Free Prediction: Mountaineers vs. Blazers Odds
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College Football Handicapping: 2019 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
(12-1) Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. UAB Blazers (9-4)
Date: Saturday, December 21st, 2019
Time: 9:00 pm EST
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
NCAA Football Spread: App State -16.5
NCAA Betting Total: 48.0
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This years’ New Orleans bowl will see the Appalachian State Mountaineers take on the UAB Blazers. These teams had very different finishes to their season, but will be looking to cap things off with a bowl game trophy.
Note that this will be the first ever meeting between these two teams.
Appalachian State Mountaineers
The Mountaineers celebrated a Sun Belt title a couple of weeks ago as they beat UL Lafayette 45-38. It has been a year of dominance for this team under their first year head coach and I do not see them taking this bowl any less serious.
App State is led by their quarterback, Zach Thomas. He is having a great season, throwing for 2,576 yards, 26 touchdowns and 6 interception.
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Part of the reason his passing yards are not off the charts is because he is also somewhat of a duel-threat. He has 95 carries this year for 412 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Speaking of running the ball, that is the strength for this App State offense. They are the 17th ranked rushing offense in this country, averaging 229.2 yards per game. This rushing attack is led by Darrynton Evans. He has 1,323 yards on the ground and 23 total touchdowns.
The defense was gashed by the Ragin’ Cajuns in the Sun Belt title game, but overall the Mountaineers are very solid. They are 25th in total defense, 30th in pass defense and 37th in rush defense. Also, they allow just 20.2 points per game, which ranks 22nd.
UAB Blazers
The Blazers also made it to their conference title game, but in their case, they never had a chance to take down Florida Atlantic. The final score to the game was 49-6 and the Blazers were basically blown out from the start.
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The offense for this Blazers team has not performed very well this season and they were lucky to even make it to the C-USA title game. They are averaging 352.9 total yards per game, which ranks 105th in the country.
Their passing game is a big part of this lackluster offense, as they average 193.4 yards per game through the air. To make matters worse, their starting quarterback, Tyler Johnston III is questionable in this game with a knee injury. If he is unable to play, Dylan Hopkins is next in line to make the start.
The one are of offense that the Blazers are semi-decent at is running the football. They average 159.5 yards per game on the ground, which is 68th in the country. If Johnston ends up not playing, look for the run game to try and carry them.
The defense for UAB had been solid up until they went up against Florida Atlantic. Their overall stats show that they are 8th in total defense, 13th against both the run and pass and 26th in scoring defense. Whatever happened against the Owls was not an accurate representation of this defensive unit and they will surely be looking to bounce back.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Over is 8-3 in UAB last 11 vs. S-Belt.
- Over is 6-2 in APP last 8 non-conference games.
- APP are 22-8 ATS in their last 30 games overall.
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl NCAA Football Pick
App State may play in the Sun Belt, but they have a ton of talent on their team and I believe they end the year with another trophy to celebrate.
4* Free NCAA Betting Pick: OVER 48
The Mountaineers are averaging nearly 40 points a game and I believe they could get close to that in this game as well. Considering both defense just looked shaky in their respective conference championship games, I like the over to be the play in this game.
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