#Appalachian State

Georgia's national championship victory over TCU is less than a week old, but the news and offseason never stops in college football - and that's especially true in the SEC. The Bulldogs will be heavily favored to win the SEC next season, which means 13 other teams have already started to aim for coach Kirby Smart's program and how to topple the…

The Troy Trojans (12-6, 4-1 Sun Belt) will look to extend a four-game winning streak when hitting the road against the Appalachian State Mountaineers (9-9, 2-3 Sun Belt) on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Holmes Convocation Center. It airs at 4:00 PM ET on ESPN+. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the…

10 best predictions for another huge Saturday of college football. What games appear to be the best bets and best picks for the Week 8 games? Results So Far: 43-37-1 I am freaking off. Usually the mid-October lack of REM sleep makes everything more focused, but that sure as shoot wasn't happening last weekend. Colorado beat Cal outright? Eastern…

The Appalachian State Mountaineers (9-8, 2-2 Sun Belt) are welcoming in the Georgia Southern Eagles (10-7, 3-1 Sun Belt) for a contest between Sun Belt rivals at Holmes Convocation Center, beginning at 6:30 PM ET on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Mountaineers' (-187 to…

Georgia will chase a third consecutive national championship in 2023 as the favorite in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for next season, ahead of the familiar run of teams that have come to dominate the Bowl Subdivision. The Bulldogs are followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Penn State. After an…

From David and Goliath to the Miracle on Ice, there's something about an underdog story that gets our juices flowing. Upsets happen in all shapes and sizes. It can be Appalachian State beating Michigan at the Big House or Boise State tricking its way past Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. But there's something more special about an upset in a national…

Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 3:30 ET Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL How To Watch: ESPN Record: Coastal Carolina (9-2), Troy (10-2) - It was a rocky road, but it's here. It only seems like Coastal…

The Appalachian State Mountaineers (8-8, 1-2 Sun Belt) travel to face the James Madison Dukes (11-5, 2-1 Sun Belt) after dropping four consecutive road games. It begins at 8:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Dukes' (-670 to win on the moneyline) contest with the…

South Alabama vs WKU prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Wednesday, December 21 Date: Wednesday, December 21 Game Time: 9:00 pm ET Venue: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA How To Watch: ESPN Record: South Alabama (10-2), WKU (8-5) - - South Alabama might be the best Power Five team you didn't pay any…

During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the Week 5 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: Georgia Tech+22.5 over Pittsburgh. This…

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and the App. State Mountaineers will face off in a Sun Belt clash at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at the Holmes Convocation Center. Appalachian State is 7-8 overall and 5-3 at home, while the Chanticleers are 7-6 overall and 2-3 on the road. Dustin Kerns is in his fourth season at Appalachian State and the Mountaineers…

The Appalachian State Mountaineers (7-8, 0-2 Sun Belt) will attempt to snap a three-game losing skid when hosting the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (7-6, 1-1 Sun Belt) at 6:30 PM ET on Thursday, January 5, 2023 at Holmes Convocation Center. The game airs on ESPN. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the…

During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the Week 4 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: TCU -125 ML over SMU. SMU is going to be…

After missing out on bowl games last season, Buffalo and Georgia Southern are back in the postseason and preparing to square off in the Camellia Bowl on Tuesday. Both teams won close games in the final week of the regular season to reach bowl eligibility and will be looking to build on recent track records of success in bowl action. Buffalo won…

Oddsmakers have made their Holiday Bowl prediction crystal clear: They expect a blowout and a boatload of points Wednesday night at San Diego's Petco Park. Just how big of a blowout? Oregon, which is laying nearly two touchdowns against North Carolina, is the second-biggest favorite of the entire college football postseason. (Only LSU, which is a…

I went 3-2 overall during my first segment of the bowl game Group of Five best bets. I'm kicking myself for going against Western Kentucky, which throttled South Alabama. The Hilltoppers are better than I gave them credit for this season, and they could be solid again in 2023. The 3-2 week of bets moves me to 40-35 (53.3%) on the season. Not…

One of the nation's top passing offenses faces one of its most opportunistic defenses when the Buffalo Bulls take on the Georgia Southern Eagles in the 2022 Camellia Bowl on Tuesday. The Eagles offense, led by former Buffalo quarterback Kyle Vantrease, is the fourth-best passing unit in FBS. The Bulls aren't great on either side of the ball but…

LONDON (AP) - Results from English football: Monday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first): Wisconsin and Oklahoma State are looking to finish with a flourish at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl after inconsistent seasons. The Badgers fired coach Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start, but beat Nebraska late in the season to become bowl eligible…

It will be a reunion on Tuesday when quarterback Kyle Vantrease leads the Georgia Southern Eagles against the Buffalo Bulls in the 2022 Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. Vantrease spent five years with Buffalo but opted to spend his final year of eligibility at Georgia Southern. Both teams lost three straight games before winning their…

A pair of 6-6 teams battle to finish over.500 in the Camellia Bowl when the Georgia Southern Eagles face the Buffalo Bulls. Read on for our Georgia Southern-Buffalo college football picks based on the top odds. Georgia Southern had the worst point differential (-36) among all bowl-eligible teams from the Sun Belt. The Eagles needed a 51-48…

A look at the 2022-23 college football bowl schedule. First is a look at the three games involved in the College Football Playoff; then comes the listings of the "other" bowls. All times Eastern. Semifinal: Fiesta Bowl Date: December 31 Site: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. Matchup: No. 2 Michigan (13-0) vs. No. 3 TCU (12-1) Time/TV: 4 p.m.,…

The Camelia Bowl on Tuesday features the Buffalo Bulls taking on the Georgia Southern Eagles on Tuesday. Read more to find out where the betting edge lies in our Buffalo vs. Georgia Southern betting picks. For mid-major teams, bowl games can represent many things. For the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Buffalo Bulls, this trip to Montgomery…

If you were to look at these two programs on Sept, 10, 2022, you would think the Buffalo Bulls and Georgia Southern Eagles were on very different trajectories. The Bulls hosted Holly Cross for a classic "cupcake" game to get a win on the board early in the season, while. The Eagles were on the road in Lincoln to play the Nebraska Cornhuskers.…

In the 2022 VSiN College Football Betting Guide, I wrote about my process for creating team power ratings and called it an "inexact science." The same can be said for figuring out home-field advantage. Home-field advantage is variable. A noon ET kickoff against a nonconference opponent doesn't have the same juice as a primetime rivalry game on ABC.…

Legend has it that death comes in threes, and that seemed to be the case inside of Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night for the Clemson Tigers. The Fighting Irish laid them to rest in all three facets of the game, burying them, 35-14. On offense, Notre Dame ran the ball for 263 yards (5.6 YPC), including three touchdowns. On defense, Notre Dame…

Buffalo vs Georgia Southern prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Camellia Bowl, Tuesday, December 27 Date: Tuesday, December 27 Game Time:12:00 ET Venue: Crampon Bowl, Montgomery, AL How To Watch: ESPN Record: Buffalo (6-6), Georgia Southern (6-6) - - Get ready to hear the name Kyle Vantrease a whole lot. Good at Buffalo over his five…

It was an eventful summer for Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher, who openly challenged the most powerful man in college football, and the first month of the season has been a similarly wild ride for his Aggies. After getting upset by Appalachian State on Sept. 10, Texas A&M rebounded by grinding out low-scoring victories over Miami and Arkansas. An…

TV schedule: Tuesday, December 20th, 6:30 pm ET. ACC Network Arena: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina The past couple of weeks have been rough for Wake Forest (8-4, 0-1), who has lost three of four games. The latest came this past weekend, falling 81-57 at home against Rutgers. The good news is that star…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

At 7:30 PM ET on Wednesday, the Georgia State Panthers (2-4) play at the Appalachian State Mountaineers (3-3). The Mountaineers took on the Texas State Bobcats in their last game, falling 36-24. Their last time out, the Panthers won 41-33 over the Georgia Southern Eagles. Chase Brice had 395 yards on 40-of-53 passing (75.5%) for the Mountaineers in…

Statistics are a core piece of sports analysis. Whether you're in a debate with friends or writing an article, these numbers have a constant presence in our minds. Football fans love discussing yards per play, points per game, third-down conversion rates, red-zone touchdown percentages, turnover margin and much more. There are dozens of common and…

A handful of the Football Bowl Subdivision's new head coaches for 2023 look like can't-miss hires right off the bat, including Luke Fickell at Wisconsin, Hugh Freeze at Auburn and Matt Rhule at Nebraska. But beware: Three or four years down the road, what seemed like a home run at the introductory press conference can be revealed as a big swing and…

Marshall vs UConn prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Myrtle Beach Bowl, Monday, December 19 Date: Monday, December 19 Game Time: 2:30 ET Venue: Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC How To Watch: ESPN Record: Marshall (8-4), UConn (6-6) - - How did Jim Mora Jr. not make every Coach of the Year list? Before 2022, UConn won exactly ten games since…

With college football bowl season hitting Boston this year, there was no way I could resist writing about it. The Louisville Cardinals will take on the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl - the third bowl game this postseason. The game will kick off, of course, from Fenway Park his coming Saturday, December 17th at 11:00am and will be…

The NCAA Tournament has Cinderellas and buzzer-beaters. Madness belongs to bowl season. A record 43 bowl games will be played over the next few weeks - more than double the number of bowl games held in 1997 - and 17 of them will feature at least one team without a winning record. A dizzying number of coaches and coordinators have already ditched…

The Commodores are still in contention for a bowl game. What needs to happen for Vanderbilt to play postseason football? Will Sheppard goes up for a grab against Florida on Nov. 19, 2022 (Hustler Multimedia/Miguel Beristain). November 22, 2022 There's an obvious answer. It's something that the Commodores haven't done since 2018. Something that no…

The Furman Paladins take on the NC State Wolfpack. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Furman NC State prediction and pick. The North Carolina State Wolfpack led the Miami Hurricanes for a large portion of this past Saturday's ACC game in South Florida. N.C. State led 55-43 with 13:45 left. The Wolfpack scored just five points in a…

Marshall is on the move from Conference USA to the Sun Belt in 2022. The new conference represents an upgrade in competition, but second-year coach Charles Huff's squad is poised to push for the Sun Belt East Division title. Running back Rasheen Ali returns as one of the top playmakers in the conference, and the Thundering Herd are slated to host…

A pair of conference champions will go head-to-head in the Cure Bowl as the Troy Trojans take on the UTSA Roadrunners. Read on for the odds and top college football picks for the Cure Bowl between Troy and UTSA. The last time Troy (10-3 ATS, 6-7 O/U) lost a game came all the way back in the Sun Belt Conference opener against Appalachian State. The…

UTSA vs Troy prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Duluth Trading Cure Bowl, Friday, December 16, 2022 Date: Friday, December 16, 2022 Game Time: 3:00 ET Venue: Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL How To Watch: ESPN Record: UTSA (11-2), Troy (11-2) - - None of the College Football Playoff games match up conference champions. This is the only bowl…

The college football bowl season gets underway this Friday, and in the second of a two-game card, we've got the UTSA Roadrunners (11-2, 8-0 C-USA) battling the Troy Trojans (11-2, 7-1 Sun Belt) in the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl. Kickoff from Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida, is scheduled for 3:00 pm EST and will be broadcast on ESPN immediately…

The college football season is heating up, and we've already seen major upsets with Notre Dame falling to Marshall and Texas A&M losing to Appalachian State after openly mocking them the night before the game. Yet, even as the landscape continues to shift, as it will drastically over the next few weeks, there are still a few places where we can…

Yes, there is a chance where Drake Maye and the rest of the UNC football team can make the College Football Playoff this season. It might be as a huge long shot, but UNC has a chance at making the College Football Playoff with Heisman Trophy contender Drake Maye at quarterback. The North Carolina Tar Heels are the Rodney Dangerfield of the Power…

It's only the end of Week 3 in the college football season, and there are real, live, dreams that might just come true for several programs not used to being in the bowl hunt. Could UNLV really get into a bowl? Yeah, the schedule in a mediocre Mountain West shapes up. How about Arizona? After getting by North Dakota State, getting to six wins now…

Here's the thing about the college football season. Every week is crunch time for somebody, when defeat can feel like a blindside chop block. Moments of Truth. Nebraska had one of those last Saturday in Ireland and look how that turned out. This week's selection of Moments of Truth: Wait a minute, can this be right? North Carolina is playing at…

Our parlay picks for conference title weekend are headlined by a pair of Carolina-based schools in the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and North Carolina Tar Heels, both of which are underdogs that ought to cover spreads that are too high. It's conference championship weekend for college football, and there are a handful of games with real national…

The 2022-23 men's college basketball season is a wee infant, less than two weeks old, but we've seen enough to jump to conclusions that may fly in the face of preseason expectations. After months of offseason portal watching, injury-update checking and exhibition-box-score dissecting to concoct a "definitive" ranking of teams heading into the…

After an exciting Week 2 of SEC football, we shift our focus to a Week 3 that features plenty of big-time matchups. Last week was as good as it gets in the SEC. Alabama held on to beat Texas, 20-19. Appalachian State stunned the Aggies. Kentucky showed it's for real with a win over Florida, and Tennessee used overtime to beat Pitt in a top-25…

2022 College Football News bowl projections, predictions and possible matchups for the College Football Playoff - the final call before it all gets announced After all the fun and all the games and everything that happened this season, we final have it … we hope. What will the matchups be in the 2022-2023 bowl games and College Football Playoff? We…

The James Madison Dukes are taking college football by storm this year, and they should continue to ground expectations against Georgia Southern. See why these upstarts headline our Week 7 college football parlay picks. Between traditional powerhouses underperforming, former contenders getting back into the national championship picture, and…