UAB Blazers vs Liberty Flames Prediction, 9/10/2022 College Football Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: UAB Blazers vs Liberty Flames

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022

Location: Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, VA

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Flames (+4.5)

Total/Over-Under: 52

The Liberty Flames (1-0) will try to beat the UAB Blazers (1-0) at Williams Stadium on Saturday. UAB opens this matchup as 4.5-point favorites from oddsmakers. The betting total comes in at 52.

The UAB Blazers head into this game 1-0 this season. In their last contest, the Blazers took on the Alabama A&M Bulldogs and notched a win by a score of 59-0. Dylan Hopkins connected on 13/18 with 191 yards passing and 1 TD. He had a QB rating of 179.7 and finished the contest without throwing an interception. Jermaine Brown Jr. was the rushing leader for the Blazers with 10 totes for 114 yards (11.4 yards per carry). The UAB Blazers ran the football 36 times and accrued 231 yds, which is an average of 6.4 yds per attempt. For the game, they ran 63 plays which gave them a total of 478 yds. UAB surrendered 16 completions on 33 attempts for a total of 137 yds, and a completion percentage of 48.5%. On the ground, the Blazers gave up 98 yds on 39 tries, which calculates to 2.5 yards per run surrendered.

Concerning putting the ball in the endzone, the UAB Blazers were sitting at 29.5 points per contest. As a team they averaged 180.3 yards in the run game, ranking them 49th in the nation. The Blazers racked up 5,026 total yards for the prior campaign. UAB totaled 20 touchdowns via the pass and 27 touchdowns via the ground. UAB accounted for 233 1st downs as an offense, and they committed 114 infractions for 1110 yards. They gave the ball to the opposition 17 different times.

The Blazers ranked 41st in the nation in terms of the opposition scoring, conceding 23.2 points per game. The opposition ran for an average of 3.2 yards per rushing attempt and 112.2 yards on the ground per game last season. Overall, they conceded 1,459 rushing yards through 13 games. When talking about passing yardage, the Blazers allowed 2,824 yards which had them sitting in 53rd in D-1. During their 13 games, they yielded 217.2 yards per outing via the pass in addition to relinquishing a completion percentage of 58.7%. They granted 329.3 yards per contest ranking them 16th in the country. They gave up 23 passing touchdowns as well as 16 rushing touchdowns.

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The Flames head into this game 1-0 for this year. The last time they took the gridiron, the Flames got the win with a final of 29-27 when they faced the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Kaidon Salter (2 touchdowns) finished the contest with 148 yards on 8/13 through the air while his QB rating was 192.6. He had 1 interception and his average yards per pass attempt was 11.4. Kaidon Salter carried the ball 9 times for 65 yds, ending the game with 7.2 yds per carry for Liberty. The Flames finished the contest with a total of 447 yds while they ran 83 plays (5.4 yards per play). Liberty ran the ball for 5.1 yds per attempt, totaling 244 yards on 48 attempts. Liberty gave up 54 rush attempts for 252 yards (4.7 yards per rush). The Flames passing defense conceded a completion rate of 42.9%, relinquishing 139 yds on 6 out of 14 passing.

In relation to the points being put on the board, the Flames had a ranking of 25th in college football averaging 33.6 PPG. Last season, the Flames threw for 3,315 yards through the air along with averaging 255.0 throwing yards per contest, which ranked 44th in college football. The Liberty Flames averaged 436.3 yards per contest, which was good for 37th in the nation. The Liberty offense compiled 865 penalty yds on 92 violations, which had them sitting 24th in Division 1 in terms of giving up free yards.

Liberty allowed the opposition a total of 1,827 rushing yards (140.5 yards per contest) in addition to 20 touchdowns on the ground last year. They yielded 14 touchdowns from the passing game as well as 180.3 yards/contest, which put them in 6th in Division 1. The Flames defense took the field for 874 plays, which had them ranked 73rd in college football. The Flames conceded 21.5 points per game, which had them sitting 24th in the nation. In total, they surrendered 280 points in total.

Who will win tonight's Blazers/Flames college football game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take the Flames +4.5

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