Liberty vs Old Dominion 9/18/21 College Football Picks, Odds, Predictions
Old Dominion Monarchs (1-1) vs. Liberty Flames (2-0)
September 18, 2021 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Liberty Flames -26.5 / Old Dominion Monarchs +26.5; Over/Under: 51
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The Liberty Flames meet the Old Dominion Monarchs in week 3 college football action from Williams Stadium on Saturday evening.
The Old Dominion Monarchs will tryo to build on a 47-7 thrashing of Hampton last time out. D.J. Mack Jr. has thrown for 162 yards and a touchdown on 50% passing while Hayden Wollf’s tossed for 140 yards and a score on 62.5% passing. Elijah Davis leads ODU’s ground attack with 178 rushing yards and a TD while Jon-Luke Peeker has 144 rushing yards and Mack Jr. has three rushing scores at QB. Zack Kuntz leads Old Dominion’s receiving group with 6 catches for 80 yards this season. On defense, Jordan Young leads the Monarchs with 14 total tackles while Amorie Morrison has a team-high 3 sacks on the year.
The Liberty Flames will come into this one fresh off of a narrow 21-13 win over Troy last time out. Malik Willis has thrown for 371 yards and 3 touchdowns on 68.3% passing while also leading the Flames in rushing with 148 rushing yards and a pair of scores. Demario Douglas leads the receiving group for Liberty with 125 receiving yards on 10 catches while DJ Stubbs has 102 receiving yards as well this season. Defensively, Storey Jackson leads the Flames with 16 total tackles with 1.5 sacks this season.
Old Dominion is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 non-conference games and 5-11 ATS in their last 16 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games in September. Liberty is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 30-12 ATS in their last 32 non-conference games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against C-USA.
This is a lot of points either way, as Old Dominion is getting a boatload, but Liberty’s good enough to cover it. With that said, I’m going to back the under. As high-powered as the offense is for the Flames, Liberty had issues putting Troy away and I’m not overly eager to just jump right back on after such a hard performance. On the other hand, the Monarchs just don’t have much right going for them and I don’t know how we get a total this high. Give me the under.
