Rice has allowed 28 points or more in three of its five games (52, 28, and 38), and East Carolina has allowed 487 yards to Alabama and 417 to Appalachian State, which scored 27. East Carolina’s games have totaled 58, 51, 37, and 51, and Rice’s have totaled 34, 52, 49, 62, and 30. At Fresno State on September 26, Rice rushed for 344 yards, gave up 459, and lost 38-24. East Carolina scored 42 against North Carolina Central that same day on 489 yards, and it has scored 10, 24, 20, and 42 while allowing 48, 27, 17, and 9. Rice scored 0 at Notre Dame and 14 against UTSA last Saturday, and its offense is 127th at 18.0 points per game. It has lost four straight by 52, 7, 14, and 2. It rushed for 458 yards against Houston Christian and 209 against Western Michigan. Back the OVER.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 89% of the public bets were on Rice Owls on the +10 ATS. 98% of the public money was on East Carolina Pirates to win on the moneyline. And, 80% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that East Carolina would win by a score of 29.2 to 17.3 with East Carolina winning on the moneyline and on the spread.
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Rice at East Carolina
1:00 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 68% of the public bets were on Rice Owls on the -3.5 ATS. And, 62% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Rice would win by a score of 26.5 to 25.9, East Carolina winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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East Carolina at Rice
7:00 PM Eastern
This season was setting up to be a difficult one for East Carolina. They brought back four offensive starters with a new QB, and just six defenders. They are 1-3 but the three losses have been to unbeaten Michigan, unbeaten Marshall, and Appalachian St., another good team. This certainly sets this game up to look favorable for Rice, but ECU should outplay their stats here as the three previous opponents were far superior to the Rice team they will see in this one. Rice gave up 600 yards to South Florida in a 13-point loss last week. The Owls are totally one-dimensional, as they gained one yard on the ground. Rice has generated less than 100 yards total on the ground vs. their three FBS opponents. I think including the home-field advantage by Rice in this game is about even, so the dog is the way to go here. Make the play on East Carolina.
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Who was the public on? 69% of the public bets were on East Carolina Pirates on the -8 ATS. 59% of the public money was on East Carolina Pirates to win on the moneyline. And, 52% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that East Carolina would win by a score of 41.0 to 30.9 with East Carolina 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? 70% of the public bets were on East Carolina Pirates on the -18 ATS. 80% of the public money was on Rice Owls to win on the moneyline. And, 55% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that East Carolina would win by a score of 33.3 to 21.7 with East Carolina winning on the moneyline, Rice winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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