Louisiana-Lafayette is home and has had two weeks to prepare. They come off a 44-17 rout of Northwestern State with 547 yards, including 360 rushing. UL Lafayette has a great 1-2 backfield punch of Elijah McGuire (248 yards, 6.2 ypc) and Torrey Pierce (162 yards, 7.4 ypc). Throw in mobile QB Brooks Haack (7.1 ypc) and this offense features three runners averaging over 6.1 ypc! They lost to Kentucky of the SEC in the opener despite 33 points and 435 yards (6.8 yards per rush). They come off a 44-17 rout, and note that the UNDER is 11-5 after the Ragin' Cajuns score more than 40 points in their previous game. Louisiana-Lafayette is also on a 4-1 ATS run, plus 9-2 SU in its last 11 games. It's their second straight home contest and they face a bad Akron squad that tallied a total of 10 points in its first two games. Akron is on a 2-7 straight-up run, as well as 1-10 ATS in its last 11 games. The Zips' offense struggles badly on the road with the team 0-5 SU/ATS its last five road contests and the team is on a 25-9 run UNDER the total, and 14-3 UNDER on the road. Akron may be off a rare win but the team is just 8-20 ATS after a victory. Meanwhile rested Louisiana-Lafayette is on a 21-4 SU run at home, plus 4-1 ATS in its last five home contests. Take UL Lafayette and play the UNDER.
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Who was the public on? 55% of the public bets were on Akron Zips on the +7.5 ATS. And, 52% 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 30.2 to 20.3 with UL Lafayette winning on the moneyline and 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 UL Lafayette Ragin Cajuns on the -7.5 ATS. 53% of the public money was on Akron Zips to win on the moneyline. And, 68% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that UL Lafayette would win by a score of 35.4 to 28.2 with UL Lafayette winning on the moneyline, Akron winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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