The pros at FiveStarPick.com are looking forward to another winner tonight as the Florida State Seminoles travel to Chapel Hill to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Tar Heels as 2.5-point home favorites with a total of 47.

The once proud Seminoles are now a crappy 2-4 on the season and the former Top 10 program that was always competing for National Championships has a defense ranked 107th in the nation.  As a matter of fact, the Noles are now scrambling to win games at home against Jacksonville State.  But they do have some of the hottest chicks on campus…Sorry, back to the preview.

The only positives with the Seminoles this season is that the offense seems to be progressing.  Against Miami, BYU and Georgia Tech, three tough programs, the Seminoles have averaged 44 points and 485 yards of total offense.  Against Jacksonville State, Boston College and South Florida that same unit averaged just 15 points and 367 yards total offense.  Can you say Jekyll and Hyde?

Whatever the reason for the production differences, QB Christian Ponder is one of the best signal callers in college football completing nearly 68% of his passes for 1,781 yards (10th in the nation) and a 9/1 TD-INT ratio. In addition, Ponder is throwing for just under 297 yards a game, the best in the ACC.  He has a number of talented receivers in the lineup including Bert Reed, Richard Goodman and Taiwan Easterling, but the FSU defense can’t seem to ever get off the field to let him do his thing.  As I mentioned earlier, the Seminoles rank 107th in the nation in total defense.  They have no pass rush and there corners couldn’t cover a dead guy in a morgue with a sheet.

But I have to say, North Carolina ain’t much better. What’s interesting is that the Heels have the opposite problems of the Nols.  North Carolina has a horrific offense that ranks 117th nationally, but their defense ranks 3rd in the nation.  The Tar Heels have held four of their six opponents to under 100 yards rushing. DE Robert Quinn has 7 sacks and 3 forced fumbles, while CB Charles Brown and FS Deunta Williams both have 2 interceptions on the season. Butch Davis thinks he has a star RB on offense in Ryan Houston (seven rushing touchdowns), but Tar Heel QB T.J. Yates is only throwing for 161 yards a game and has 6 touchdowns against 7 interceptions.

This game is not an easy game to handicap, but the pros at FiveStarPick.com have broken down every stat, trend, injury report and weather forcast on this game to provide our members with a winning play.  Try FiveStarPick.com tonight for only ($19.99) and see if our talent for picking college and pro football winners exceeds your expectations.  We are the only sports handicapping service in the business that documents our wins and losses, then displays them on our homepage for all to see.  It’s because we have nothing to hide…we just win games against the spread.  Join our family today and start your winning streak tonight.

Rick Riley – FiveStarPick.com