The Oregon Ducks will travel out west to face the Virginia Cavaliers in a week two NCAA college football game scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Kick off time from Virginia is set for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC TV. The college football odds from this contest have the road side Oregon Ducks favored by -21 ½ points with an over under line set at 64 points. Oregon is 1-0 on the year after a 66-3 home victory last week to non-FBS school Nichols State as a -59 point betting favorite. The game total landed over 66 ½ points. Oregon goes up 38-3 at the half in the win. It was a dominating performance by the Ducks as they outgained the Colonels by a 772 yard to 343 yard difference. Oregon's speed advantage allowed them to run wild against their opponent as they gained 500 yards rushing on 45 attempts for 11 yards a carry. The Ducks defense held the Colonels to just 2.4 yards per rush on 37 carries. Sophomore quarterback Marcus Mariota hit on 12 of 21 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown. Virginia is 1-0 in this young season with a 19-16 home victory on Saturday against the BYU Cougars as a +2 ½ point home underdog. The game total finished under 49 points. After falling behind 7-3 at the half the Cavaliers outscore the Cougars 16-9 in the second half in the win. The Cavaliers survived a subpar offensive performance as the club netted just 223 yards for the game. They ran the ball 42 times for 2.6 yards per rush. Sophomore quarterback David Watford hit on 18 of his 32 throws for 114 yards with a touchdown and pick. Virginia gets a clutch 13 yard touchdown run by Kevin Parks with just over two minutes remaining to overcome a 16-12 deficit in the win. The Cavaliers defense bended and did not break. They gave up 362 yards of offense to BYU but the key for Virginia was the fact they got off the field 70% of the time on third down.

• published: 03 Sep 2013
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