Greg McElroy reveals his pick for Miami at SMU

You can feel the buzz in Dallas for this one. Rhett Lashlee‘s SMU Mustangs welcome the Miami Hurricanes to town, setting up to be a fantastic ACC showdown. Both teams are still alive for a spot in the conference championship game, desperately needing to win this one. SMU comes in fresh off a loss, while Miami got back on the right track in Week 9.

ESPN’s Greg McElroy believes the Hurricanes will continue the good roll and get a win on the road. Not only is he picking Miami to win but also to cover the spread. As of Thursday afternoon, BetMGM has the line sitting at -12.5 in favor of Miami.

“I’m going to take Miami in this game,” McElroy said. “Now, the line is a tough one. I don’t like road chalk. Road chalk makes me uncomfortable. But I think Carson Beck will play a smart game here. I don’t think he’ll be throwing into traffic. Don’t be surprised if this game is a little close early but at some point, I think Miami will enforce their will and take over the game and eventually pull away in the second half.”

Beck did not put up the flashiest performance in the Stanford win, only putting up 189 yards and a touchdown through the air. However, he was incredibly efficient when it came to completing passes to Miami wide receivers. Of his 28 throws, 21 of them were completed.

Speaking of the Stanford game, McElroy’s prediction reflects what took place just around a week ago. The two sides went into the halftime locker room tied at seven. Miami actually scored with under two minutes remaining in the second quarter to knot things up.

From there, the game blew right open. Five second-half touchdowns, three of which came from running back Mark Fletcher, turned into a blowout victory for Miami.

If everything plays out as McElroy sees, Mario Cristobal would get a nice start to a tough finishing stretch of the schedule. Miami would remain with just one loss in ACC play, needing some help to get to Charlotte. Both Georgia Tech and Virginia are currently undefeated against conference foes thus far.

SMU would drop to 5-4 overall and earn a second ACC loss. A couple of nonconference defeats to in-state opponents meant the Mustangs likely need the automatic bid in order to make a repeat appearance in the College Football Playoff.

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