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The Memphis vs. Iowa State Liberty Bowl game featured a spread of Cyclones -10 after opening at -7. Our number came in at 6.43. There's a definite overlay here and these teams are each playing pretty much intact.
This will be a battle between Iowa State's defense and Memphis' top offense.
Despite Memphis going 9-3 Straight Up on the season, they only covered in four games. Iowa State maintained a 7-5 record both Straight Up and Against The Spread.
With a victory, Memphis can post just the fifth season in school history with at least 10 wins and the fourth since 2014.
Memphis offense averaged 39.2 points a game this season. The Cyclones ranked fifth in the NCAA picking off 16 passes and tied for 18th nationally with a plus-8 turnover differential.
Iowa State QB Rocco Becht is the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and has school freshman records with 20 touchdown passes and 2,674 yards passing that had been held by Brock Purdy, now in the NFL with San Francisco. Becht also has the freshman mark with 209 completions in 12 career starts.
Seth Henigan has 17 300-yard passing games and five 400-yard passing games that are the most in program history. He ranks 10th averaging 293.2 yards passing per game and 11th with 3,519 yards passing for the season. He is ninth averaging 313.8 yards in total offense per game.
Memphis has scored 20 or more points in 26 straight games for the longest active streak nationally.
Game Props
3 Straight Scores by Either Team
yes
-295
no
+210
Time of First Score O/U 5 (mins elapsed)
Under(5)
+111
Over(5)
-150
Team to Score First
ISU
-186
MEM
+139
Any Team to Score 40+ Points
yes
+152
no
-209
First score of Game is Touchdown
yes
-371
no
+234
Team to Score Last
ISU
-164
MEM
+122
Defensive or special teams TD scored
yes
+225
no
-323
Will there be Overtime
yes
+900
no
-2500
Will there be a Scoreless Quarter
yes
+274
no
-401
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
