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Game: (307) Coastal Carolina at (308) Appalachian State
Date/Time: Oct 20 2021 7:30 PM EDT
Betting Line Provider: Consensus Line
Play Rating: J units
Play: Coastal Carolina -4.0 (-110)
Who would have thought that this Sun Belt conference match-up could be this exciting? A few years back we were amazed that Appalachian St pulled off the upset of the decade over Michigan. Yet now we have a 4-2 Appalachian State team taking on the #14 ranked Coastal Carolina. Coastal Carolina is the biggest cinderella story of the year, they have covered their L3 games all by double digits. Which isn’t that much of a surprise considering they have an offense that is #1 in the FBS in YPG differential (+284), PPG differential (+33.8), PPG (48.8), YPP differential (+4.37), AND YPP (8.82)!! Just a reminder that these are rankings throughout the entire FBS, they also come in the top 10 in YPG (#2 -554), YPG allowed (#5 - 270), PPG allowed (#8 - 15), and YPP allowed (#9 - 4.45), on top of (+12) in sack differential, while picking up 2 turnovers in the L2W. The Chanticleers have been even better vs. conference opponents and in the L3W they are averaging almost 57 PPG while allowing under 10 points to opponents, and out-gaining opponents by 389 yards on average. During that streak they have 9 sacks without allowing a sack themselves, and some people may question the ability of the opposition but they blew out Arkansas State who is #39 in YPG & #55 in PPG, even if they defense is sub-par, but Buffalo is another offense in the top half of the FBS. Appalachian State on the other hand has won 3 out of the L4 but they have only covered 1 of those 4 games. They may be searching for another Michigan miracle if they plan on taking down this ranked team, because 0-2 ATS @ H, (-3) in turnovers, (-61.5) in YPG differential and losing 11 turnovers is not going to help them, especially if they show up like they did against ULL LW, posting just 13 points on 211 yards, all while losing 4 turnovers. ULL also put up 41 points on 455 yards, almost 11 points & 50 yards over their season average. All of this on top of the fact that Coastal is coming off a week of rest, after the 685 yards they put up against Arkansas St, their second game of the season with 4+ sacks, and adding to what is now a 2-0-1 record following a 50 point performance TY.