Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky

These teams have met the last two years and one thing is obvious. This game means a lot more to E. Kentucky, than it does to W. Kentucky. There is a huge talent difference between these teams, but when you have one team treating it like a tournament game, and the other kind of just showing up, it tends to make these large spreads difficult to cover. E. Kentucky has come a long way though. This isn't the 3, 6, 7, and 7 win teams from 5-8 years ago. It is a team that has won more games in the past three years than it did in the previous six. They have been competitive vs W. Kentucky losing by just 8 and 12 points the past two years, and they even had a game with another big in-state opponent, Kentucky, and stayed within 15 at Kentucky. Sometimes it's the emotional state, and significance of the game vs the talent discrepancy within the game. Look for E. Kentucky to play its best, and stay within the lofty number.