Bowl season rolls along on Monday with a trio of games, and kicking off the action is a matchup between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Appalachian State Mountaineers in the Birmingham Bowl. This matchup between a pair of Sun Belt foes should produce a quality game, as both teams are familiar with each other and they just played a close game against each other earlier this season. The action kicks off at 2:00 pm ET on ESPN in Birmingham. To get you set for this matchup, I have arranged my favorite bets into a Georgia Southern vs Appalachian State Birmingham Bowl Same Game Parlay. Let’s get into the picks, but don’t forget about our NCAAF predictions for odds and picks on every postseason game.
App State +8.5 (-110)
Under 59.5 (-110)
JC French (GASO) anytime touchdown scorer (+100)
Georgia Southern vs Appalachian State Same Game Parlay odds: +675
App State Mountaineers +8.5 vs Georgia Southern Eagles (-110)
This is an instance of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, which points us in the direction of the underdog on Monday. While Appalachian State is going to be down to its third string quarterback in this game and a number of other pieces for the Mountaineers are expected to be out of the lineup, there is still plenty that they can draw from the previous meeting against Georgia Southern this season, which was just a 2-point victory for the Eagles. Additionally, Clay Helton has been abysmal as a coach in bowl games in his career. In fact, he’s a whopping 0-5 against the spread with a trio of outright losses as a favorite since 2017. Given his history, and the fact that not all that much separates these teams on paper, let’s take the points with the ‘dog.
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Under 59.5 (-110)
As previously mentioned, App State is likely going to be without multiple quarterbacks in this game, along with a few other key contributors at wide receiver and on the offensive line. That likely puts a cap on the amount of scoring we’ll see from the Mountaineers in this game, and the Georgia Southern offense has also produced some rather sporadic results of late. Conversely, the defense has stepped up in that span, allowing 24 or fewer points in 3 of the past 6 outings, including the aforementioned 25-23 win at App State last month. On the other side, starting running back OJ Arnold was injured late in the season, and he is unlikely to play for the Eagles in this one, along with a couple of other pieces on offense. Let’s side with the under on Monday.
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JC French (GASO) anytime touchdown scorer (+100)
To close out our Same Game Parlay, we’ll take JC French to find the end zone on Monday. The Georgia Southern quarterback has had a pretty inconsistent season through the air to this point, but French has seen plenty of success on the ground in 2025. With 6 rushing touchdowns to his name and 5 of them coming in Sun Belt play, French should be in position to succeed against a below average App State run defense. The veteran found the end zone with his legs against the Mountaineers in the previous meeting between these sides, so let’s go back to the well with this angle in Birmingham.
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