Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Nevada
Weather at kickoff90°F9 mphgusts 24DryWeather watch ›
0-1 · Power #90
20
▲ winner
Final
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1-1 · Power #102
17
final
Closing spread
NEV -1.5
✓ GASO W
Total
56.5
▼ Under · 37 pts
Model before kickoff
GASO 28–31 NEV
✗ NEV (57%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenGASO -3.5
CloseNEV -1.5
Total55.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
5 pts toward Nevada
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened GASO -3.5 · closed NEV -1.5 · moved 5 toward NEVmodel NEV -5.5
Opened 55.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 1 upmodel 59
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 48%, covered 45% (62 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenGASO -3.5
CloseNEV -1.5
Total55.5 → 56.5
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 NEV as a 1.5-point home favorite against GASO, the favorite won 3, covered 2, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: GASO won 20–17 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 8 of the 10 similar games. 37 points stayed under 56.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 6.6 against an average line of 2.4; 51.8 points a game (usually 53.3). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar total & situation
-121–24 L U57
Close
RUTG vs MD
2021 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-216–40 L O53
Close
ODU vs ARST
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & total
-529–26 L U56
Close
BUFF vs M-OH
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-324–20 W U50.25
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & rest
-414–22 L U54.5
Loose
2023 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & spread
-2.518–31 L U50.75
Loose
EMU vs CMU
2022 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest
-138–19 W O53.5
Loose
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & total
-1.528–52 L O55
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-128–45 L O49.5
Loose
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & total
-2.510–13 L U55.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Nevada ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.

Market moved toward Nevada
5 pts (GASO -3.5 → NEV -1.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Nevada at altitude (+1.4 km)
Georgia Southern climb about 4,429 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
Small sample warning
Georgia Southern 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
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
GASO−6.0 →−8.4▼ 2.4#105
NEV−15.0 →−9.5▲ 5.5#109
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

GASO
Longer bar = better
NEV
#72
Offense
◀ GASO better
#91
#134
Defense
NEV better ▶
#100
0.0 #81
Turnovers
NEV better ▶
+0.5 #54
85 plays #5
Pace
◀ GASO faster
63 plays #96
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When GASO has the ball
Advantage: GASO offense
GASO offNEV defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #35 27.5 #98 GASO
Yards / play 5.42 #92 5.92 #98 Even
PPA / play +0.22 #68 +0.22 #106 GASO
Success rate 40% #93 43% #99 Even
When NEV has the ball
Advantage: NEV offense
NEV offGASO defEdge
Points / game 26.0 #90 56.0 #134 NEV
Yards / play 5.48 #89 9.86 #135 NEV
PPA / play +0.09 #89 +0.54 #132 NEV
Success rate 40% #94 57% #133 NEV

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NEV +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
90° · 9 mph
gusts 24 mph · at kickoff
Rest
GASO7d
NEV7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 148 plays
slowavg 133fast
Altitude
GASO +4,429 ft
thin air for the visitors

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