Saturday's FREE Pick - #Duke vs. #Pitt

[Pick Bot]

Duke+7.5 1.1% Free Play
10-1-1 ATS This year on free plays.

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Both teams come off upset wins, but Duke has an extra two days to prepare here and have a very good head coach in David Cutcliffe especially when they are under dogs. Pitt upsetting Clemson was a huge victory, but looking back at Pitt’s season they really don’t have any huge wins as far as blow outs unless they are playing inferior opponents. One thing they do is give up a lot of yards and I think Duke’s QB Daniel Jones has been impressive throwing the ball and running the ball and this Duke offense is clicking. Jones is even taking care of the ball as Duke has only turned the ball over 5 times in their last 5 games which is huge when taking an underdog like this on the road.

I do like the fact that Pittsburgh’s weaknesses are Duke’s strengths. For instance Duke better at passing the ball and that’s really where Pitt’s weakness is as they give up a lot of passing yards. Duke is also very good on defense stopping the run which is something Pittsburgh prefers to do. The only teams really to run on Duke’s rushing defense has been Georgia Tech and their triple option and Louisville who has an insanely athletic QB in Lamar Jackson.