Old Dominion at Eastern Michigan

The oddsmakers seem to believe that the game between Eastern Michigan and Old Dominion will be a shootout, but I'm not so sure about that. Eastern Michigan has never been an offensive threat, and over the last 30+ years have averaged just 20.2 points per game - the lowest amount of points of any team over the extended period. Since the start of the 2000 season, those numbers remain exactly the same. They have seen 11 of their last 13 games leave them at 17 points or fewer, so getting into the 60s in a season opener when the offense has not had time to click is going to be problematic. Old Dominion has not been around very long, but have seen their games average over 72 points per contest, so the high number here is based in part on that. However, their lowest scoring game in their brief D-1 history came last September vs. Eastern Michigan, when 20 total points were scored. I expect more than that here, but not enough to top the total, which is over done. This one stays UNDER.