So. Miss (-17) over Ark st
Lets start off by saying normally the dogs are the killer before the new year but lets see how this goes. Southern Mississippi had 9 players selected to the All-Conference USA team. Ark st has not seen nearly the talent So. Miss has and the Indians took a beating to Army, before letting a terrible NT team hang 24 on them. The Indians have showed lack of offense and a poor defense. They are in this game for winning he sun belt which is normally an OK division but lacked luster this season. So.Miss is an average team with the fire power to score a big number, problem is they rarely finish games. The Golden Eagles running game produced only 104 rushing yards per game, 11th in C-USA TERRIBLE (Arkansas State's defense hasn't done much better against the run, allowing 186 rushing yards per game). But they have a good QB in Dustin Almond that can pick up the slack. The overall statistics say Southern allowed only 23 ppg, 2nd in C-USA, but the Golden Eagles struggled down the stretch, allowing 228.6 yards rushing YPG in the final 5 games (Indians average 200 yards a game rushing). So. Miss should stack the box, if they eliminate Warren they take away the ASU game plan completely. The So Miss 31 takeaways, 2nd in the conference, will be huge for them. The key against Southern Miss will be if Arkansas State's DB's can contain the Eagles receivers. ASU plays a lot of man-to-man defense, which at times has proven costly and should be a problem considering Almond and the better So. Miss WRs. Also this is like a home game for So. Miss with the game being held within short driving distance from the school. Friends and family will make the trip and So. Miss should move on this team all night. So.Miss one concern in this play is their over confidence, if they get up on a team they normally ease off the gas but being a bowl game with a lot of players playing their last the Eagles shouldn't play soft.
Should have some Quarter plays for this match up as well
Cheers
Irish
Lets start off by saying normally the dogs are the killer before the new year but lets see how this goes. Southern Mississippi had 9 players selected to the All-Conference USA team. Ark st has not seen nearly the talent So. Miss has and the Indians took a beating to Army, before letting a terrible NT team hang 24 on them. The Indians have showed lack of offense and a poor defense. They are in this game for winning he sun belt which is normally an OK division but lacked luster this season. So.Miss is an average team with the fire power to score a big number, problem is they rarely finish games. The Golden Eagles running game produced only 104 rushing yards per game, 11th in C-USA TERRIBLE (Arkansas State's defense hasn't done much better against the run, allowing 186 rushing yards per game). But they have a good QB in Dustin Almond that can pick up the slack. The overall statistics say Southern allowed only 23 ppg, 2nd in C-USA, but the Golden Eagles struggled down the stretch, allowing 228.6 yards rushing YPG in the final 5 games (Indians average 200 yards a game rushing). So. Miss should stack the box, if they eliminate Warren they take away the ASU game plan completely. The So Miss 31 takeaways, 2nd in the conference, will be huge for them. The key against Southern Miss will be if Arkansas State's DB's can contain the Eagles receivers. ASU plays a lot of man-to-man defense, which at times has proven costly and should be a problem considering Almond and the better So. Miss WRs. Also this is like a home game for So. Miss with the game being held within short driving distance from the school. Friends and family will make the trip and So. Miss should move on this team all night. So.Miss one concern in this play is their over confidence, if they get up on a team they normally ease off the gas but being a bowl game with a lot of players playing their last the Eagles shouldn't play soft.
Should have some Quarter plays for this match up as well
Cheers
Irish
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Need to drown myself from the NFL results this week :mj07: GL on your bowl games Irish. Nice info and I like your choices on tonight's matchup. :mj14:
