4. Appalachian State at Marshall
LINE: Appalachian State -5
ATS PICK: Appalachian State
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line
The line has been at -4.5 for almost the whole week, and then it went up to five. If you like Appalachian State, you shouldn’t care all that much about the extra half a point.
File this under the Needed A Tune-Up Week category.
Appalachian State was fine in the 35-20 win over Charlotte, but it needed 14 fourth quarter points to finally pull away. The passing game wasn’t quite clicking, the three turnovers proved costly, and the team wasn’t close to looking as efficient and good as it has over the last few years.
However, it did shut down 49er QB Chris Reynolds – picking him off twice in an 11-of-30 game – and beat him up a bit.
Marshall and QB Grant Wells were air-tight in the 59-0 win over Eastern Kentucky to start the year, but that was a few weeks ago, and the Colonels aren’t the Mountaineers.
Marshall really might be just that good, and if it is, tip your cap and chalk it up to a 2020 season that’s not following any set norms. However …
Have you seen the Sun Belt so far this year? Appalachian State is the best team in the conference.
Now, with that, we end our run of picking seven straight favorites in a year when the unpredictably crazy keeps happening. That changes now …