The Washington Huskies are coming off a huge comeback win over Maryland last week, and they have the arm and resilience of quarterback Demond Williams Jr. to thank in large part for that.
I’m betting he keeps hucking it all over the yard when Rutgers Scarlet Knights and their very suspect secondary come to town, and I’ve built an SGP banking on a big night from Williams.
For even more college football picks for this Big Ten battle on Friday night, check out my Rutgers vs. Washington predictions.
Our best Rutgers vs Washington SGP for Week 7
Demond Williams Jr. is looking better with each passing game, throwing for 746 yards with six touchdowns and one interception over two Big Ten matchups and a game against rival Washington State. I like him to keep slinging it in this Friday night matchup with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Rutgers began the season 3-0 but has dropped its first two conference games to sit at 3-2 heading into this matchup, and one of its biggest problems has been its pass defense.
Rutgers is getting torched by opposing quarterbacks, ranking 127th in defensive success rate on dropbacks and 107th in EPA per dropback. Which, sure, that’s bad, but it’s made even worse when you consider the two Big Ten teams they have faced have been Iowa and Minnesota. Not exactly world beaters when it comes to aerial assaults.
Williams will be the best passer they've seen by far this season, and he has a modest passing yards prop sitting at 261.5, a number he’s gone Over in two of his last three games.
One of his targets will be wideout Dezmen Roebuck. Roebuck was banged up against Ohio State and didn't see the field, but in his last three games, he's been targeted 18 times, catching 12 balls for 198 yards and two scores. Take him to find the end zone again in this game.
And we have very recently watched the Scarlet Knights give up 31 points to Minnesota and 38 points to Iowa. So, I like Washington to get Over its 35.5-point team total to top it off.
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