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James Madison comes into their Armed Forces Bowl game versus Air Force as a -2.5 favorite after opening at -3. We get a number of 5.96, suggesting as much as a 3-point underlay, which bodes quite well for JMU with underlays in the 3/2.5 resulting in 86% covers for the favorite.
The Armed Forces Bowl offers a payout of $1.35 million. It features teams from various collegiate football conferences. The independent United States Military Academy (Army) is also eligible to participate.
James Madison enters this bowl game with just one loss on the season. They went 8-4 Against The Spread. Air Force owned an 8-4 record Straight Up and 5-7 Against The Spread.
Air Force starting quarterback Zac Larrier is expected to be under center after missing the past two games with an undisclosed injury. Running back John Lee Eldridge III totaled 521 rushing yards and six scores for Air Force, is in the transfer portal and won't be appearing in this bowl game.
The Falcons come into this one ranked second among FBS teams in total rushing yards (3,309) but are also hoping to avoid a 5th straight loss.
James Madison defense leads the nation allowing only 61.5 yards rushing per game.
This will serve as James Madison's bowl debut.
BetUS host Gary Segars, and expert handicappers Kyle Hunter and Parker Fleming preview the College Football Armed Forces Bowl between James Madison and Air Force. They'll go over the best value College Football odds available and betting trends and share their College Football expert predictions, picks and best bets.
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We do have a dire warning from the fine folks at Winners and Whiners before you place the Dukes bet:
"The Dukes lost six defenders who accounted for 325 tackles and 15.5 sacks, two running backs who combined for 1,162 rushing yards, a receiver who caught 74 passes for 1,076 yards and eight TDs, and their starting QB (3,400 passing yards and 40 total TDs). Replacing that amount of production with no new players is impossible."
Game Props
Time of First Score O/U 7 (mins elapsed)
Under(7)
-137
Over(7)
+102
Team to Score First
AF
-108
JM
-124
Any Team to Score 40+ Points
yes
+823
no
-2500
First score of Game is Touchdown
yes
-228
no
+155
Team to Score Last
AF
-117
JM
-114
Defensive or special teams TD scored
yes
+214
no
-304
Will there be Overtime
yes
+700
no
-1667
Will there be a Scoreless Quarter
yes
+125
no
-170
Margin of Victory
Rot Winning Margin MoneyLine
James Madison to win by 1-6 pts +330
James Madison to win by 7-12 pts +500
James Madison to win by 13-18 pts +800
James Madison to win by 19-24 pts +1400
James Madison to win by 25-30 pts +2500
James Madison to win by 31-36 pts +4000
James Madison to win by 37-42 pts +6000
James Madison to win by 43 or more pts +9000
Air Force to win by 1-6 pts +330
Air Force to win by 7-12 pts +550
Air Force to win by 13-18 pts +850
Air Force to win by 19-24 pts +1600
Air Force to win by 25-30 pts +3000
Air Force to win by 31-36 pts +4500
Air Force to win by 37-42 pts +7000
Air Force to win by 43 or more pts +10000
- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com
