Middle Tennessee State vs. Southern Mississippi College Football Picks: The Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders football team of the Sun Belt Conference and University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles of Conference-USA will play the New Orleans Bowl on Sunday with kickoff set for 7 pm ET at the New Orleans Super Dome. MTSU (9-3) is the second place team in the Sun Belt while USM (7-5) came within a win of playing in the C-USA championship game.
College Football Picks oddsmakers at BetUS.com list the Golden Eagles as 3 1/2-chalk favorites against the spead and -165 favorites on the moneyline with a 59 total. Blue Raiders backers are getting +145 moneyline odds as the underdog.The Blue Raiders started 3-3 this season, but finished with a six-game winning streak to earn their first bowl bid in three seasons. The only thing that kept them from a Sun Belt championship was an early-season loss to eventual conference champ Troy.
The Golden Eagles won their first three games this season, then lost three in a row, and had to replace their starting quarterback because of an injury. But with back-up Martevious Young compiling a 13-to-1 toucdown versus interception ratio in relief, Southern Miss got within one win of the C-USA East Division title. And they'll be playing in a bowl for the eighth straight season. The Eagles won last year's New Orleans Bowl, beating Troy 30-27 in overtime.
College Football Pick: We expect USM to win and cover ATS as a -3 1/2 point favorite.
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