Duke Blue Devils vs. Miami Hurricanes Pick Prediction College Football Odds Preview 11-16-2013

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The Miami Hurricanes will travel to play the Duke Blue Devils in an NCAA college football game set for Saturday afternoon.

Kick off time from Duke is scheduled for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU.

The betting odds from this college football game has the road team Miami Hurricanes favored by -3 points with a total lined at 61 ½ points.

Miami drops to 7-2 on the 2013 campaign after a 42-24 home defeat last week to the Virginia Tech Hokies as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The game total came in at over 43 ½ points. The Hurricanes could not overcome a 28-14 first half deficit.

The Hurricanes offense put up 352 yards with 28 rushing for under 1 ½ yards per carry. The team struggled sustaining drives going 3 of 12 on third down. The team turned it over twice and forced none away from the Hokies. The Miami defense gave up 549 yards to the Virginia Tech offense with 183 rushing for 4 yards a carry.

Duke has won five straight to go to 7-2 after a 38-20 home victory last week to the North Caroline St Wolfpack as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at over 56 ½ points. Duke fell behind 20-17 with 6 ½ minutes left and scored 21 straight points in victory.

The Blue Devils produced 321 yards with 123 running for 4 yards a carry. Anthony Boone hit on 13 of 21 passes for 139 yards and three picks. Duke survived 3 of 15 conversions on third down. Each team committed four turnovers. On defense the Blue Devils allowed the Wolf Pack offense 412 yards with 164 rushing for 3 ½ yards a carry. Duke returned two interceptions for a touchdown.