3. Lamar at Nicholls
LINE: Nicholls -22
ATS PICK: Lamar
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line
Again, sort of like the thought with Furman over VMI partly because one team played a game and one team didn’t, take that to another level for a team that not only got a game in last week, but made a nice light scrimmage in a coach’s dream world.
It’s why you schedule Lincoln from Missouri – you want to be able to run your schemes and do whatever you want in live action on the way to an 87-3 win. That’s what Nicolls was able to do with former Missouri QB Lindsay Scott going off for a passing game that was flawless.
Obviously Lamar is a big step up in competition, but the program has to prove its offense can keep up the pace. Like everything else this FCS season, it’s not easy to go off of things that happened all the way back in 2019, but the Cardinal offense wasn’t anything special.
The 2021 version could’ve really used a warm-up act against Lincoln.
22 is a whole lot to be giving away to anyone early in the FCS spring season – it’s why the line came way down from Nicholls -25 to start – but the O has the pop to get it done.