Temple is better than it looked in the opener against a Big 10 team on the road. Four starters are back on an offensive line that allowed just 12 sacks and a league-low 1.7 per game last season, while new, 6-6 QB D'Wan Mathis transfers in from the Georgia Bulldogs where he threw 30 passes in 2020. He shared time with fellow freshman QB Justin Lynch last week. Temple is 11-4 ATS after a spread loss and 47-17 ATS after allowing less than 170 yards passing in the last game. Akron had an even tougher opener, losing 60-10 at Auburn. Akron is rebuilding again after averaging 17 points last season with a terrible passing attack (4 TDs with 6 picks). They lost five of six games in 2020 by scores of 58-13, 24-10, 69-35, 38-7, and 56-7. And two years ago, they lost all 12 games, including scores of 45-24, 35-7, 49-0, 35-6, 42-14, and 52-3. Akron is on a 2-17 spread run, 1-15 as a dog, and 14-28 ATS at home after a loss by 17+ points. Play Temple.
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Who was the public on? 62% of the public bets were on Temple Owls on the -9.5 ATS. And, 60% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Temple would win by a score of 30.6 to 23.9 with Temple winning on the moneyline, Akron winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 60% of the public bets were on Temple Owls on the -6.5 ATS. And, 60% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Temple would win by a score of 27.2 to 22.4 with Temple winning on the moneyline, Akron winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Temple at Akron
3:30 PM Eastern
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Who was the public on? 85% of the public bets were on Temple Owls on the -16.5 ATS. 77% of the public money was on Temple Owls to win on the moneyline. 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 Temple would win by a score of 31.9 to 14.0 with Temple winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Auburn (CBB-720) MONEYLINE + Ottawa (NHL-53) PUCKLINE
3:00 PM Eastern
Combine the Tigers (-1300) and the Senators +1.5 (-190) into a 2-team parlay at -155 odds.
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Who was the public on? 81% of the public bets were on Temple Owls on the -29.5 ATS. 82% of the public money was on Akron Zips to win on the moneyline. And, 69% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Temple would win by a score of 40.3 to 10.4 with Temple winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 86% of the public bets were on Temple Owls on the -6 ATS. 84% of the public money was on Temple Owls to win on the moneyline. And, 66% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Temple would win by a score of 23.8 to 20.0 with Temple winning on the moneyline, Akron winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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