The Auburn Tigers meet the Georgia State Panthers Saturday afternoon in week 4 college football action from Jordan-Hare Stadium on.
The Georgia State Panthers come into this one looking to build on a 20-9 win over Charlotte last time out. Heading into their matchup with Charlotte, Cornelious Brown IV has thrown for 197 yards and a pair of interceptions on 52.2% passing while Destin Coates leads the Panthers with 58 rushing yards and a touchdown while Darren Grainger also has 58 rushing yards this season. Jamari Thrash has 9 catches for 105 yards to lead GSU’s receiving corps this season. Defensively, Jordan Veneziale has a team-high 18 total tackles including 8 solo tackles while Blake Carroll has 1.5 sacks this season.
The Auburn Tigers will try to rebound from their 28-20 loss to Penn State in their last game. Heading into their matchup with Penn State, Bo Nix has thrown for 383 yards and 5 touchdowns on 74.4% passing while Jarquez Hunter has a team-high 257 yards and Tarik Bigsby has 241 rushing yards with each logging a pair of rushing scores as well this season. Shedrick Jackson leads the Auburn receiving group with 7 catches for 90 yards while Demetris Robertson has 6 catches for 89 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Defensively, Zakoby McClain leads the Tigers with 17 total tackles including 10 solo tackles while T.D. Moultry and Marquis Burks each have a pair of sacks this season.
Georgia State is 4-9-2 ATS in their last 15 games as a road underdog and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 non-conference games. Auburn is 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games as a home favorite and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record.
The Panthers finally got a win and what’s their reward? A matchup with an Auburn team that’s frustrated that they didn’t walk out of Beaver Stadium with a road win over Penn State. I think that this is just a bad spot for the Panthers and for Auburn to win this one by at least four scores.