Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns vs Houston Cougars 12/23/2022 Odds, Picks and Forecast

Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns vs Houston Cougars 12/23/2022 – The Independence Bowl will take place on Friday afternoon between the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and the Houston Cougars at the Independence Stadium. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns are 6-6 overall on the scoreboard after winning against the Texas State Bobcats before coming here. The Houston Cougars, on the other hand, were paired with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane last time out, and lost the game, dropping them to 7-5 on the season. The Houston Cougars will be winning this game according to the latest NCAAF betting trends.

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
Ragin’ Cajuns	+6.5 (-105)	60.5 o (-105)	+220
Cougars	-6.5 (-105)	60.5 u (-105)	-240

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Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns have lost three games out of their last five played at this point of time, and most recently managed to pull off a win against Texas State with a final score of 41-13. As a team, the Cajuns are scoring an average of 27.0 points in each game and are passing for 224.9 yards per matchup on average. The Louisiana offense this season is led by Ben Woolridge who has passed for a total of 1661 yards, scoring 15 touchdowns along the way with five picks. On defense, the Ragin’ Cajuns are allowing their opponents to score an average of 22.8 points in each game played.

Players to watch: Ben Wooldridge QB (CMP 138, ATT 244, YDS 1661, CMP% 56.6, AVG 6.8, LNG 63, TD 15, INT 5, SACK 11, SYL -45, RTG 129.9), Chandler Fields QB (CMP 89, ATT 157, YDS 954, CMP% 56.7, AVG 6.1, LNG 50, TD 10, INT 4, SACK 11, SYL -64, RTG 123.6), Chris Smith RB (ATT 112, YDS 579, AVG 5.2, LNG 55, TD 3), Terrence Williams RB (ATT 99, YDS 365, AVG 3.7, LNG 16, TD 1), Michael Jefferson WR (REC 51, YDS 810, AVG 15.9, LNG 63, TD 7). 

Houston Cougars

The Houston Cougars have won three games out of their last five played as of now, and are coming here after losing to Tulsa with a final score of 37-30. As a team, the Cougars are scoring an average of 37.2 points in each game and are throwing for 321.1 yards per matchup an average. The Houston offense is being led by Clayton Tune who has thrown for a total of 3845 yards, scoring 37 touchdowns along the way with ten picks. Defense-wise, the Houston Cougars are allowing their opponents to score an average of 33.5 points per matchup.

Players to watch: Clayton Tune QB (CMP 316, ATT 469, YDS 3845, CMP% 67.4, AVG 8.2, LNG 63, TD 37, INT 10, SACK 21, SYL -144, RTG 158), Lucas Coley QB (CMP 3, ATT 3, YDS 8, CMP% 100, AVG 2.7, LNG 4, TD 0, INT 0, SACK 0, SYL 0, RTG 122.4), Stacy Sneed RB (ATT 70, YDS 489, AVG 7, LNG 52, TD 5), Brandon Campbell RB (ATT 83, YDS 409, AVG 4.9, LNG 40, TD 4), Nathaniel Dell WR (REC 103, YDS 1354, AVG 13.1, LNG 63, TD 15). 

Trends

Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns

Houston are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Houston’s last 12 games.
Houston are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games.
Ragin’ Cajuns are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Houston are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games against an opponent in the Sun Belt conference.

Houston Cougars

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Louisiana-Lafayette’s last 6 games.
Louisiana-Lafayette are 14-6 SU in their last 20 games.
Cougars are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the American Athletic Conference.
Louisiana-Lafayette are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games played in December.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Louisiana-Lafayette’s last 10 games when playing as the underdog.