Wake Forest Demon Deacons (5-0) vs. Syracuse Orange (3-2)
October 9, 2021 3:30 pm EDT
The Line: Syracuse Orange +6.5 / Wake Forest Demon Deacons -6.5; Over/Under: 56.5
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The Syracuse Orange and Wake Forest Demon Deacons battle in a week 6 ACC college football contest from the Carrier Dome in New York.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons will try to add to their 37-34 win over Louisville in their lat game. Sam Hartman has thrown for 1,285 yards, 11 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 63.8% passing while Christian Beal-Smith has 312 rushing yads. Justin Ellison and Christian Turner each hve 200+ rushing yards as well for Wake. Jaquarii Roberson and A.J. Perry highlight Wake’s receiving group with 300+ receiving yards apiece while Taylor Morin also has 252 receiving yards on the year. Luke Mastrerson has a team-high 32 total tackles with a pair of sacks while Lulji Vilain has a team-high 3.5 sacks on the year.
The Syracuse Orange will try to rebound from a 33-30 loss to Florida State last time out. Garrett Shrader’s thrown for 467 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 58.3% passing while Tommy DeVito’s tossed for 388 yards, a touchdown and two picks of his own. Sean Tucker leads Syracuse in rushing with 638 rushing yards and 7 scores while also leading a group of five different Syracuse players with at least 100+ receiving yards with 175 yards through the air this season. On defense, Mikel Jones leads the Orange with 46 total tackles while Marlowe Wae has a team-high 5 sacks and Cody Roscoe has 4.5 sacks this season.
Wake Forest is 3-7-1 ATS in their last 11 road games and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 conference games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Syracuse is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 conference games while the over is 9-4 in their last 13 games following a loss.
I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t impressed by either team’s defense last week, as Wake was torched by Louisville and Syracuse looked awful against Florida State. I’m still going to side with the over though as it’s hit easily in each of the last three meetings between these two at Syracuse and I think both teams easily get into the 30s in a game where the total is far too low.
