The oddsmakers had to be torn here as they have seen the meetings between these teams over the past two years result in shootouts, producing 83 and 85 points respectively. Those numbers are gone for these clubs. The Owls saw the departure of four-year QB Rusty Smith, and most of the cast went with him. They return just two starters and no offensive linemen. The Blazers are in a similar state with QB Webb departed, so they will also have an inexperienced signal caller. And, these teams each return nine starters on the defensive side of the ball. So we have two offenses being rebuilt and the defenses from both of these teams return almost in-tact. This one won't be a shootout and will be hard-pressed to challenge the total here. I like the UNDER in this one.
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