VEGAS BET OF THE NIGHT THURSDAY NCAA FOOTBALL
We have a double dipper tonight Point Spread and Over / Under
Chattanooga 0 at Illinois 31
Illinois -19 / -2000 / 44.5
Chattanooga is ranked 69 in Offensive YPG averaging 435 with 13 TD’s. They Rank 89th in passing and 77th in rushing. Their QB, Senior Preston Hutchinson ranks 58th in the Nation in passing yards per game with 251 per game and their RB Ailym Ford ranks 22nd in the nation with 60 attempts and 331 yards averaging 110 per game. Last year, Chattanooga came so close to beating Kentucky on the road losing 23-28. It was a 23-14 game half-way through the 4th quarter and Kentucky had to fight to come back.
TAKE: Over 44.5 LOSS TAKE: Chattanooga +19 LOSS
YEAR DATE OPPONENT RESULT CHATT OTHER TOTALS
2022 Sat, Sep 10 @Eastern Illinois W 38 20 58
2020 Sun, Mar 20 @Furman W 20 18 38
2021 Sun, Sep 18@Kentucky L 23 28 51
2021 Sun, Nov 13 @Mercer L 6 10 16
2021 Sun, Sep 11 @No Alabama W 20 0 20
2021 Sun, Oct 23 @Samford W 55 13 68
2020 Sun, Mar 6 @The Citadel W 25 24 49
2021 Sun, Oct 9 @VMI L 34 37 71
2020 Mon, Oct 24@WKY L 10 13 23
2021 Sun, Nov 6 @Wofford W 35 10 45
2021 Fri, Sep 2 vs Austin Peay L 20 30 50
2021 Sun, Oct 16 vs East Tenn. St W 21 16 37
2021 Sun, Oct 30 vs Furman W 13 3 16
2020 Sun, Mar 27 vs Mercer L 28 35 63
2022 Sat, Sep 17 vs No Alabama W 41 14 55
2021 Sun, Nov 20 vs The Citadel L 21 24 45
2021 Sun, Oct 2 vs West Carolina W 45 17 62
2022 Sat, Sep 3 vs Wofford W 31 0 31
2020 Sun, Feb 27 vs Wofford W 24 13 37
AVERAGES 26.8 17.1 43.9
Illinois does not have a lot going for them, they are ranked 208 out of 246 teams in overall Offense, 151st in passing and 33rd in rushing. On the bright side they have the Nation's top rusher in FBS Chase Brown, with 75 attempts for 495 yards, 165 yards per game. Defensively, Illinois ranks 26th in the nation and Chattanooga is ranked 27 and 10th in FCS. Pretty evenly matched.
Games vs FCS or teams rank above 100 to 246
Date Road Score Home Score Result TOTALS
Aug 27, 2022 WYOMING 6 ILL 38 W 44
Oct 30, 2021 RUTGER 20 ILL 14 L 34
Oct 2, 2021 CHAR 14 ILL 24 W 38
Sep 4, 2021 UTSA 37 ILL 30 L 67
Sep 14, 2019 E.MICH 34 ILL 31 L 65
Aug 31, 2019 AKRON 3 ILL 42 W 45
Sep 8, 2018 W.ILL 14 ILL 34 W 48
Sep 1, 2018 KENT 24 ILL 31 W 55
AVERAGES 19.0 30.5 49.5