College Football Picks UNC (1-0) vs. Rutgers (0-1): ESPN’s Thursday Primetime Football kicks off at 7:30 PM ET, live from Piscataway, in New Jersey’s Rutgers Stadium. This Week 3 game marks the first time that Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano, faces his old mentor, North Carolina’s Butch Davis. Schiano was Davis’ defensive coordinator in their University of Miami (Hurricanes) days, back in 1999 and 2000. At BetUS.com, Rutgers Scarlet Knights is -5 College Football betting odds favorites against the visiting North Carolina Tar Heels +5.

The last time these schools met was in 2006, when Rutgers defeated North Carolina by a score of 21-16. The Scarlet Knights are currently undefeated in their head-to-head series, 3-0.

North Carolina will play its first game at Rutgers since the year 1919. In UNC’s history, the Heels have played twice at Rutgers Stadium, and in both instances, they have failed to score a singe point. In their first game ever, they were blanked 5-0, and in their second, 19-0.

Rutgers is coming off a 7-24 defeat at the hands of #25 Fresno State in Week 1. In that game, sophomore RB Kordell Young, who earned the start after a torn ACL kept him sidelined, rushed for a career-high 94 yards in 26 carries, and scored the only touchdown of the game for the Knights.

Meanwhile, UNC is coming off a 35-27 victory over McNeese State in Week 1. In that game, Brandon Tate was a one-man show. First, Tate flashed his speed and evasiveness on an 82-yard punt return for a touchdown. He then put the finishing touches by scoring on a 57-yard TD catch. At the end of the day, Brandon Tate finish with a school-record, 397 all-purpose yards.

Should UNC be considered 5-point underdogs in this game? Can they finally get rid of that goose egg at Rutgers? Find out now with Sports-Odds' College Football Picks: UNC vs. Rutgers.

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