T.M. Selection: Pittsburgh.

I like Pittsburgh to cover the spread against Michigan State in this game on Thursday. Pittsburgh had a great year this year leading the ACC with their record and they even went on to win the conference with a blowout win against Wake Forest in the title game. They have won 5 games in a row and 4 of those wins were by 10+ points. Their offense has looked great all year and they have put up 30+ points in 6 games in a row. Their QB Kenny Pickett has declared for the NFL draft and won't be playing in this game but I still think that their offense will be able to move the ball with all of the talent they have in the run game and receiving. Michigan State also had a great year but they didn't have the year they were hoping for. They had high hopes for the playoffs but they stumbled in their last few games and failed to make it, even falling short of the Big 10 title game too. Michigan State is also going to be missing a few players on the offense for this game and I think that is going to be a problem for them since their offense was not that strong all year. Michigan State had a great defense all year and that's what they were known for but their defense has not looked good in their games lately and I think Pittsburgh will be able to score a lot of points on them here. They have given up 20+ points in 5 games in a row but 3 of those games they gave up 30+ points in and they even allowed 40+ points in 2 of those games. I think Pittsburgh is still going to be able to move the ball and score here and I think Michigan State is going to struggle to score points and stop Pittsburgh on defense here. I like Pittsburgh to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 30-23 Pittsburgh.