We have an exciting college football matchup on Friday as the BYU Cougars are going to be hosting the East Carolina Pirates. Both of these teams are typically two of the better mid-major conference teams in the nation, so we should expect one of the best games of the entire week.
When looking at the college football schedule, these could be the two toughest games left that these two teams have.
BYU is an incredible team and has had some impressive wins, while East Carolina has also shown the ability of beating teams that are high-level with their recent win over UCF.
Let’s dive into our East Carolina vs BYU Best Bets and find out where we have the edge in this game
East Carolina Pirates vs. BYU Cougars
- Date and Time: Friday, October 28, 8:00 p.m.
- Location: Provo, UT
- Venue: LaVell Edwards Stadium
- How to Watch: ESPN 2
When looking at both of the seasons that these two teams have had, it’s easy to see why people are expecting them to potentially play in a bowl game at the end of the season.
East Carolina is currently 5-3 and on a two-game winning streak, while the BYU Cougars have now lost three games in a row, but have shown some impressive signs throughout the year that we’re going to have to be thinking about here with our BYU football picks.
Last Game Record
The Cougars are going to be coming into this game after some disappointing losses against Notre Dame, Arkansas, and Liberty. It’s always tough to say that two of those three games are tough losses because those are truly three of the better teams in the entire nation.
Even Liberty has an argument of being one of the best college football teams in America. East Carolina Pirates, on the other hand, is going to be coming into this game after a very impressive win over Memphis and UCF. If they can continue playing as they have, this is a good game for them to win once again.
East Carolina Pirates vs. BYU Cougars Analysis
This is going to be an interesting game for a few different reasons and that’s because both of these NCAAF teams can score the football at an elite level. Although BYU has now lost their last three games, they’ve scored over 35 points in multiple games this year against some high-level defenses.
Against Arkansas, they did give up 52 points, but they also put up 35 by themselves. Quarterback Jaren Hall has done an incredible job for the Cougars this year and that’s certainly something that we’re going to be thinking about with our East Carolina vs BYU best bets.
ECU has also been a force on that side of the football this season as well, which means that we should see an exciting high-scoring game in this contest.
Odds Breakdown for East Carolina Pirates vs. BYU Cougars
BYU Cougars Odds
The BYU Cougars are going to be coming into this game as a 3-point favorite and considering that this game is going to be played at home, it certainly makes sense. The under in this one is going to be slotted at 60.5 and their money line is currently at – 150.
ECU Pirates Odds
East Carolina is going to be coming into this game as a three-point Underdog, a money line of +130, and the over is going to be slotted at 60.5. It might not be a bad idea to put some money on East Carolina + 3 because this team has played some decent football recently. The East Carolina betting odds are interesting, but we also have to factor in that this is going to be an away game for them.
East Carolina Pirates vs. BYU Cougars Betting Pick and Prediction
The best bet in this game is going to be taking the BYU Cougars to win this game outright at -150 odds. We could get some more juice by taking them on the spread line at -3, but instead of being cute here, let’s go with the Cougars winning this game outright.
They do have three losses in a row, but as we’ve previously said, those are against three of the better teams in the entire country and that’s why we’re going with this for our East Carolina vs BYU Best Bets.
If they can come out and continue doing what they’ve been able to do for the majority of the year, this is a game that they could win by 20-plus points. I truly love this spot for them and I don’t really see any way that they lose this game unless East Carolina comes out and does something crazy.
The second best bet in this game for our East Carolina vs BYU Best Bets is going to be taking the under 60.5. These teams do have two of the better defenses and offenses in the entire country, but more importantly, they do have two high-level offenses.
However, because this game is going to be played at BYU and the Cougars are going to be coming out trying to do everything they can to get stops on the defensive side of the football, it feels like a great time to back them.
- BYU ML (-150)
- Under 60.5 (-110)
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