The Iowa State Cyclones (4-7, 1-7 Large 12) are in Forth Value to tackle the No. 4 TCU Horned Frogs (11-0, 8-0) Saturday. Kickoff from Amon G. Carter Stadium is at 4 p.m. ET (FOX). Under, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s traces across the Iowa State vs. TCU odds, and make our professional school soccer picks and predictions.
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TCU, regardless of already having a berth within the Large 12 title recreation clinched, comes into this recreation with way more at stake. A win on this recreation and a win subsequent week will lock up a playoff berth for a Horned Frogs crew that was 28-1 earlier than the season started to win the convention. Coach Sonny Dykes has this crew purchase right into a mission and QB Max Duggan is main the cost.
Duggan and RB Kendre Miller have continued to tempo a crew with a combating intuition to repeatedly come again from deficits to tug out unbelievable victories. This continued Saturday with a 22-second discipline purpose drill on the finish of regulation to select up a 29-28 victory over Baylor. What seemed frantic from afar was all a part of a practiced plan for TCU. It made for thrilling soccer for positive.
Iowa State has reached heights it has by no means recognized beneath coach Matt Campbell. Whereas the protection continues to be good this season (16.5 factors allowed per recreation, eighth nationally), the offense has struggled with out final yr’s stars, QB Brock Purdy and RB Breece Corridor. The duo was drafted into the NFL after the 2021 season.
Averaging 20.7 factors per recreation, the Cyclones could have a difficult time maintaining with TCU who has averaged 39.5 factors general.
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Iowa State at TCU odds
Offered by Tipico Sportsbook; entry USA TODAY Sports activities Scores and Sports activities Betting Odds hub for a full listing. Strains final up to date Friday at 11:22 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Iowa State +310 (guess $100 to win $310) | TCU -390 (guess $390 to win $100)
- In opposition to the unfold (ATS): Iowa State +9.5 (-105) | TCU -9.5 (-115)
- Over/Below (O/U): 47 (O: -113 | U: -107)
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Iowa State at TCU picks and predictions
Prediction
TCU 24, Iowa State 20
Moneyline
PASS.
TCU (-390) will not be definitely worth the juice, although it wants this recreation and can win. Spending virtually 4x your payout will not be good worth on a standalone wager, however it is a stable play so as to add to a parlay.
In opposition to the unfold
BET IOWA STATE +9.5 (-105).
That is simply too many factors in a recreation that won’t have a number of scoring concerned.
TCU will win, however with the kind of protection the Cyclones play, I don’t see a big rating coming from both facet. Iowa State will proceed to make use of the run recreation and pressure TCU to have fewer drives and subsequently, fewer probabilities to attain.
I don’t see this recreation getting out of hand and I’ll take 9.5 factors with the underdog. IOWA STATE +9.5 (-105) is my favourite play.
Over/Below
BET UNDER 47 (-107).
Iowa State can muddy up video games with one of the best of them and are 2-9 to the Below; TCU video games are solely 6-5 to the Over.
Iowa State will gradual this recreation to a snail’s tempo, and it’ll not enable TCU will Duggan and Miller to run up factors. Iowa State performs good run protection whereas the Horned Frogs wish to use Miller to get via this recreation and onto the Large 12 title recreation. This will probably be a fast one. Plenty of dashing and never a number of factors are in play in Fort Value.
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