| Sports Betting Line movement for Game of the day - | | | | seasons. Arnold has only had 74 yards on 22 carries |
| Arkansas State at UL Monroe | | | | the past two games and needs to produce more than |
| Sports Betting Odds makers opened this game as a | | | | that to balance his team's offense. He is still on pace |
| pick 'em but the Red Wolves have been bet up to -2. | | | | for 1132 yards in the 12-game schedule. |
| Sports Betting Measuring Sticks For Today’s | | | | Warhawks’ defensive end Alex Carrington, the |
| Game: | | | | preseason defensive player of the year in the Sun |
| ASU – picked to finish second in the sub belt this | | | | Belt, has just 11 tackles in four games, including a single |
| season - is just 1-3, but its losses have come against | | | | sack. |
| Nebraska, Troy and Iowa. The Hawkeyes narrowly | | | | ULM’s running game has improved vastly and QB |
| held off the Red Wolves, 24-21, 10 days ago. | | | | Trey Revell is playing with a lot of confidence. The |
| Arkansas State ranks 48th in the country in rushing, | | | | junior has thrown for more than 1,000 yards and four |
| 98th in passing, 46th in offensive scoring, 81st in total | | | | touchdowns, and has rushed for 185 yards and three |
| offense and is tied for 18th inside the red zone. | | | | touchdowns. His running ability adds another |
| The ASU pass defense is its Achilles heel, ranking | | | | dimension to the offense that features strong skill |
| 107th in the country, allowing 266.5 yards per game. | | | | players. Equally impressive is the fact ULM has given |
| They have yielded 1027 yards on 82-for-117 and nine | | | | up just five sacks this season. |
| touchdowns over the last three games. | | | | Junior RB Frank Goodin leads ULM with 461 yards |
| Monroe has a chance to improve to 3-0 in Sun Belt | | | | rushing and eight touchdowns while senior WR Darrell |
| play, which would be big considering the team was | | | | McNeal leads ULM with 22 receptions and four |
| picked to finish seventh in the league. | | | | touchdowns. |
| The Warhawks bring a double-deuce offense into this | | | | Coach’s chorus |
| contest, averaging 208.6 yards rushing and 210 | | | | ULM coach Charlie Weatherbie on tonight’s game: |
| passing. They are averaging 37 points per game in | | | | "It's always been a very close football game, it seems. |
| Sun Belt play. ULM leads the Sun Belt in scoring and | | | | I'm not sure there has ever been a blowout one way |
| tallied 577 yards of offense against FIU in its last game. | | | | or the other. I would expect no different in this |
| Weather Update: | | | | ballgame. I think both teams are very evenly matched |
| Warm temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, under | | | | athletically and I compliment Arkansas State on how |
| cloudy skies, are expected at kickoff. Showers and | | | | they played Iowa. I thought they played very, very well |
| thunderstorms are likely with an 80 percent chance of | | | | and had a chance to win the game." |
| rain. Southeast winds around 5 mph. | | | | Weatherbie went on to elaborate, "It's a very big game |
| Player Profiles: | | | | for us. It's step No. 3 in the Sun Belt race. It's going to |
| Arkansas State senior QB Corey Leonard was | | | | be one of those games that comes down to who |
| 22-for-40 for 216 yards, two touchdowns and an | | | | executes the best and whose fundamentals are |
| interception in the three-point loss at Iowa. | | | | better." |
| It prompted Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz to comment, | | | | The Bottom Line For This Game: |
| "That quarterback is their catalyst, Leonard is a heck | | | | Monroe is 2-2 SU and 4-0 ATS the last four meetings |
| of a football player." Leonard has 44 career | | | | in this series, with the home team winning all four |
| touchdown passes, leaving him just five shy of the | | | | contests. |
| school record. | | | | ASU is 12-2 ATS in games off back-to-back losses. |
| ASU RB Reggie Arnold is bidding to become only the | | | | Check out sports betting community for more |
| eighth 1-A player ever with four straight 1,000-yard | | | | information. |