Liberty vs UMass Prediction College Football Picks 11/16/24

-Recent betting trends and streaks involving Liberty

-Recent betting trends and streaks involving UMass

-Latest betting trends in games played between Liberty and UMass

-An overview that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting result for today’s game between the Flames and the Minutemen.

Liberty returned

After losing two straight games, Liberty bounced back in a big way in the last game at Middle Tennessee. The offense had a good game with 37 points and they ended up winning by 20 points. Liberty scored 20 points in the second quarter and that was enough to get the job done. Kaidon Slater completed 11 of his 15 passes for 154 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. Liberty has averaged 30.9 points overall, while their defense is allowing 22.6 points per game. The offense is ranked 47th in the league, while the defense is ranked 52nd in all of college football. The Liberty will face Western Kentucky and Sam Houston after this game.

Another loss for UMass

UMass has two wins overall on its season, but mostly it’s been downhill for this team. The last game for UMass came against Mississippi State and it was not a good game as they scored 20 points while the defense gave up 45 points. One problem for UMass is that they don’t have a clear-cut quarterback. They played three different quarterbacks in the last game, and not one really stood out. AJ Hairston completed 7 of his 11 passes for 62 yards, zero touchdowns and one interception.

UMass overall this season is averaging 19.2 points while their defense is allowing 31.7 points per game. The offense is ranked 120th in the league, while the defense is ranked 106. In this game, the offense needs to get going. UMass will face Georgia after this one.

Liberty vs UMass Prediction

UMass still hasn’t figured out who they want to play at quarterback, and that will let them down in this game. UMass in the last game gave up 45 points to Mississippi State and it gets even worse here. Slater is going to have a huge game for the Liberty and that will be the difference here. UMass is going to struggle to get the offense going here and Liberty will cover the spread here.