Oregon State Beavers at No. 25 Arizona State Sun Devils (-18), Total 52 |
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Oregon State heads to the desert in hopes of picking up its first win of the season, while extending its winning streak to four games in this series. In last year’s meeting, the Beavers came away with 31-28 home win as three-point favorites.
The Beavers will be look to avoid an 0-4 start since the 1996 seasons, but have actually dropped five consecutive games when going back to last season.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Sean Mannion started the first game of his career in last Saturday’s 27-19 loss to UCLA. He completed 24-of-40 passes for 287 yards and one touchdown. At this time, he’s the only freshman signal-caller starting among BCS teams.
Oregon State has played 17 first-time starters to this point of the season, as head coach Mike Riley is clearly focused on the 2012 season at this point in time.
Offensively, the team has scored just five touchdowns and score 47 points, which are the lowest totals among BCS teams.
sportsbook bettors will find that the Beavers are 7-1 ATS in Weeks 5 through 9, while the ‘over’ is 5-3 in those contests.
Arizona State started life in the Pac-12 Conference with a 43-22 win over the USC Trojans as three-point home favorites. The Sun Devils snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Trojans in the process.
Running back Cameron Marshall was the start of the show last week, rushing for 141 yards and three touchdowns. Arizona State leads the all-time series with Oregon State, 24-12-1, including an 18-4 mark in Tempe.
“He just brings us a force in there,” commented Sun Devils head coach Dennis Erickson about Cameron Marshall. “He’s 215 pounds, he breaks tackles.”
Defensively the program has been outstanding on third down all year, holding opponents to 12-of-51 conversions, which currently leads the conference.
When making your college football prediction picks this weekend, Arizona State is 22-10 ATS as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points.
