4. UAB at Louisiana Tech
LINE UAB -18.5
ATS PICK Louisiana Tech
Do I really believe Louisiana Tech can hang with UAB? Not really, but that spread of 18.5 is mighty large considering it’s the underdog’s final game of the year.
Am I worried that UAB needs this to become bowl eligible? Yeah, so it’s going to try extra-super hard – that might be enough to win.
Am I concerned the Louisiana Tech lost to a bad Charlotte team and turned it over five times in a blowout loss to UTSA? I should be, but those two games were on the road.
This is a straight trends play, so if you like more logic and reason than this, check out the game preview and maybe that could help.
Louisiana Tech was a disaster on the road. It was 0-7 and was trucked by everyone but those 49ers of Charlotte. In Ruston, though …
3-1.
No, I don’t think Louisiana Tech will win outright – +580 is a hefty shot at the stars, though – but three wins and the lone loss a 42-41 shootout against Rice isn’t bad.
But UAB is good, right? Yeah … at home.
The Blazers went 5-1 at home with the one loss a good fight against the UTSA team that snuck by Louisiana Tech 51-7.
On the road? UAB is 0-5. They were all close except for last week’s 41-10 loss to LSU, but they’re all losses.
No, don’t pick Louisiana Tech outright. But 18.5 is a decent enough cushion to take a look.
I hear you. Life is too short to care about bad teams, right? Fine. Then I’ll go full bore believing my own hoo-ha with …