NCAAF › Week 3 › Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State
AWAY · 2-3
27
Final
Sat, Sep 19, 7:00 PM ET
AmFirst Stadium · 76° · wind 6 mph
HOME · 3-2
31
Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (GASO–JXST)23–24–27–31
SpreadJXST −1.0JXST −3.5JXST −4
Total47.851.558
Jacksonville State win chance53%––

Line moved from JXST −2.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ GASO +3.5 Lost★ Under 51.5 Lost
Spread: 2.5 pts better than Vegas for Georgia Southern (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 3.7 pts below Vegas (51% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around JXST by 1.0
17%
Georgia Southern by 14+
30%
Georgia Southern by 1–13
32%
Jacksonville State by 1–13
20%
Jacksonville State by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
GASO
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
JXST
Efficiency
−0.065 #90Offense EPA / play−0.076 #95
+0.038 #66Defense EPA / play allowed+0.097 #87
−3.1% #87Offense success rate−1.5% #72
+0.7% #52Defense success rate allowed+5.5% #104
−0.113 #113Rushing EPA / play−0.138 #119
−0.056 #84Passing EPA / play+0.019 #52
+0.049 #70Rush defense EPA allowed+0.161 #119
+0.011 #56Pass defense EPA allowed−0.044 #36
−7.1 #111Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−6.6 #106
+2.8 #73Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+6.0 #98
Situational
−1.4% #71Passing-down success (3rd & long)−0.9% #66
+0.3% #48Passing-down success allowed+3.7% #89
−0.91 #109Points per drive−0.36 #77
+0.54 #68Points per drive allowed+1.15 #107
Trenches
+0.02 #44Line yards per rush−0.41 #117
−0.09 #44Line yards per rush allowed+0.36 #110
−1.2% #40Runs stuffed at the line+4.8% #117
+2.3% #33Opponent runs stuffed−3.7% #108
+1.4% #103Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)+0.6% #82
+2.1% #22Havoc created−2.4% #105
Big plays
−0.199 #135Rushing explosiveness−0.081 #103
−0.155 #119Passing explosiveness−0.066 #94
−0.24 #82Open-field yards per rush−0.31 #96
−0.264 #7Pass explosiveness allowed−0.070 #45
Style and schedule
41% #136Run rate58% #20
−16.9 #95Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−19.1 #103

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
GASOSeason to dateJXST
2-3Record3-2
1-0Conference1-0
1-1Home3-0
1-2Away0-2
4-1Against the spread3-2
3-2Over/under3-2
24.8 / 23.8Points for / against27.4 / 21.8
+1.0Avg margin+5.6
+3.1Avg vs. the spread+0.6
64.0Plays per game (excl. garbage time)56.0

Georgia Southern: last 2 games

L7-22covered
W31-0covered

Jacksonville State: last 3 games

L27-29didn’t cover
W49-7covered
L7-33didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.25−0.18−0.12−0.05+0.02Entering week123Georgia Southern · 1: −0.16Georgia Southern · 2: −0.16Georgia Southern · 3: −0.10Jacksonville State · 1: −0.21Jacksonville State · 2: −0.23Jacksonville State · 3: −0.17
● Georgia Southern● Jacksonville State