Neither one of these teams has gotten off to a strong start to the season, but even if the Bobcats are 0-2 and just lost to Duquesne, I've seen less from them to be concerned about than Louisiana. The Cajuns are a team built on running the ball and are averaging 2.8 yards per carry. Ohio's offense has shown explosiveness, and that's why they should be able to hang within the number tonight.

Been sitting here waiting for this to get to 20.5, so now let's jump. This spread seems too high overall. The Bobcats haven't looked good yet with longtime offensive coordinator Tim Albin taking over the head coaching reins but are expected to contend in the MAC. Louisiana was dominated Week 1 at Texas (which doesn't look so great now) and barely escaped last week vs. FCS school Nicholls. The Bobcats are 8-0 ATS in their past eight Thursday games and 13-3 ATS in their past 16 vs. dogs. The Cajuns are 3-9 in their past 12 as favorites. They are likely to be without two key players in WR Errol Rogers and LB Ferrod Gardner.

This is just too many points to ignore between teams that have awfully similar resumes. Ohio and ULL both lost to Power Five programs in Week 1 before struggling against FCS opponents in Week 2. Ohio fell 28-26 to Duquesne, while the Cajuns slipped past Nicholls 27-24 despite allowing 511 yards of offense to the FCS club. The Bobcats appear slow to respond to first-year coach Tim Albin, the longtime offensive coordinator who took over for Frank Solich. But the Bobcats, who were projected to compete for the MAC title, still have too much roster talent to be given this big of a spot against a similarly underachieving ULL club.