The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (5-0, 2-0 Sun Belt) travel to Louisiana to battle the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (2-3, 1-1) Saturday at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN +). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana-Monroe odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
Coastal Carolina is the far better team. The Chanticleers have the fun offense and good enough defense to take control of this game. QB Grayson McCall, has thrown for 1,336 yards with 14 TDs against 1 pick. He’s also run for 125 yards with 3 scores. However, they had to rally twice in the 4th quarter to beat'Georgia Southern 34-30 in a wild one last week, capped by an 8-play, 82-yard TD drive in the final 2:05.
Louisiana-Monroe, coming off a 21-17 victory over rival Louisiana 2 weeks ago, lost in blowout fashion to Arkansas State by a score of 45-28 last week. The Warhawks have been an up and down team, while the Chanticleers are 1 of 2 remaining undefeated Sun Belt teams – James Madison is 4-0.
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