Get a Free Pick
  • By submitting my phone number, I proved my electronic signature and consent to receive text message offers to purchase sports picks from this site and its commercial partners at the wireless phone number I provide. To unsubscribe via email, simply hit the unsubscribe link at the bottom of your email pick. I know this is not a condition to purchase goods or services.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Blog

Illinois at North Carolina 

by Jeff Allen of Jeff Allen Sports

            

Line at Writing: North Carolina -10 (63.5)
Team: Illinois

Head Coach: Bill Cubit (Interim) was OC when Beckman was fired
Cubit was former assistant at Florida, Missouri and Stanford plus others

Returning Starters: Off: 8    Def: 7

Last Game: Beat W. Illinois 44-0

Vs. Season

QB: Wes Lunt 44-65, 478, 5-1
RB: Josh Ferguson 25-115 2 TDs, KeShawn Vaughn 26-96 TD
WR: Geronimo Allison 10-181 TD, Marchie Murdock 9-93 2 TDs Spreads it around to a lot of players
Defense: Currently 4th in the Nation overall but vs. Kent and FBS school, this is first real
challenge

Lunt and Ferguson started last year
Lunt is an Oklahoma State transfer, 1763 yards last year 14-3 but must stay healthy
Ferguson 779 and 753 the last two years with 15 combined TDs

Offense: Rush: Pass: Overall:
Defense: Rush: Pass: Overall:

Team: North Carolina

Head Coach: Larry Fedora

Returning Starters: Off:  10   Def: 7

Last Game: Beat North Carolina A&T 53-14

Vs. Season

QB: Marquise Williams 34-51, 443, 3-3 + 14-62 TD
RB: Elijah Hood 28-194 2 TDs
WR: Bug Howard 8-151 TD, Ryan Switzer 9-103
Defense: 50th national, 14th vs. pass

Williams, Hood and Howard are all returning starters from last year that played
Williams led team in rushing last year.

Offense: Rush: Pass: Overall:
Defense: Rush: Pass: Overall:

Recent History: No recent history

Notes and Bullet Points:

Illinois is 6-3 ATS on grass the L2 years
The Over is 6-3 in those games
Illinois is 3-6 ATS in their L9 true road games over the last two years

Heels 1-6 ATS in September L7
Heels 4-7 ATS in L11 non-conf games

 

hola