College football odds, picks and prediction for Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs Jacksonville State Jaguars. Week 8 betting free pick and game analysis.
Jacksonville State's enjoyed an admirable start to FBS play, but its defense is about to get a rude awakening from Western Kentucky. See why our college football picks have the Hilltoppers rising high in Week 8.The Jacksonville State Gamecocks had strung together three straight wins to reach 5-1 in their debut season at the FBS level. Life seemed swell, even if they had been beaten snap-by-snap in their first two Conference USA victories. Then, life came crashing down.
They seem to be most showing up in the secondary. Fifth-year Maine transfer safety Austin Ambush was sidelined last week against Liberty, and the Flames proceeded to notch explosive plays on 17% of their passes. If Kaidon Salter was dropping back to pass, it was a good thing for Liberty. Jacksonville State’s pass defense concerns can trace back three weeks to even against Sam Houston State — and let’s be clear here, the BearKats have one of the least explosive offenses in the country. Yet, they sprung explosive plays on 13% of their dropbacks. Across the last three weeks — 112 pass attempts starting to feel like a reasonable sample size — the Gamecocks have given up explosive plays on 14.3% of opposing dropbacks.’s last two games, 9.
An injury to a linebacker will not often impact a spread, but Evans’s absence could allow one more Jacksonville State score than expected, something Western Kentucky would then likely match, hence not impacting the spread. But that additional score or two should send this weeknight matchup well Over its total.
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