North Carolina Tar Heels at Pittsburgh Panthers Point Spread Pick. The 6-1 Pittsburgh Panthers host the 6-1 North Carolina Tar Heels on Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 for this week nine college football match-up on the grass of Heinz Field. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:00PM ET.
Betting Odds
Point Spread: Pittsburgh -2.5
Total Line: 54.5
North Carolina Tar Heels vs. No 23 Pittsburgh Panthers on 10/29/2015 at 7 PM Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA.
North Carolina moved to 6-1 on the season with a 26-13 win over Virginia in their last game and they are at 4-3 ATS after not covering as a 16.5-point favorite.
In their last game Pittsburgh beat Syracuse 23-20 to move to 6-1, but they failed to cover the 9.5-point spread in the game and are at 4-3 ATS.
Last season at North Carolina the Tar Heels beat the Panthers 40-35 and they covered as a 2-point favorite. When these 2 teams met 2 seasons ago at Pittsburgh the Tar Heels beat the Panthers 34-27 and covered as a 1-point underdog.
North Carolina ranks 16th in total offense and 36th in total defense and Pittsburgh ranks 82nd in total offense and 16th in total defense.
North Carolina at Pittsburgh Betting Trends
North Carolina is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss.
The Tar Heels are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
North Carolina has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 road games.
Pittsburgh is 11-4 ATS in their last 15 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
The Panthers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games.
Pittsburgh has an Over record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 home games.
Betting Angles
This season North Carolina has an Over/Under record of 3-4 and Pittsburgh has an O/U record of 3-3-1.
Pittsburgh is 2-0 at home on the season and North Carolina is 1-1 on the road.
North Carolina is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against Pittsburgh.
This is the first game of the season for North Carolina facing a ranked team.
Injury Report
North Carolina
10/26/15 DL Aaron Crawford Foot out for season
10/26/15 DL Nazair Jones Undisclosed “?” Thursday vs. Pittsburgh U
10/26/15 DL Tyler Powell Undisclosed “?” Thursday vs. Pittsburgh U
10/18/15 OL Tommy Hatton Undisclosed “?” Saturday vs. Virginia
10/03/15 WR Taylor Vippolis Undisclosed out for season
10/02/15 DB Cameron Albright Knee out for season
10/02/15 LB Joe Jackson Neck out for season
08/27/15 OL Jared Cohen Undisclosed out indefinitely
08/27/15 OL Will Dancy Undisclosed out for season
08/21/15 LB Tyrell Tomlin Eligibility out for season
Pittsburgh U
10/25/15 WR Chris Wuestner Abdominal “?” Thursday vs. North Carolina
10/25/15 FS Reggie Mitchell Foot “?” Thursday vs. North Carolina
10/25/15 FS Terrish Webb Ankle “?” Thursday vs. North Carolina
10/25/15 WR Tre Tripton Leg “?” Thursday vs. North Carolina
10/03/15 OL Alex Paulina Shoulder out for season
09/07/15 RB James Conner Knee out for season
08/26/15 RB Rachid Ibrahim Achilles out for season
08/21/15 DL Hez Trahan Personal has left team
08/13/15 OL Jaryd Jones-Smith Knee out for season
Consensus Pick (ATS)
North Carolina: 57%
Pittsburgh: 43%
Free College Football Pick
Both teams are 6-1 and we don’t think that anyone will argue the loss by Pittsburgh to Iowa was to a much stronger opponent than North Carolina’s opening week loss to South Carolina. That’s the thing though. The Tar Heels haven’t lost since that game that saw QB throw 3 INTs. He’s only thrown four since then with 8 TD passes. UNC holds an edge in the differential categories of yards per point, yards per pass and yards per rush as shown on Sports Betting Stats.
Take the North Carolina Tar Heels -3 @ INTERTOPS – FUNDING YOUR NEW ACCOUNT COULDN’T BE EASIER!
