PREMIUM
10* THURSDAY NIGHT BOWL GAME OF MONTH: 106-85 RUN!
(NCAAF) Eagles (GSO) vs. Bearkats (SHS),
Point Spread: -4.50 | -110.00 Eagles (GSO) (Away)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -4.50 | -110.00 Eagles (GSO) (Away)
Result: Loss
This is a 10* BOWL GOM on Georgia Southern.
Georgia Southern finished 8-4 and second in the East Division of the Sun Belt. The Eagles have just two players listed as inactive or injured.
They averaged 28.2 points per game, led by quarterback JC French, who has 2,619 passing yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Jalen White had 654 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns.
Georgia Southern's offense had to be good because its defense was its weak point, as it allowed an average of 27.3 points per game this season.
But here's the thing; Sam Houston, which was 9-3, only averaged 23.2 points per game and 354.7 yards of offense per contest (and the Bearkats will enter this one with 12 players listed inactive or injured or gone via the transfer portal.)
Where the Bearkats thrived was on the defensive end this season, conceding just 20 points per game. But the unit will be missing a few key pieces, including leading tackler Caleb Weaver, as well as their leader in interceptions and their leader in quarterback sacks. So the defensive unit which was firing on all cylinders so well to close out the regular season is now completely just a shell of its former self for this one on Thursday night.
Not only that, but the offense will also be missing some players.
Sam Houston State quarterback Hunter Watson was mediocre at best this year with 1,598 passing yards, 11 touchdowns and eight INT's.
But the Bearkats' offense will also be without three of their top four rushers from the regular season.
The bottom line here is that Sam Houston State has been brutalized here by the transfer portal on both sides of the line.
The Bearkats offense absolutely relies on its run game for production, but with three of their four top rushers out, I have a hard time seeing Sam Houston State keeping pace with Georgia Southern's high-flying offense.
Lay the points, the play is GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
Good luck, NP
Georgia Southern finished 8-4 and second in the East Division of the Sun Belt. The Eagles have just two players listed as inactive or injured.
They averaged 28.2 points per game, led by quarterback JC French, who has 2,619 passing yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Jalen White had 654 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns.
Georgia Southern's offense had to be good because its defense was its weak point, as it allowed an average of 27.3 points per game this season.
But here's the thing; Sam Houston, which was 9-3, only averaged 23.2 points per game and 354.7 yards of offense per contest (and the Bearkats will enter this one with 12 players listed inactive or injured or gone via the transfer portal.)
Where the Bearkats thrived was on the defensive end this season, conceding just 20 points per game. But the unit will be missing a few key pieces, including leading tackler Caleb Weaver, as well as their leader in interceptions and their leader in quarterback sacks. So the defensive unit which was firing on all cylinders so well to close out the regular season is now completely just a shell of its former self for this one on Thursday night.
Not only that, but the offense will also be missing some players.
Sam Houston State quarterback Hunter Watson was mediocre at best this year with 1,598 passing yards, 11 touchdowns and eight INT's.
But the Bearkats' offense will also be without three of their top four rushers from the regular season.
The bottom line here is that Sam Houston State has been brutalized here by the transfer portal on both sides of the line.
The Bearkats offense absolutely relies on its run game for production, but with three of their four top rushers out, I have a hard time seeing Sam Houston State keeping pace with Georgia Southern's high-flying offense.
Lay the points, the play is GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
Good luck, NP
