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The Pittsburgh Panthers (3-8, 3-7-1 ATS, 7-4 O/U) meet with the Duke Blue Devils (6-5, 5-6 ATS, 6-4-1 O/U) as the ACC rivals conclude the season on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers earned a home win against Boston College last week. The Blue Devils dropped a road decision against Virginia in their previous clash. Pittsburgh recorded a 28-26 home win in last year's meeting.
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The Pittsburgh Panthers are hoping to conclude the season with four victories. It has been a poor season on a team that struggles mightily to produce offense. Pittsburgh was 1-4 to begin the season and was not able to find any sort of groove. Pittsburgh beat Louisville 38-21 in October and proceeded to lose the next four clashes including a loss against Syracuse two weeks ago. They rebounded with a solid 24-16 home win against Boston College last week in a bout that had Pittsburgh marked as small 1.5-point favorites to improve to 2-5 in ACC play. They have covered the spread in two of their last three bouts.
Christian Veilleux has been getting the action under center in place of Phil Jurkovec who was the original #1 QB. Veilleux has been subpar. The sophomore QB has only reached more than 245 passing yards in one of his six games and has recorded 1179 passing yards and a 7:8 TD to INT ratio on the season.
Pittsburgh has a weak running game. Rodney Hammond Jr. is capable of big numbers. The junior RB accrued 145 rushing yards last week, marking his best game of the season. He now has 526 rushing yards on an average of 5 yards per rush. They have two receivers with at least 500 yards led by Bub Means. The senior WR has reached 100 yards once this season and has reported 636 receiving yards while Konata Mumpfield has 566 yards. The Pittsburgh offense has not been able to break out. They have scored 24 or fewer points in five straight clashes.
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The Panthers defense is decent. They managed to keep Louisville and Wake Forest to just 21 points early in conference play and only 24 against Florida State. The group was outstanding last week, allowing only 325 total yards against Boston College. The pass defense is a strength, marking 39th while the rush defense is placed 82nd.
Pittsburgh is averaging 20.3 points on the season, pegging them 115th. They are conceding an average of 27.1 points, placing them 78th.
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