River City Sharps
NAVY -4.5
We got the result we wanted last week that is the fuel for setting up this play for the Sharps. East Carolina travels to Navy on Saturday afternoon for an interesting matchup between two pretty good offenses. The situation is setup by ECU’s close call vs. Florida last week after barely squeaking by FCS Towson the week before. Meanwhile, Navy has just played one game (opening weekend easy win over Colgate) and so they are coming off a bye week, while ECU played a physical game in the Swamp against the Gators. ECU HC Ruffin McNeill is just 11-19 ATS on the road as head man with the Pirates and East Carolina is 0-8 against the number in conference road games over the past three seasons. The Midshipmen have terrific leadership from the QB position with Keenan Reynolds and the running game of Chris Swain as they try and confuse the Pirates with their unique triple-option attack. This is a play that is based more on the “schedule situation” with these two teams than the actual talent on the sidelines. Navy is a perfect 4-0 ATS at home going back to last season, while the Pirates are 2-9 against the spread in their last 11 games overall. East Carolina comes into this game banged up, especially off the physical effort at Florida, while Navy looks healthy and fresh coming into this home game, a place where they always seem to give their best effort. Too much triple-option here for ECU as Navy wins this game by at least a touchdown.
