Georgia Southern vs BYU 11/20/21 College Football Picks, Odds, Predictions

The Georgia Southern Eagles meet the BYU Cougars on Saturday in week 12 college football action from Paulson Stadium.

The BYU Cougars will look to build on their 59-14 win over Idaho State last time out. Jaren Hall has thrown for 1,995 yards, 16 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 64.7% passing while Tyler Allgeier has 1,167 rushing yards with 17 touchdowns this season. Puka Nacua leads BYU’s receivers with 671 receiving yards while Neil Pau’u has 526 receiving yards with 6 TDs and Gunner Romney has 452 receiving yards as well this season. Another five BYU receivers have at least 100 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Ben Bywater leads the Cougars with 72 total tackles while Pepe Tanuvada has 3 sacks.

The Georgia Southern Eagles will look to build on a 38-30 win over Texas State in their last game. Justin Tomlin has thrown for 977 yards, 2 touchdowns and 9 interceptions on 51.7% passing while Cam Ransom has 494 yards passing on 47% completion. Logan Wright leads the Eagles on the ground with 716 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns while Gerald Green has 423 rushing yards with 5 TDs and Jalen White has 307 rushing yards with 4 scores. Khaleb Hoods has a team-high 464 receiving yards on 38 catches while Derwin Burgess Jr. has 313 receiving yards. On defense, Anthony Wilson has a team-high 64 total tackles while Eldrick Robinson II has 61 total tackles and C.J. Wright has 5.5 sacks on the year.

BYU is 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 games against a team with a losing record and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road favorite. Georgia Southern is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games against a team with a winning record and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against independents while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games as a home underdog.

I get that this is a lot of points with a home dog like Georgia Southern, but the Eagles can only run the option offense so much before BYU figures it out and shuts it down. The Cougars are also the better team across the board and have more than one dimension to their offense and I see it being hard for eht Eagles to stop the Cougars here. Give me BYU laying the points.