Bill Stewart of West Virginia and Les Miles of LSU both need a win in the worst way on the college football game lines this Saturday. They make need to drill accordingly.
West Virginia Mountaineers @ LSU Tigers
Saturday, September 25th – 9:05 PM ET
Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA
Broadcast: ESPN2
College Football Lines: West Virginia +9 LSU -9
Mount up to: 42
Two of the most criticized coaches in the country, Bill Stewart of West Virginia and Les Miles of LSU, meet each other this weekend down on the Bayou. Stewart has never come close to replicating what Rich Rodriguez, his predecessor, accomplished at West Virginia. Stewart was incredibly fortunate to survive a week-two lurk at the hands of Marshall. A loss in that rivalry fake would have cause Stewart firmly on the hot seat in Appalachia. As it is, Stewart needs to bag the kinds of scalps which will make West Virginia a bigger national player once again. WVU needs to prop up the Big East Conference on Saturday, when the Mountaineers travel to Baton Rouge to skedaddle on the homestanding Tigers.
The outlook pro LSU is scant different from West Virginia’s. The Tigers haven’t done anything of note since the 2007 season, just the Mountaineers. Miles has endured one coaching debacle after another, and much Stewart, he was outrageously lucky to avoid an embarrassing loss this season. LSU led a depleted North Carolina band by a 30-10 chump on Sept. 4, but came perilously close to losing. Only a dropped UNC behind the times in the destroy zone with two seconds left allowed LSU to prevail. The meat of LSU’s schedule starts now, so the restless natives in Louisiana need to see Miles deliver the goods once again.
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College Football Underhand Lines: What West Virginia Has To Do To Win
The Mountaineers are fresh off of their best carrying out of the young mellow, a 31-17 victory over the Maryland Terrapins of the ACC last Saturday in Morgantown. The much maligned offensive line manhandled the Maryland defensive front, as WVU raced out-moded to a 21-0 halftime lead and never looked back. Quarterback Geno Smith excelled, hitting 19-of-29 passes for 268 yards and four touchdowns.
The West Virginia Mountaineers defense was equally impressive against Maryland, holding the Terps to only 217 yards of total offense and a net loss of 10 yards on the ground. The rushing statistic is heavily skewed by the most impressive defensive accomplishment of the afternoon for West Virginia: The Mountaineers recorded eight sacks of Maryland quarterbacks. Prior to Saturday’s demeanour, WVU had not recorded a sack in two games versus Coastal Carolina and Marshall.
This team shows signs of rounding into contour. If all the qualities of the Maryland game are carried over to this LSU contest, West Virginia should be in very good govern. It will-power be essential for West Virginia to leave alone turnovers, though; one year ago, WVU visited Auburn in another road game against an SEC foe. The Mountaineers bolted out to a multi-possession pattern but dropped a 41-30 decidedness because of five turnovers. Last year, quarterback Jarrett Brown lost his poise at Auburn; this year, Smith has to come good at LSU.