Betting news, trends, odds and predictions for from various handicappers and websites.
Wednesday’s games
Jacksonville State @ Florida International
Jacksonville State (6-2)
— Jacksonville State is 5-2 vs I-A teams.
— This is Jax State’s first season in I-A football
— Gamecocks’ I-A losses: 16-30 at Coastal Carolina, 13-31 to Liberty.
— Coach is Rich Rodriguez (has coached West Va, Michigan, Arizona)
— In his career, Rodriguez is 39-45-1 ATS in road games (1-1-1 TY).
— 9 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 43 starts back on offensive line
— senior QB has 22 starts.
— Gamecocks have +9 turnover ratio.
— Gamecocks are 3-0 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— JSU completed less than 50% of its passes in 3 of last 5 games.
— Under is 5-2 in the Gamecocks’ I-A games.
— Last 3 years, Gamecocks were 24-11 SU, at I-AA level.
Florida International (4-4)
— FIU lost three of its last three games, but won in OT last week.
— last 4+ years, FIU is 15-35 ATS, 17-31-1 ATS
— FIU is 4-1 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Panthers allowed 410+ total yards in six of seven I-A games.
— FIU was held to 17-6-17-14 points in their losses.
— FIU is playing a freshman QB (59.8%, 6 TD’s, 7 INT’s)
— 5 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 41 starts back on offensive line, with a new OL coach
— under MacIntyre, Panthers are 4-3 ATS as a home underdog.
— FIU is 6-7 ATS in last 13 C-USA games (2-16-1 ATS from 2019-21)
— FIU lost three of last four bowls SU; they haven’t been to bowl since 2019.
— These teams haven’t met recently.
— C-USA home underdogs are 2-5 ATS.
UTEP @ Sam Houston State
UTEP (2-6)
— UTEP is 1-6 SU/ATS vs I-A teams; they won 27-14 @ FIU.
— Miners’ last five losses were all by 14+ points.
— UTEP is 0-6 when they give up more than 14 points.
— UTEP allowed 24+ points in five of its six losses.
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 122 starts back on offensive line
— senior QB has 29 starts.
— Under Dimel, Miners are 15-18 ATS on road.
— Last 3+ years, UTEP is 13-12 ATS in conference games (1-3 TY).
— Last 5+ years, UTEP is minus-48 in turnovers (minus-5 TY).
— Miners have played in one bowl since 2014 (2021 New Mexico Bowl)
Sam Houston State (0-7)
— Bearkats lost their first seven games (3-3-1 ATS).
— Sam Houston was outscored 65-10 in its first three games.
— Sam Houston was outscored 116-94 in its last four games.
— This is Sam Houston’s first season in I-A football
— Coach Keeler has been here for 10 years.
— 7 starters back on offense, 9 on defense
— 50 starts back on offensive line
— senior QB has 22 starts.
— Bearkats are 0-1 ATS as a favorite this year.
— Under is 4-3 in their games this season.
— Last three years, Sam Houston was 26-5 SU, at I-AA level.
— These teams haven’t met recently.
— C-USA home favorites are 5-6 ATS.