Lehigh vs Army Prediction College Football Picks 8/30/24

In this article, we will formulate a Lehigh vs Army prediction for this College Football Week 1 game on Friday, August 30th at Michie Stadium.  Let’s take a look at a Lehigh Mountain Hawks vs Army Black Knights pick. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Moutain Hawks recent form and recent player performance 

-The Black Knights recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Lehigh

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Army

-Recent betting trends in games played between Lehigh and Army. 

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Mountain Hawks and Black Knights. 

Army Looks for Another Strong Season

Army has been a headache for opposing teams the last couple of seasons and Jeff Monken’s squad hopes the same will be the case this year. Heading into this season the Army offensive line looks to be the strength again. Lucas Scott is the best offensive line player and he’s going to need to have a big year. One issue for the passing game is they are going to be without their deep threat Isiah Alston. Casey Reynolds fnished last year with 16 catches and he’s back. 

On defense, Army is expected to have a huge season, but they need the offense to find success and control the clock to get the job done. Kyle Lewis is the best defensive player and he’s back. It’s mostly a rotational defense, but Lewis is no doubt the star. Casey Larkin is the starting safety, and he’s going to need to have a strong year. Army will meet FAU and Rice after this game.

Why Army Will Beat Lehigh

• Army has won each of its last 16 home games against non-FBS teams.
• Army has covered the spread in three of its last four games against non-AP-ranked teams.

Lehigh Looks to be Better

Lehigh last season finished with a 2-9 record overall and to finish the season they lost three games in a row. This is year two of the Kevin Cahill era, and they have 18 players starters back from last year’s team. The best players for Lehigh are back on defense. Mike DeNucci and junior safety Nick Peltekia are both back and they are going to need to have years here. Lehigh wasn’t exactly great with the offense last season, but they were better in the passing game than the rush game.

The offensive line is better at pass blocking, and they are going to need to be elite here. In this game on the defensive side they are going to need the defense to be good against the run. Stopping the option is tough, but Lehigh knows to win this game they are going to need to find success. 

Why Lehigh Will Beat Army

• Army has failed to cover the spread in four of its last five home games.

Lehigh vs Army Prediction

Lehigh is going to really struggle to get Army off the field and that is going to be the difference here. Army is going to have no issue moving the ball, but they aren’t going to be running up the score. This is going to be all about the ground control. This Lehigh offense is going to really struggle against the Army defense, and this game is going to end up being lower scoring. Back the under to cash here with ease.