The Florida Atlanta Owls will visit the East Carolina Pirates for an American Athletic Conference showdown on Thursday night. ECU is 4-4 on the season and 2-2 in conference play while FAU is 2-6 overall and 0-4 in the league. The Pirates won the first AAC matchup between these programs last season 22-7 as 7.5-point road underdogs and are now 2-0 against the Owls all-time. This will be the second game for ECU interim head coach Blake Harrell, who took over after Mike Houston was fired on Oct. 20.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, N.C. The Pirates are favored by 7.5 points in the latest East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic odds and the over/under is 57.5 points. Before entering any FAU vs. ECU picks, you’ll want to see the college football predictions from the model at SportsLine.
The model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Since its inception, it has generated a betting profit of well over $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college spread football picks, and it is a sizzling 18-9 on all top-rated picks over the past six weeks of this season. Anyone following at sportsbooks and on betting apps has seen strong returns.
The model has set its sights on ECU vs. FAU. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college football betting lines for the FAU vs. ECU game:
- East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic spread: ECU -7.5
- East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic over/under: 57.5 points
- East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic money line: ECU -293, FAU +231
- East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic picks: See picks here
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Why ECU can cover
The Pirates are coming off a 56-34 win over Temple on Oct. 26 where they rushed for a season-high 225 yards and piled up 494 yards of total offense. Rahjai Harris rushed 11 times for 130 yards and a touchdown in the victory and ECU had two receivers manage at least 100 yards and a score: Chase Sowell (4-117-1) and Anthony Smith (4-101-1).
ECU was favored by 8.5 over Temple and is now 4-3-1 against the spread on the season. Now the Pirates have had an extra week off to prepare and are only two wins away from being bowl eligible for the second time in the last three seasons. See which team to pick here.
Why FAU can cover
Florida Atlantic is coming off a 44-21 loss to South Florida on Friday and now has to turn around on a short week against a team on a bye. However, it wasn’t all bad for Tom Herman’s Owls, who put up 485 yards of total offense in the defeat.
Cam Fancher threw for 306 yards and a touchdown while CJ Campbell piled up 168 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns in the loss. However, the Owls allowed the Bulls to gain 319 yards on the ground and they’ll need to dial in their run defense to slow down the Pirates on Thursday. See which team to pick here.
How to make East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic picks
The model has simulated FAU vs. ECU 10,000 times and the results are in. The model is leaning under and it also says one side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins ECU vs. FAU, and which side of the spread hits over 50% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic spread to jump on, all from the advanced computer model that’s up well over $2,000 on its top-rated college football spread picks since its inception, and find out.
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