The Georgia State Panthers (4-4, 3-1 SBC) and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (7-1, 5-0) get together Thursday for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Cajun Field in Lafayette, La. Below, we look at the Georgia State vs. Louisiana odds and lines, and make our expert college football picks, predictions and bets.
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Georgia State has won three in a row and has rallied after a 1-4 start to the season. The Panthers scored a go-ahead touchdown with 26 seconds remaining Saturday at Georgia Southern to earn a 21-14 victory. Georgia State has allowed just 51 combined points over its three straight wins.
The Cajuns are on their own winning streak as they’ve won seven games in a row. Louisiana is 14-1 over its last 15 games and it won its last seven games of the 2020 season. UL clocked a 45-0 win over Texas State Saturday as it more than doubled up the Bobcats in total yards, 425-205.
Georgia State at Louisiana odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Georgia State +400 (bet $100 to win $400) | Louisiana -550 (bet $550 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Georgia State +12.5 (-107) | Louisiana -12.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 53.5 (O: -112 | U: -108)
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Georgia State at Louisiana odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Louisiana 38, Georgia State 21
Money line
PASS on the wide disparity between the underdog and favorite tags here. Figure the true odds — perhaps Louisiana near 80%, or -400 — as being obscured in between.
Against the spread
The home team is 3-1-1 ATS in the last five GSU-UL series meetings.
Georgia State looks to be getting too much credit for its win over Georgia Southern. The Panthers handily lost the yardage battle while winning the turnover exchange in that one.
Louisiana is good enough on both sides of the ball to build a two-score lead in the opening half. GSU doesn’t have the passing game to make a comeback, and the Cajuns have the running game to ice a cushion late. The Cajuns have covered the spread by at least 15 points in three consecutive home games, and the short week figures to favor the home side here.
BACK LOUISIANA -12.5 (-115).
Over/Under
Consider a partial-unit play on the OVER 53.5 (-112). The upside hit in last year’s game when it was set at 57.5. Both offenses are trending the right way. The lean is a small one, however.
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