This has been one of the best matchups in the country the last two years with Penn State upsetting Ohio State two years ago, 24-21, and Ohio State edging Penn State last year, 39-38. My feeling is that the Temple defense hasn’t seen anything like AJ Dillon and the BC rushing attack. Maryland’s running back Anthony McFarland actually had 107 yards on 11 carries before the game got out of hand. The only team on Temple’s schedule that comes close to the BC rush offense is Maryland, but the Terps had to pass almost the entire second half because they were down 21+ points. Temple has answered the challenge as it has held opponents to a respectable 3.67 yards per rush. On the one hand it has had the 22 nd most rushing attempts against its defense in the country which is mostly due to Tulsa having 66 rushing attempts against them. Temple’s rush defense stats are interesting to look. Until I see another loss like that I think it was just a bad game for BC. I’m chalking that one up to BC playing a bad game against a team backed into a corner.

I think Vegas is having a tough time figuring out the Eagles after the blowout loss at Purdue last weekend. It was a great week last week as I went 4-1 and nailed the lock of the week AND the Underdog Upset of the Week (Texas).

Underdog Upset of the Week: 2-1 (+180 Units) Lock of the Week YTD: 2-2 (21-8 All-time)

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