Memphis vs. West Virginia Same Game Parlay Picks, Odds & Predictions

The college bowl betting season picks back up Tuesday night in Frisco Texas where the No. 25 Memphis Tigers and West Virginia Mountaineers will square off in the Frisco Bowl from Toyota Stadium in Frisco, TX. Ryan Silverfield’s kids will attempt to build off its scorching-hot close to the regular season which concluded with a 34-24 outright win against Tulane as 12.5-point road dogs. It moved the team to 10-2 straight up (SU) and 6-5-1 against the spread (ATS) for the year. WVU canned Neal Brown at the end of their regular season campaign which concluded with an ugly 52-15 thumping at the hands of Texas Tech resulting in the Mounty’s closing the year 6-6 SU and costly 5-7 ATS. Even so, linemakers opened the NCAAF odds with the team from Morgantown favored by 3-points and the total lined 56.5. Both markets have since been corrected dramatically with Memphis now 4.5-point chalk by way of taking in 80+ percent of the bets and money, while the Over/Under has jumped to 59 with a heavy majority of the tickets and handle in support of the line move.

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Memphis Tigers vs. West Virginia Mountaineers CFB Same Game Parlay:

With only two losses incurred against Navy and UTSA—two teams BetMGM had them favored to beat—the Tigers enter the bowl season on a high having rattled off three straight wins and CFB betting line covers against Rice (27-20), UAB (53-18), and Tulane (34-24). That last win against the Green Wave came as quite the surprise considering the Tigers went off the board 12.5-point underdogs! Losing outright to Navy as 9-point home favorites put the team in back of the proverbial 8-ball all season long, but it didn’t prevent Memphis from bringing its “A” game to the field more times than not. However, the Tigers proved to be much better at home in Liberty Stadium (7-0, 4-3 ATS) than it was on the road (3-2, 3-2 ATS).

Seth Henigan stirs the pot for a Tigers passing attack that ranks 24th in the nation in going for just short of 269 passing yards per game (#24) ultimately leading to Memphis denting scoreboards for an average of 35.2 points per game (#19). After lighting things up last year playing to a 153.7 QB rating by way of throwing for a career-high 3,883 yards and 32:9 TD/INT ratio, the now senior took a small step back this season through 12 starts throwing for just over 3,200 yards and 23:6 TD/INT ratio equating to a 138.4 QB rating. The drop-off was likely due to possessing a more formidable ground attack to rely upon with South Carolina transfer Mario Anderson ripping the opposition for nearly 1,300 rushing yards and a whopping 19 total touchdowns.

The Neal Brown era flopped regardless of the former Troy coach getting the Mountaineers into a bowl game four of the six years he roamed the sideline in Morgantown. After amassing a team-high nine wins and Mayo Bowl win a season ago, the university simply wasn’t accepting of a step back this season with a bulk of the prior year’s roster back. Personally, I think he did himself in the second his kids allowed PITT to storm back in the fourth quarter of this year’s Backyard Brawl” to score the 38-34 comeback win. The loss dropped him to 1-2 SU in the rivalry and more or less helped pave the way for his departure. Before doing so, WVU managed to log a 6-6 overall record with all six of those triumphs coming against teams that failed to log a winning record.

It was far from pretty for the Mounties on the defensive side of the ball. The unit served up north of 411 yards (#106) and 31+ points per game (#106) to rank out as one of the worst defenses in the Power Five. It fared better against the run (#56), but that was largely due to the opposition bypassing the run for the pass with the secondary getting torched for 270 yards a contest (#125). Backed by an offense, led by the underachieving Garrett Greene, that averaged 28.5 points per game, West Virginia overs proved to be lucrative investments for total bettors with it cashing in eight of their 12 played games. Entering the bowl season, WVU played to high scorers at a 5-1 clip in its final six games with an average of 63.5 points denting the board!

I truly have no clue how this one plays out with West Virginia going to war without its head coach. With that, I’ll put on my contrarian hat and side with the Mountaineers plus the points and the under. Oddsmakers set the opening lines fully aware Brown wouldn’t be on the sideline come the opening kick. WVU played to the much tougher schedule strength, which should have the team well-prepared for a lesser opponent, regardless of who leads the team into battle.

• WEST VIRGINA MOUNTAINEERS +4.5

• MEMPHIS/WEST VIRGINIA UNDER 59

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