College Football Betting: South Florida against Pittsburgh Spread

The South Florida Bulls and the Pittsburgh Panthers will play this Thursday at Heinz Field.

Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights highlights October in Orlando but we have a sneaky suspicion the neighboring Bulls from Tampa may put a scare of their own into the Pittsburgh faithful a few days early as Week Five of the NCAA betting season kicks off tonight in the Steel City.

Pitt’s 2-7 ATS mark after battling Notre Dame, along with an eerie 0-4-1 ATS weekday log, certainly frightens us. And until HC Todd Graham proves he can handle BCS opposition (1-8 SU and ATS), we’ll continue to fade him in these undesirable spots.

And while we would have loved to get Lou Holtz’s pup, Skip, as a dog tonight (28-10-1 ATS taking points), the Vegas boys wisely would have none of it.

Even so, we have no problem laying this small number and running with a Bulls squad that is coming off a three-game home stand where they averaged 53 points and 610 yards per betting game.

Look for Skippy’s bovines to improve to a smooth 5-1 ATS in Game Five roadies as the Panthers prove to be nothing more than scaredy-cats tonight.

This game will be televised on ESPN.

The current betting line is South Florida -2½ and the total is set at 52.

Betting trends to consider:
South Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
South Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of South Florida's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of South Florida's last 6 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games at home
Pittsburgh is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing South Florida
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games