The problem with betting games is that one can't just predict who wins and loses, you have to beat a spread. That means you aren't really picking who will win or lose, you are picking who will score what.
The reason that they don't, generally, just bet Ws or Ls is that it is actually pretty easy to predict a winner of a game.
Going back to the 2008 season (I laid this out, in detail, in another thread-see link below), in the SEC the team with the better 4 year trailing average of recruiting wins over 80% of the time. Read that again, they win 80% of the time, (slightly more) and that is just using 4 year trailing average of rivals recruiting classes. That analysis isn't even trying to do a much more detailed or thorough review of the talent on the roster for each game (meaning it doesn't account for attrition, or injuries).
True-N.C. State has had every reason to fold in this game and hasn't. They were looking at a sure deficit of 30-7 and turned it around. Gotta admire that
State having some success gashing the Miami defense up the middle. Gettin a lot of 6 to 8 yard runs. Thornton knocked the hell out of a Miami lb and a couple others on one play. Amerson turned a 6 point lead into a nine point lead though