C. Carolina Chanticleers vs Liberty University Flames Point Spread Picks

Jamey Chadwell is back at Coastal Carolina tonight for the first time since leaving for Liberty, and I had this same Coastal Carolina offense on the other side of a total just last week, catching the Chanticleers and Delaware well under the number in a game that stayed tight throughout. This one shapes up differently. Liberty has scored 75 points combined across its last two wins, its run game averaging better than 160 yards a game behind Kam Davis, and Coastal Carolina is looking to bounce back after its quietest offensive showing of the season at Delaware. Between them, these two have played six games this year, and five of the six cleared tonight's number, four of them by a wide margin. The only exception was Liberty's rock-fight of an opener at James Madison, a version of this offense that hasn't resurfaced since. Two offenses, each averaging north of 380 total yards a game, don't need much of a night to get there. I'm on the OVER.

Two teams with one loss between them meet in the Cure Bowl and Liberty has gone UNDER its last two games while allowing only 15 points and the Flames are #17 in the country in scoring defense giving up 19.2 points per game. Coastal Carolina is #15 allowing 18.7 points and Liberty is #7 in total yards allowed with 301.2 per game. Coastal Carolina is undefeated and shared the Sun Belt championship with UL Lafayette and the Chanticleers are ready to make a statement that they should have been in a 'New Year's Day Six' bowl game. The UNDER is 10-3 in Liberty's last 13 games after they allowed fewer than 20 points their previous game and the Flames are 8-2 UNDER after winning by at least 20 points. Coastal Carolina has stayed UNDER six of its last seven versus teams with winning records and four of its last five after scoring at least 40 points its previous game. Take the UNDER.