Army Black Knights vs. Duke Blue Devils
Pick: Army +6.5 (September 25th 2010)
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With two wins already under their belt this season, head coach Rich Ellerson’s Black Knights look well on their way towards qualifying for a bowl game for the first time since 1996. That said; they were 2-1 at this point of the season a year ago, and only managed to win three more games to just fall short of the six-win plateau.
Army’s option attack was in solid form last week at home against an injury ravaged North Texas Mean Green outfit. Trent Steelman bounced back from a shaky outing against Hawaii the previous week to rush for 68 yards and a score on 11 carries and complete five of his 10 passes for 45 yards in the Black Knight’s 24-0 shutout win. The offense boasts five rushers with more than 120 overall yards rushing to date, and the option will need to once again be firing on all cylinders to come out on top in this spot. The Dookies sport a sieve of a defense that ranks in the bottom third of all major categories. Most importantly, they rank 111 out of 120 teams in defending the run allowing a whopping 223 YPG.
With Army still learning the ropes on how to run the option in last year’s meeting, the offense still managed to churn out a whopping 385 yards on the ground. Now a year older and wiser, it wouldn’t at all be shocking if that number was surpassed considering Duke just surrendered 315 yards to the Crimson Tide’s ground attack led by reigning Heisman winner Mark Ingram.
With a dry track expected with limited wind, this could really turn into one of the better track meets of the week. That said; I’m looking for Army to avenge last year’s crippling defeat at the hands of the Blue Devils that saw the game get away from them late due to a pair of pick-sixes that occurred just seconds apart. Duke has proved it by no means can stop any semblance of a ground attack, don’t expect Army to get itself into many situations that would force it to throw. Instead, look for it to pound the pigskin every chance it gets. The Dookies are a pitiful 3-9-1 ATS the L/13 times they were installed a home favorite, back the Black Knights in this rematch and don’t be shocked if they win outright!
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