Delaware at Middle Tennessee State

Middle Tennessee has been outscored 78-13 in its last two games. Jacksonville State and Kansas outgained Middle Tennessee 1,223 to 455 yards, and 756 of those yards came on the ground. Delaware scored 3 points at Virginia and 14 against Liberty in its last two, and both teams are 2-3, 0-1 in Conference USA. The pass rush is where the two teams separate. Delaware’s offense has allowed 13 sacks in five games, six at Vanderbilt, and Middle Tennessee’s defense has allowed two all season, or 0.4 per game. Delaware’s defense has 16, or 3.2 per game, with at least two in every game, and it faces an offense that has converted 5 of 22 third downs over its last two games and averages 20.8 points. Middle Tennessee’s defense has allowed 20 or more points in four of its five games. The short price here makes this close to a coin flip, and the sack numbers say otherwise. Delaware is the right side on the spread tonight.