College Football Parlays

The Charlotte 49ers hit the road to take on the South Florida Bulls at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa in the second American Conference battle for the Niners. USF opens its league schedule with this Friday night game. Charlotte suffered a 28-17 loss at Jerry Richardson Stadium against Rice on Sept. 18, and it is 0-3 SU/ATS against FBS opponents this season, with just a win over FCS Monmouth (NJ) as its lone bright spot. And, even then, the 49ers barely won that game 42-35 in a shootout at home. The defense for Charlotte is rather shoddy, as it has allowed 28 or more points in 3 of 4 games. Its best effort was a 20-3 loss against Bill Belichick’s struggling North Carolina side on Sept. 6.

For South Florida, it was ranked for a hot minute after topping Boise State and Florida in the first 2 games, both as underdogs. However, USF was drilled 49-12 at Miami on Sept. 13, tumbling from the rankings. It rebounded last week with a 63-14 tune-up over FCS South Carolina State at home, but there are still plenty of questions. The defense has looked good outside of the Canes debacle, while the offense has been so-so. QB Byrum Brown is a solid dual-threat option, but he struggled against Florida and Miami a bit. He should find plenty of open spaces to do his thing about the 49ers, but the Bulls laying 4 touchdowns seems a bit much. Take Charlotte and the points, and hope its offense can give us something.

Charlotte vs USF prediction: Charlotte 49ers +27 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to +26.

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The winless Sam Houston State Bearkats hit the road to take on the New Mexico State Aggies in a Conference USA tilt on Thursday at 9 pm ET on CBS Sports Network. It’s the standalone game in college football that night, too. I don’t know how many people are excited about this game outside of a small sliver of Texas and extreme southern New Mexico, but I am fired up for this game. And, hopefully the scoreboard operator at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces limbers up, because he/she is going to be extremely busy on Thursday night, as are any cheerleaders doing push-ups for each score.

Sam Houston has allowed at least 37 points in all 4 of its games to date, while scoring at least 20 points in 3 of those outings. It was dusted 55-0 at Texas on Sept. 20, but that’s the only game it didn’t get to at least 20 points. On the road, it is averaging 22.0 PPG while allowing 39.0 PPG. Oh, and the Bearkats are 0-4 against the spread (ATS), too, if you’re a same-game parlay (SGP) bettor.

The Aggies topped FCS Bryant and Tulsa earlier this season, while losing by at least 18 points in the past 2 road games at Louisiana Tech and rival New Mexico. The Aggies have allowed 43.5 PPG in the past 2 games, and it has scored at least 19 points in 3 of 4 games, cashing the over in the past 2. Both of these teams, desperate for a win, are going to take full advantage of a lack of resistance from the other. Expect a ton of points in this Thursday game in the Land of Enchantment.

Sam Houston vs New Mexico State prediction: Over 53 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to 56.5.

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We head to Provo on Friday night for a Big 12 matchup between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the BYU Cougars. Both teams are on a quick turnaround after playing on Saturday, with the added wrinkle that the Mountaineers have to cross the continent. West Virginia is struggling at 2-3 in the first year of Rich Rodriguez’s (second) tenure, and this is pretty much a rebuild in every sense of the word. For BYU, things are going great at 4-0, but they are looking at a really tough Big 12 schedule after this one. I do not love their outlook for long term success this season, but I do think the smartest play on Friday is to take the far better team, especially playing at home on a short week. Give me BYU to cover -19.

One of the reasons for BYU’s success has been freshmen QB Bear Bachmeier. After booting their starting QB over the summer, there wasn’t a lot of hope in Provo. But then Bachmeier turned out to be a star, as he can beat you on the ground or in the air. He is fun, if you haven’t watched him yet. Surrounding him is a Cougar team that is just tough and physical. They are not fun to play against. They should also be way better than West Virginia at this point. The Mountaineers lost their starting QB to a foot injury, and it is unclear when or if he will return. The problem, aside from just having a backup QB in there in general, is that this West Virginia offense wants to be a dynamic rushing attack, but that is much harder to do when defenses do not have to respect the threat of a passing attack. That is where the Mountaineers are right now. I expect them to struggle to score all night, and eventually BYU should pull away.

West Virginia vs BYU prediction: BYU Cougars -19 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to -20.

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