Duke at Middle Tennessee State
Posted: September 8th, 2019, 3:19 pm
Duke currently a 5 point favorite in Vegas. Sagarin currently has Duke at #47 and MTSU at #97.
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At the end of the year, when we throw out the high score and low score as outliers to evaluate how the team performed statistically, I am confident the Alabama and NC A&T games will be the two thrown out so I agree wholeheartedly MTSU will be our first legitimate litmus test.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 4:15 pmWe've gone from one extreme to the other, so it will be nice to be able to finally judge where we stand and take a guess at how the rest of the season may play out.
I don't know enough about MTSU, but I'll join in. I think Duke scores often, but the 14 put up by A&T gives me pause, so I'm going with withBob Green wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 5:23 pmAt the end of the year, when we throw out the high score and low score as outliers to evaluate how the team performed statistically, I am confident the Alabama and NC A&T games will be the two thrown out so I agree wholeheartedly MTSU will be our first legitimate litmus test.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑September 9th, 2019, 4:15 pmWe've gone from one extreme to the other, so it will be nice to be able to finally judge where we stand and take a guess at how the rest of the season may play out.
I'm going to get the prediction party started early and say Duke covers the spread easily:
Duke 31, MTSU 17.
Two field goals and one broken play TD doesn't worry me. We could have easily held A&T to 6 or 9 points. Our defense is solid. However, I will admit we give up long TD runs much too often.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑September 10th, 2019, 11:32 am
I don't know enough about MTSU, but I'll join in. I think Duke scores often, but the 14 put up by A&T gives me pause, so I'm going with with Duke 34, MTSU 24