Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · Neutral site
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1-0 · Power #52
13
▲ winner
Final
vs
0-1 · Power #114
3
final
Closing spread
AFA -13.5
✓ SHSU W
Total
36.5
▼ Under · 16 pts
Model before kickoff
AFA 26–14 SHSU
✓ AFA (82%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseAFA -13.5
Total36.5
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Market

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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseAFA -13.5
Total36.5
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Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

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Air Force has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 135 FBS teams
AFA
Longer bar = better
SHSU
#11
Offense
◀ AFA better
#133
#4
Defense
◀ AFA better
#20
+1.0 #26
Turnovers
◀ AFA better
−3.0 #135
59 plays #122
Pace
Even
57 plays #128
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When AFA has the ball
Even matchup
AFA offSHSU defEdge
Points / game 42.0 #24 14.0 #30 Even
Yards / play 7.95 #9 3.84 #10 Even
PPA / play +0.70 #1 −0.08 #31 AFA
Success rate 56% #11 26% #8 Even
When SHSU has the ball
Advantage: AFA defense
SHSU offAFA defEdge
Points / game 0.0 #135 7.0 #7 AFA
Yards / play 3.25 #135 3.12 #2 AFA
PPA / play −0.23 #131 −0.28 #4 AFA
Success rate 32% #130 21% #3 AFA

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
AFA7d
SHSU7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 116 plays
slowavg 135fast

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