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Opening Week 8 Odds Have WVU Football As Big Underdogs Against UCF

The West Virginia Mountaineers are coming out of their first bye week with one of their more winnable games remaining on the schedule in front of them – although Vegas oddsmakers might not agree that it's a game WVU football can win.

Odds have opened for the WVU-UCF showdown this Saturday in Orlando, and once again the Mountaineers find themselves a pretty good sized underdog. The Vegas oddsmakers currently have theUCF Knights opening as a 7.5-point favorite over the Mountaineers, with the over/under for the points total at 51.5

Both teams will enter the weekend winless in Big 12 play and on a three-game losing streak, as the Mountaineers dropped conference clashes with Kansas, Utah, and BYU before their bye week – the Knights meanwhile are coming off a 20-11 loss to Cincinnati in Week 7, which was preceded by losses to Kansas and Kansas State in prior weeks.