LA Tech at Georgia Southern: 12/23/20 College Football Picks and Prediction

Defensively, Louisiana Tech is allowing their opponents to average 34.3 ppg on 425.0 total yards per game (240.4 passing yds/g; 184.6 rushing yds/g).

The Georgia Southern Eagles finished their regular season with an overall record of 7-5 while finishing t-3rd in the Sun Belt – East with a 4-4 conference record. Georgia Southern had a strong start to their season, winning six of their first eight games which included a competitive 20-18 loss at Louisiana, however, the Eagles did struggle down the stretch, losing three of their last four games including a 34-26 loss at home against Appalachian State in their regular season finale. This will be the 3rd straight Bowl appearance for Georgia Southern as the Eagles defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles in the 2018 Camellia Bowl while losing to the Liberty Flames in the New Orleans Bowl last season.

On the season, Georgia Southern is averaging 26.3 ppg on 364.8 total yards per game (102.3 passing yds/g; 262.5 rushing yds/g). Offensively, Georgia Southern has been led by QB Shai Werts who had completed 60.3% of his passes for 936 yards, 7 TD, & 6 INT. Werts is also the leading rusher for the Eagles with 649 yards & 8 TD on 131 carries. In the backfield for Georgia Southern has been the trio of J.D. King (116 att, 625 yards, 5 TD), Logan Wright (88 att, 565 yards, 4 TD), and Wesley Kennedy III (66 att, 447 yards, 6 TD). The top receiving threats for the Eagles have been Malik Murray (20 rec, 258 yards, TD) and Khaleb Hood (14 rec, 159 yards, TD).

Defensively, Georgia Southern is holding their opponents to an average of 22.3 ppg on 333.5 total yards per game (221.4 passing yds/g; 112.1 rushing yds/g).

The Bulldogs are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 Bowls games, however, are just 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Eagles are 5-0 ATS vs. a team with a winning record and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall.

Louisiana Tech has been lights out in Bowl games over the past six years, however, this just not as strong as a Louisiana Tech team that we’ve seen in previous years and the Bulldogs looked particularly bad on both ends of the ball in their last game against TCU. Georgia Southern is a solid football team with a rushing attack that should have success against the Bulldogs 88th ranked rushing defense and as I think the Eagles defense will give Luke Anthony and Louisiana Tech some trouble, I’m taking Georgia Southern to cover this spread. Good Luck!