5. Rice at Florida Atlantic
LINE Florida Atlantic -4
ATS PICK Rice
Who picks Rice? Who picks Rice on the road? Who suggests to a starving nation that it might get fed on Rice winning outright at around +150 on the moneyline depending on where you’re looking?
Again, what do we know? We know Rice is playing shockingly well, and Florida Atlantic isn’t.
You don’t come up with a win over UAB unless you’re doing something right, and Rice was able to find a way even though the offense did next to nothing in the 28-24 victory. It threw well in the loss to Houston, beat Louisiana by 12, and it’s about to run all over the Owls.
Florida Atlantic’s big issue over the last five games has been the turnovers, giving up two per game outside of the one fumble in the blowout loss to UCF. The other problem is a run defense that got ripped to sheds by the Knights and North Texas.
Now, FAU is much stronger at home and Rice has yet to win on the road. Again, though, one team is trending one way, and the other is sputtering.
Speaking of having problems …