Louisiana vs Marshall: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines: Saturday, December 18
Louisiana vs Marshall: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl How To Watch
Date: Saturday, December 18
Game Time: 9:15 pm ET
Venue: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
How To Watch: ESPN
, Live stream on ESPN+
Records: Louisiana (12-1), Marshall (8-4)
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– Head coach Billy Napier might be off living his best life as the head coach of the Florida Gators, but this is still a fantastic Louisiana team coming in on a 12-game winning streak with a Sun Belt championship.
The offense might not have been quite as explosive and as fun as the 2020 version, but the team got through game after game with a strong defense, an offense that was among the most mistake-free in all of college football, and by doing all of the little things right.
– On the flip side, Marshall found plenty of new and creative ways to turn the ball over, couldn’t stop the run, and it could never seem to find any consistency. However, the passing game was fun, the wins came against the teams it was supposed to beat, and the pass rush got their mail in the opposing backfield.
– To win this, the Herd have to open it up. The passing attack has to break Louisiana out of its controlled style, and this will need to be a bit of a shootout to make this a tad more frenetic.
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The defensive line has to take this over from the start.
The Marshall offense has been hit-or-miss throughout the season, and the defense has been a tad spotty against the run – to be kind – but the pass rush has been a terror with a whole lot of big things happening in the backfield.
Yes, Louisiana will want to run, but this isn’t the offense of the last few years – it relies on more quick-hitting passes and balance now. Marshall’s D should be able to hurry the process a bit.
Offensively, throw well, don’t turn the ball over a ton, and win.
The passing attack can take over games and should be able to push a Ragin’ Cajun secondary that wasn’t pressed too often by many high-powered passing attacks. It got torched when it did.
Marshall has chilled a bit with the turnovers after giving them up in bunches over the first half of the season, but the two against WKU didn’t help the cause in the regular season finale.
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Again, Marshall has been better with the turnovers, and it only lost the turnover margin twice over the final seven games – and it lost both of them.
Louisiana might not be the killer it was in 2020, but the 2021 team is far more careful with the ball. It hasn’t turned it over in any of the last four games and just once in the last six – it’s second in the nation in turnover margin.
The Marshall lines might be terrific, but Louisiana has no problem playing low-scoring slugfest games. It does a good job of getting the defense off the field, the offense is just fine at controlling the clock, and the running game should be able to crank up enough yards on the ground to get by.
Other than UAB, the teams on Marshall’s schedule that can run were able to do it, and so were some teams that weren’t that great on the ground.
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Louisiana vs Marshall: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, What’s Going To Happen
Louisiana might not have its head coach, but it’s got the team in place to finish off a fantastic season.
There wasn’t the fanfare of 2020, but you don’t go on a 32-4 run without knowing how to get through several tough battles. There’s enough experience in place to get though what should be a fun, tough game that will make up for the lack of scoring with a big finish.
Marshall will have the ball late with a chance to pull off the win, but the drive will stall. In front of the home fans, the Ragin’ Cajuns will run out the clock.
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Louisiana vs Marshall Prediction, Lines
Louisiana 26, Marshall 23
Line: Louisiana -5, o/u: 55
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
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Dec. 23, 2020 Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana Tech 3
Dec. 21, 2019 Appalachian State 31, UAB 17
Dec. 15, 2018 Appalachian State 45, Middle Tennessee 13
Dec. 16, 2017 Troy 50, North Texas 30
Dec. 17, 2016 Southern Miss 28, Louisiana-Lafayette 21
Dec. 19, 2015 Louisiana Tech 47 Arkansas State 28
Dec. 20, 2014 Louisiana-Lafayette 16 Nevada 3
Dec. 21, 2013 Louisiana-Lafayette 24 Tulane 21
Dec. 22, 2012 Louisiana-Lafayette 43 East Carolina 34
Dec. 17, 2011 Louisiana-Lafayette 32 San Diego State 30
Dec. 18, 2010 Troy 48 Ohio 21
Dec. 20, 2009 Middle Tennessee 42 Southern Miss 32
Dec. 20, 2008 Southern Miss 30 Troy 27 (OT)
Dec. 21, 2007 FAU 44 Memphis 27
Dec. 22, 2006 Troy 41 Rice 17
Dec. 20, 2005 Southern Miss 31 Arkansas State 19
Dec. 14, 2004 Southern Miss 31 North Texas 10
Dec. 16, 2003 Memphis 27 North Texas 17
Dec. 17, 2002 North Texas 25 Cincinnati 19
Dec. 18, 2001 Colorado State 45 North Texas 20
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