filling in for injured Jacory Harris completed 10 of 18 passes for 230 yards and a touchdown while rushing twice for 16 yards. It looks like Morris will get his third straight start as Harris is still suffering from concusion symptoms. Odds makers at BetUS have the over/under for the total score at 50 points combined of the Virginia Tech Hokies at Miami Hurricanes.
I predict the Canes in an upset at home, maybe someone can win at Sun Life Stadium!