Sat, Nov 30, 2024, 6:00 PM ESTWeek 14 · at Georgia Southern · Conference game
Weather at kickoff42°F3 mphDryWeather watch ›
5-5 · Power #99
20
final
Final
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7-4 · Power #90
29
▲ winner
Closing spread
GASO -2.5
✓ GASO W
Total
60.5
▼ Under · 49 pts
Model before kickoff
APP 29–32 GASO
✓ GASO (58%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenGASO -2.5
CloseGASO -2.5
Total62.5 → 60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened GASO -2.5 · unchangedmodel GASO -4.5
Opened 62.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 2 downmodel 61.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 56%, covered 48% (212 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenGASO -2.5
CloseGASO -2.5
Total62.5 → 60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like GASO as a 2.5-point home favorite against APP, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: GASO won 29–20; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 49 points stayed under 60.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 3.7 against an average line of 3.7; 56.9 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & situation
-352–37 W O56.5
Very close
MEM vs TULN
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-5.533–28 L O58
Very close
NIU vs CMU
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar situation & season form
-4.522–35 L O54
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & situation
-424–0 W U55.5
Very close
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.520–23 L U56.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-314–24 L U53.75
Very close
CMU vs NIU
2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & season form
-638–39 L O56
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-442–21 W U65
Very close
BALL vs EMU
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.516–20 L U57.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1.542–39 W O59
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight App State ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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

Georgia Southern 1-3 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Total moved down 2
62.5 → 60.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
APP−0.7 →−7.0▼ 6.3#99
GASO−6.0 →−5.2▲ 0.8#91
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

APP
Longer bar = better
GASO
#70
Offense
Even
#83
#125
Defense
GASO better ▶
#107
−0.9 #127
Turnovers
GASO better ▶
+0.1 #66
71 plays #23
Pace
◀ APP faster
69 plays #46
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When APP has the ball
Advantage: APP offense
APP offGASO defEdge
Points / game 27.3 #74 28.0 #91 Even
Yards / play 6.00 #56 6.46 #121 APP
PPA / play +0.12 #76 +0.18 #106 APP
Success rate 43% #75 45% #111 APP
When GASO has the ball
Advantage: GASO offense
GASO offAPP defEdge
Points / game 28.1 #66 33.3 #116 GASO
Yards / play 5.29 #110 6.61 #127 Even
PPA / play +0.13 #73 +0.25 #127 GASO
Success rate 42% #83 49% #129 GASO

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
APP scoring against the GASO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
APP scored
2.2
#133
12.6
#4
14.8
#55
5.2
#86
7.3
#62
12.5
#78
GASO allowed
7.0
#108
6.5
#48
13.5
#79
9.2
#128
5.3
#38
14.5
#101
GASO scoring against the APP defense
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GASO scored
5.6
#71
8.3
#68
13.9
#73
5.5
#79
8.6
#35
14.2
#61
APP allowed
9.9
#132
12.0
#128
21.9
#132
6.6
#94
4.8
#30
11.4
#52

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
GASO +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
42° · 3 mph
gusts 6 mph · at kickoff
Rest
APP7d
GASO7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 134fast