Southern Miss vs South Alabama Prediction Game Preview

Southern Miss vs South Alabama How To Watch

Date: Tuesday, October 17
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, AL How To Watch: ESPN2
2023 Record: Southern Miss (1-5), South Alabama (3-3)
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Why Southern Miss Will Win

This team should be so much better than 1-5. It has yet to beat an FBS team and hasn’t been able to produce like it should, but there are more than enough good parts to turn this thing around.

The offensive style is great at controlling the clock, and it has to start by grinding it out more on the ground. Frank Gore Jr. is having a hard time finding room to move, but along with Rodriques Dreke Clark there’s a good 1-2 rushing punch that has to get going early.

South Alabama is 2-0 when allowing fewer than 100 rushing yards and 1-3 when allowing more. Tulane is the only team to keep the Golden Eagles under than 100 yards, and …

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Why South Alabama Will Win

Can South Alabama somehow show some consistency?

It rocked Oklahoma State, and lost to Central Michigan. Everything worked on the road against a - yes, it is - dangerous ULM team after the ground game didn’t work at all against James Madison.

Southern Miss hasn’t been stopping anyone’s running game cold - allowing over five yards per carry - the pass defense couldn’t stop Texas State, and South Alabama will be balanced enough to figure out how it wants to move the ball.

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Southern Miss vs South Alabama Who Will Win

If South Alabama is ready to make a big move into the Sun Belt title chase, it has to take this game down without any sort of an issue.

Southern Miss doesn’t have a sharp enough passing game to push though the Jaguar secondary that will bend a bit, but will lock down on third downs. It’ll be a workmanlike effort from the USA offense that won’t turn the ball over and won’t make the mistakes needed for USM to push through with easy scores.

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Southern Miss vs South Alabama Prediction, Line

South Alabama 34, Southern Miss 16
Line: South Alabama -18.5, o/u: 51.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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