PREMIUM
Major
(NCAAF) Louisiana Tech vs. Old Dominion,
Point Spread: -11.50 | -107.00 Louisiana Tech (Away)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -11.50 | -107.00 Louisiana Tech (Away)
Result: Loss
Conference USA Game of the Year
Louisiana Tech is the top cover team in the country at 8-2 and by an average of +13.2 points per game. Top cover team based on MoC. That includes by 52 points in their last two. Old Dom meanwhile has dropped six straight , three by at least a touchdown, again against the spread not just straight up.
This is ODU in their first year in Division I play, so they are wearing down as teams generally do when the upgrade a conference much less from FCS to FBS. ODU downfall has come on the defensive side of the ball, as it allows 476.0 ypg and ranks in the bottom-10 nationally in scoring defense (40.1 ppg). They allow teams to get .6 yards per rushing attempt and .9 yards per pass above their normal average.
Compare that to LA Tech, which holds teams to .9 yards per rushing attempt and 1.1 yards per pass below their normal average. This will be a huge blowout. Going against underdogs of 10.5 to 21 points allowing 16 or more points per game in the first half, after two straight games where 70 total points or more were scored is 50-20. The last 10 years, this rare opportunity is 25-13 all against the spread of course.
Louisiana Tech is the top cover team in the country at 8-2 and by an average of +13.2 points per game. Top cover team based on MoC. That includes by 52 points in their last two. Old Dom meanwhile has dropped six straight , three by at least a touchdown, again against the spread not just straight up.
This is ODU in their first year in Division I play, so they are wearing down as teams generally do when the upgrade a conference much less from FCS to FBS. ODU downfall has come on the defensive side of the ball, as it allows 476.0 ypg and ranks in the bottom-10 nationally in scoring defense (40.1 ppg). They allow teams to get .6 yards per rushing attempt and .9 yards per pass above their normal average.
Compare that to LA Tech, which holds teams to .9 yards per rushing attempt and 1.1 yards per pass below their normal average. This will be a huge blowout. Going against underdogs of 10.5 to 21 points allowing 16 or more points per game in the first half, after two straight games where 70 total points or more were scored is 50-20. The last 10 years, this rare opportunity is 25-13 all against the spread of course.
