The Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Betting line at GTBets Sportsbook is Southern Miss -7 (+110) and the total is set at 58 (-110) against UL Lafayette at the 2016 New Orleans Bowl edition.
Southern Miss won its last outing, a 39-24 result against Bulldogs on November 25. Southern Miss covered in that game as a +15-point underdog, while the 63 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Southern Miss:
Team record: 6-6 SU,3-9 ATS
Southern Miss is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
Southern Miss is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
Southern Miss is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Lafayette:
Team record: 6-6 SU,8-4 ATS
Louisiana-Lafayette is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Louisiana-Lafayette is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Louisiana-Lafayette’s last 7 games
INJURY REPORT:
Southern Mississippi – DL Derrick Dixon (questionable, undisclosed), QB Parker Adamson (questionable, leg), K Parker Shaunfield (questionable, undisclosed)
UL Lafayette – RB Darius Hoggins (probable, ankle), WR Jared Johnson (probable, concussion), WR Michael Jacquet (probable, ankle), DL Jarvis Jeffries (probable, groin), RB Raymond Calais (questionable, shoulder)
ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES (6-6 SU, 3-8-1 ATS, 6-5-1 O/U): Mullens is playing his final college game after setting a school record with 85 career touchdown passes and found a new weapon in the finale in Keon Howard. Howard, who started two games at quarterback while Mullens was out, shared the field against Louisiana Tech while serving as a receiving and a wildcat threat in the backfield. Running back Ito Smith rushed for 1,321 yards and 15 TDs while adding 42 receptions to an offense that averages 33.4 points.
ABOUT THE RAGIN’ CAJUNS (6-6 SU, 8-4 ATS, 4-7-1 O/U): The Ragin’ Cajuns will start a senior at quarterback as well in Anthony Jennings, who remarkably guided his team to a win in the regular-season finale without recording a passing yard (2-of-5 for zero yards). Running back Elijah McGuire rushed for over 1,000 yards for the third consecutive season and has recorded 52 career touchdowns (10 receiving). Louisiana turned things around on the defensive end down the stretch en route to bowl eligibility and totaled three defensive TDs in its final two games.
