FBS Football Preview: Week 9

East Carolina is back. North Carolina continues to come back from the abyss. Duke tries to get a real handle on the Coastal by sitting this one and letting everyone else bludgeon each other. App and State go on bye looking for the next big chance. Wake plays a tough Boston College team. This is the Week 9 FBS Football Preview.

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Thursday- 10/23

East Carolina Pirates (5-1) #18 vs Connecticut Huskies (1-5)

Time: 7:00 PM
TV: ESPNU

Last time we left the Pirates, they were given a matchup against the South Florida Bulls that was extremely favorable to them. The then tried to sleep walk through Tampa and ended up with a 28-17 win. Connecticut also comes in with a poor record. The Pirates simply need to lock down and take care of business.

Saturday- 10/25

North Carolina Tar Heels (3-4) at Virginia Cavaliers (5-2)

Time: 12:00 PM
TV: ACC Network

The Tar Heels will be trying to climb up to the .500 mark again and try to put themselves into the bowl picture somehow this week in Charlottesville. Virginia needs a win to secure its own bowl berth and keep pace with Duke in the ACC Coastal Division. That will put the Blue Devils in the odd position of rooting for the Tar Heels to generate more chaos and create more separation. North Carolina has ridden good play from the quarterback position the last two weeks.

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2-5) vs Boston College Eagles (4-3)

Time: 3:30 PM
TV: RSN

The Eagles beat one of their Tobacco Road foes last week. This week they face the other one in Winston-Salem. Wake Forest had some trouble with the run-pass quarterback from Syracuse last week. They should expect more of the same from Florida transfer Tyler Murphy and the Urban Meyer-inspired Boston College attack.

Amazingly Duke, State, and App are all on bye this week.

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