2024 College Football Week 12 Picks

The Marshall Thundering Herd (6-3) battle a conference opponent when they host the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (5-4) on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in a Sun Belt showdown. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+ starting at 1 p.m. ET. Below we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around Marshall vs. Coastal Carolina odds and make our expert college football picks and predictions.

In their last game, the Thundering Herd took down the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 37-3. The Chanticleers are coming off a 38-24 win over the Appalachian State Mountaineers. Braylon Braxton had 220 yards on 14-of-21 passing (66.7%) for the Pack in that game against the Golden Eagles, with one touchdown and one interception. He also added 13 carries for 59 yards and a rushing touchdown. Ethan Payne totaled 104 rushing yards on 13 carries (8.0 yards per carry) and scored a touchdown on the ground. He added one catch for -3 yards. Christian Fitzpatrick led the receiving attack against the Golden Eagles, catching two passes for 78 yards.

Ethan Vasko threw for 150 yards for the Chanticleers against the Mountaineers, going 14-for-18 (77.8%) with one touchdown and no interceptions. He added 13 carries for 52 yards and a touchdown. In that matchup, Braydon Bennett had a nine-carry, 88-yard game (9.8 yards per attempt) with three touchdowns. He also added four receptions for 33 yards. Cameron Wright caught two passes on four targets for 25 yards (12.5 yards per reception).

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Marshall vs Coastal Carolina odds

Delivered by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting for a complete list. Lines last updated Saturday at 12:29 p.m.

• Moneyline (ML): Marshall -312 (Bet $312 to win $100) | Coastal Carolina +247 (Bet $100 to win $247)
• Against the spread (ATS): Marshall -8 (-111) | Coastal Carolina +8 (-109)
• Over/Under (O/U): 57 (O: -110 | U: -110)

How to make Marshall vs Coastal Carolina picks

Forecast

Marshall 35, Coastal Carolina 24

Moneyline

• Moneyline selection: Marshall -312
• Marshall has yet to lose when playing as the moneyline favorite this season, going 6-0.
• The Thundering Herd have won all four games they have played as moneyline favorites with odds of -312 or less.
• Coastal Carolina has been an underdog in five games this season, winning two (40%) of those contests.
• The Chanticleers haven’t been a bigger underdog this season than the +247 moneylines set for this game.

Against the spread

• ATS selection: Marshall -8
• The Thundering Herd has eight wins in nine games against the spread this year.
• Against the spread as 8-point or better favorites, Marshall is 3-1.
• Against the spread, the Chanticleers are 4-5-0 this year.

Over/Under

• O/U selection: Over 57 points
• In two games this season, the Thundering Herd and their opponents have combined to score more than 57 points.
• Chanticleers games this season have totaled more than 57 points in seven of nine outings.
• These teams collect 62.3 points per game between them, 5.3 more than this game’s total points.
• These teams give a combined 54.7 points per game. game, 2.3 fewer points than this matchups over/under.
• The Thundering Herd is averaging 54.1 points in their matchups this year, 2.9 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
• The Chanticleers are averaging 55.1 points over/under in their matchups this season, 1.9 fewer points than this game’s total.

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