Southern Miss at Louisiana Prediction Game Preview

Southern Miss at Louisiana How To Watch

Date: Thursday, November 9
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Southern Miss (2-7), Louisiana (5-4)
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Southern Miss at Louisiana Game Preview

Why Southern Miss Will Win

Well there we go, was that so hard?

Southern Miss finally got a win over an FBS team beating ULM last week 24-7. What did it do different after seven games of futility? Four takeaways.

For all of the problems, the Golden Eagles haven’t been bad at generating a slew of big defensive plays with ten takeaways in the last five games. Combing that with a balanced offense that ripped up Appalachian State before finishing the drill against ULM - the running game has been fantastic over the last few weeks and things are starting to work. But …

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Why Louisiana Will Win

The Ragin’ Cajuns are going for bowl eligibility.

It’s been an uneven season with an offense that can’t seem to come up with the same performance twice. The overall yards are there, but after a good groove over the first month of the season has been hit-or-miss when it comes to balance.

On the plus side, this is where the passing game should work. The Southern Miss secondary is getting ripped up, Louisiana should come up with 200 yards without a problem, and the ground game needs to be there, too, because …

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Southern Miss at Louisiana Who Will Win

Louisiana is 5-0 when the ground attack works like it’s supposed to and comes up with at least 180 yards, and the team is 0-4 when it doesn’t. Teams tend to hit USM through the air, but the Golden Eagle D allows well over five yards per carry, and that’s where the problems will kick in.

The ULL defense isn’t anything great, but like USM’s it takes the ball away. Turnovers will matter more for the home side in this, along with that Ragin’ Cajun ground game.

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Southern Miss at Louisiana Prediction, Line

Louisiana 41, Southern Miss 24
Line: Louisiana -10, o/u: 51
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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