T.M. Selection: Florida State.

I like Florida State to cover the spread against Virginia Tech in this game on Saturday. Florida State has looked a lot better in their games lately and they are starting to look like the ranked team that they were expected to be at the beginning of the year. They were on a roll with 6 wins in a row but they just lost their most recent game and I think they will be hungry to bounce back in this game. Their loss was a bad one losing to Georgia Tech by 14 points and I expect them to play better here. They have been very good on their home court winning 6 home games in a row and they have even knocked off some tough teams in their conference play like Duke and Miami. Virginia Tech has not looked good at all lately and they have lost 3 games in a row. They lost 2 of those games on the road and I think they are going to continue to play worse in their road games this year. They have lost 5 of their previous 6 road games and they have been much worse on the road this year. They have gone 1-4 in their previous 5 road games in conference play and I don't expect them to change that here. They haven't even put up 70+ points in 7 road games in a row, even in the games they have won, and they couldn't even put up 60+ points in some of those games. I think that Virginia Tech's offense and inability to score points on the road this year is going to hurt them in this game and I think it will be even tougher for them to score with Florida State playing great defense lately. I think Florida State is going to have no trouble outscoring Virginia Tech in this game and I expect Florida State to get a bounce back win here. I like Florida State to cover the spread in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 75-65 Florida State.