Free Week 1 Prediction: Wildcats vs Bears Odds
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College Football Handicapping: Week 1
(0-0) Abilene Christian Wildcats vs. Baylor Bears (0-0)
Date: Saturday, September 1st 2018
Time: 8:00 pm EST
Venue: McLane Stadium, Waco, Texas
NCAA Football Spread: OFF
NCAA Betting Total: OFF
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Coming off a rough season the Baylor Bears have what looks like a gimme to start 2018. Abilene Christian won only a couple of games last year. They were not competitive in their games against FBS opponents.
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There might not be a line for this one at all even though Baylor is looking to rebound. There is buzz on the Bears while the Wildcats are not expected to do much.
Abilene Christian Wildcats
The Wildcats only won two games in the first season under Adam Dorrell – but he has had success in other places. The one positive outcome from a year ago is that they appear to have found their quarterback of the future.
That would be redshirt sophomore Luke Athony, he and Cal transfer running back Billy Ray McRary could give the Wildcats a better than expected backfield. .
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Dorrell has been effective luring in transfers for the defense too – see linebacker Jonathan Picone from Texas Tech. For this team to have any shot at slowing down Baylor this group is going to have to have its best game of the season off the hop.
Baylor Bears
There is a lot of optimism at Baylor which is good. The program really took off a few years back and when it crashed more recently it crashed pretty hard. Last year was a disaster but this season they might be a sleeper in the Big 12.
Charlie Brewer showed more then enough as a freshman to impress the coaching staff last season. He is going to put up some big numbers in front of an experienced offensive line and with nice talent around him this season.
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The defense is going to need a lot of improvement this year but that won’t show much in this matchup against the Wildcats. Baylor has a really good shot at parlaying this game into a strong start overall.
They are likely to have more wins by week two than they did all last season.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Under is 4-0 in Wildcats last 4 games overall.
- Under is 4-0 in Wildcats last 4 games in September.
- Under is 4-0 in Wildcats last 4 non-conference games.
- Under is 6-1 in Bears last 7 non-conference games.
- Bears are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 non-conference games.
- Under is 4-1 in Bears last 5 games overall.
Free Week 1 NCAA Football Pick
Lines on games against the FCS usually come out late but it wouldn’t surprise me if there just isn’t one in this spot. Abilene Christian is pretty difficult to handicap.
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I am on Baylor as one of the most improved teams in the country but I am almost hoping they are a little sluggish in this spot so we can get more value in the future.
I am kind of curious what the approach will be in terms of playing time. If the Bears go all out they will likely score 50+ points.
Week 1 Free Score Prediction: Baylor 55 – Abilene Christian 10
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