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Thursday Night Guaranteed College Football Lock of the Month
Auburn (38) at West Virginia (-3) - 7:30 p.m. EST
West Virginia will be in what might seem to be the favorable position of playing their fourth straight home game. Well, the fact of the matter is that playing so much at home may lead to some complacency. Just look at this angle, teams playing their fourth straight home game that have won their previous three games against FBS opponents are 8-22 SU, 26.7% in the fourth home game.
If we can expect a complacent performance from WV that is not encouraging. This years Mountaineer offense has not looked anything like the Rich Rodriguez squads of years past. Auburn has looked horrible offensively but their defense is limiting the opposition to 13 points per game and they match up well against WV's spread option.
Coming off a bye week Tommy Tuberville is sure to have tweaked his offense and speedy defense. This is an SEC defense and they definitely have the edge on speed. They will contain this already mediocre West Virginia offense tonight even with Pat White back in the lineup.
Auburn is 6-1 SU on Thursday nights. The defensive coordinator at Auburn was with Pitt as the DC last year and held WV to 183 yards in their annual rivalry game. Both of these teams struggle to score offensively and with the defensive edge clearly going to Auburn expect them to at least keep this game within a point or two. Take the points with Auburn Thursday night and cash in. My official prediction Auburn 20 WV 13 but we will take the points in this one.
Auburn (+3) 100 Dimes
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