Week 12 College Football Picks – Virginia vs. Clemson

Last Updated on November 21, 2009 2:24 pm by admin

Virginia at Clemson

No. 18 Clemson has slowly crept into the top 20 rankings and the Tigers hope to continue their climb on Saturday when they host

Virginia at 3:30PM ET from Clemson Memorial Stadium.

Bet Virginia at Clemson
The Tigers have won five straight to get to 7-3 on the season. Clemson is 7-2 against the spread, having covered in four straight. The Tigers have lost once at home, a 14-10 decision to TCU. Trends show that Clemson is 9-2 in their last 11 home finales.

Virginia is 3-7 on the season and 5-4 against the spread. The Cavaliers have lost their last four and failed to cover in three of their last four.

Virginia has lost two of the last three against Clemson.
Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbook.com have made Clemson 19.5-point home favorites over

Virginia on Saturday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 43.5.

Clemson is as hot as any team and playing against a poor

Virginia team, making our pick lean in its favor. The Tigers are scoring 33 points per-game thanks to C.J. Spiller, who has rushed for 836 yards with six touchdowns, caught 24 passes for 382 yards and four touchdowns, and also returned three kickoffs and one punt for a touchdown. The Cavaliers are giving up 24 points per-game, and Spiller is two explosive for them to contain.

Virginia is only scoring 19.8 points per-game while Clemson is holding opponents to 17.9 points per-game. Jameel Sewell has thrown for 1,568 yards with six touchdowns and seven interceptions while Rashawn Jackson has 420 yards rushing with two scores.

Our pick in this game is Clemson for the simple fact that the Tigers have so many ways to score with Spiller while the Cavaliers have little to no offense. With the point spread less than 21 points, a pick of Clemson to cover seems to be the smart choice.

Our College Football Week 12 Free Pick for this matchup is: CLEMSON -19.5 and OVER 43.5.
College Football Week 12 Betting Trends
All games in this series since 1992

CLEMSON is 9-5 against the spread versus

VIRGINIA since 1992

CLEMSON is 7-7 straight up against

VIRGINIA since 1992

6 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1992

Games over the last 3 seasons

CLEMSON is 1-0 against the spread versus

VIRGINIA over the last 3 seasons 

CLEMSON is 1-0 straight up against

VIRGINIA over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at CLEMSON since 1992

CLEMSON is 3-3 against the spread versus

VIRGINIA since 1992

CLEMSON is 3-3 straight up against

VIRGINIA since 1992

2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1992
Week 12 College Football Injury Report


VIRGINIA

[RB] 09/21/2009 – Dominique Wallace out for season ( Foot ) 

[S] 10/15/2009 – Matt Leemhuis out for season ( Neck ) 

[WR] 11/14/2009 – Quintin Hunter "?" Saturday vs. Clemson ( Undisclosed ) 

[RB] 11/14/2009 – Raynard Horne "?" Saturday vs. Clemson ( Back ) 

CLEMSON

[LB] 09/05/2009 – Stanley Hunter out for season ( Illness ) 

[OL] 09/05/2009 – JK Jay out for season ( Back ) 

[DE] 11/17/2009 – Da’Quan Bowers is upgraded to probable Saturday vs.

Virginia ( Knee ) 

[OG] 11/15/2009 – Thomas Austin is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Virginia ( Foot ) 
Virginia at Clemson Odds
Virginia Cavaliers +19.5 Over 43.5

Clemson Tigers -19.5 Under 43.5
Bet Virginia at Clemson
Posted: 11/21/09 2:24PM ET