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Cure Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs NIU 12/17/21 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

NIU Huskies (9-4) vs. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (10-2)
December 17, 2021 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers -10 / NIU Huskies +10; Over/Under: +63.5
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The Northern Illinois Huskies and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers square off Friday night in the college football Cure Bowl from Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers come into the bowl game with a record of 10-2 representing the Sun Belt Conference. Gtayson McCall has thrown for 2,558 yards, 23 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 73% passing while Shermari Jones has a team-high 988 rushing yards with 13 touchdowns. Braydon Bennett has 528 rushing yards with 5 TDs as well on the year. Jaivon Heiligh leads the Chanticleers in receiving with 1,034 receiving yards along with 7 touchdowns while Isaiah Likely has 816 receiving yards with 10 touchdowns and Kameron Brown has 567 receiving yards for Coastal as well this season. On defense, Silas Kelly leads Coastal with 95 total tackles while Josaiah Stewart has 12.5 sacks and Jeffrey Gunter has 5.5 sacks on the year.

The Northern Illinois Huskies come into this game looking to put the cherry on top of their 9-4 mark this season representing the MAC in this game. Rocky Lombardi has thrown for 2,416 yards, 13 touchdowns and 8 interceptions on 58.2% passing while Jay Ducker has 1,038 rushing yards with 3 touchdowns while Harrison Waylee has 574 rushing yards and 4 scores this season. Trayvon Rudolph leads NIU with 877 receiving yards while Tyrice Richie has a team-high 44 catches for 540 yards and Cole Tucker has 488 receiving yards this season. Another three Huskies have at least 100 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, CJ Brown leads the Huskies with 103 total tackles on the year.

Coastal Carolina is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. Northern Illinois is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 bowl games and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games overall while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS win.

The Chants come inot this one still looking for their first bowl win, but I think it’s going to be tough against this NIU team that played in a tough of high-scoring and close games in the MAC. Sure, the Sun Belt is tough, no one is disputing that, but I don’t think the MAC gets enough credit for how tough the competition can be and I think this is a shootout from the opening kickoff. Give me the over here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Over 63.5

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