New Orleans Bowl - New Orleans, LA
UL Lafayette will have a new coach for this game as Billy Napier took off to become head coach at Florida and former offensive coordinator, Michael Desormeaux will make his debut as head coach. Lafayette is #36 in the country in total yards allowed while giving up an average of 18.3 points. Marshall allows 22.8 points per game. The Ragin' Cajuns are 12-1 and 10-3 UNDER this season and they went UNDER their last two games by an average of 15.5 points. The Thundering Herd has stayed UNDER six of its last eight games with high posted totals, including a 53-21 loss to Western Kentucky on Nov. 27 that still went UNDER by 1.5 points. UL Lafayette is 24-8-1 UNDER its past 33 games overall and 9-3-1 UNDER its last 12 December games. Also, the Ragin' Cajuns are 19-6-1 UNDER as favorites and 8-2 UNDER overall following a win. Marshall is 6-2 UNDER versus teams with winning records. Take the UNDER.
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Who is the public on? 55% of the public bets are on UL Lafayette Ragin Cajuns on the -5.5 ATS. And, 54% of the bets are on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game is that UL Lafayette will win by a score of 32.9 to 27.4 with UL Lafayette winning on the moneyline, Marshall winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 53% of the public bets were on Marshall Thundering Herd on the -10.5 ATS. And, 55% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Marshall would win by a score of 27.5 to 18.8 with Marshall winning on the moneyline, UL Lafayette winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 65% of the public bets were on Marshall Thundering Herd on the +3.5 ATS. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that UL Lafayette would win by a score of 28.9 to 24.7 with UL Lafayette winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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