The Liberty Flames and the 16th-ranked Ole Miss Rebels will match up in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday afternoon in a non-conference game. The Flames are currently 7-2 and defeated the UMass Minutemen 62-17 last week, where junior quarterback Malik Willis went 19-of-27 for 307 yards with four touchdowns. The Rebels are 6-2 thus far and lost on the road to the Auburn Tigers 31-20, where junior quarterback Matt Corral went 21-of-37 for 289 yards and a touchdown.
Liberty at Ole Miss Betting Preview
Ole Miss Rebels Preview: Bang the Drum
Senior wide receiver Dontario Drummond has been playing extremely well as he has recorded 40 catches for 658 yards (16.5 yards per reception) with six receiving touchdowns as well as three rushes for 24 yards (eight yards per carry) with a rushing touchdown. In his last game against the Auburn Tigers, Drummond had a decent game as he had four receptions for 39 yards (9.8 yards per catch) and an eight-yard rushing attempt.
The Ole Miss Rebels have been struggling this season as they are giving up 28.6 points per game. In their previous game against the Auburn Tigers, they allowed 31 points on 483 total yards of offense (276 passing, 207 rushing). The Rebels gave up 4-of-11 on third-down attempts and both fourth-down tries. They need to improve the running defense as they allowed 4.5 rushing yards per carry.
Liberty Flames Preview: Double D In the Morning
The Liberty Flames have been doing good throwing the football to freshman Demario Douglas as he has 37 receptions for 562 yards (15.2 yards per catch) with five touchdowns. Last week, he struggled as he had two catches for 15 yards (7.5 yards per reception) with a touchdown.
The Liberty Flames are a solid defensive team so far as they are giving up just 17.8 points per game. They had a good day at the office as they allowed 17 points on 284 total yards of offense (74 passing, 210 rushing). The Flames forced the Minutemen to go 7-of-19 on third down and 1-of-3 on fourth down attempts. UMass also ran the ball for 4.6 yards per attempt, so the defense needs to get better at getting to the ball handler if they want to continue to win.
Who to Bet on Liberty at Ole Miss
These two teams are pretty similar despite not playing the same level of competition at times. The Flames are scoring 40.4 points per game in their previous five games, while the Rebels are scoring 24.7 points in their last three games. Ole Miss has ran the football extremely well as they are averaging 250 rushing yards per game, but Liberty has been doing well at limiting it as much as they can.
Malik Willis had seven touchdowns without an interception in his last two games, while Matt Corral has three total touchdowns (two rushing, one passing) with an interception in that same span. As we highlighted earlier, the defensive side is leaning towards the Flames having the advantage as well. The top sportsbooks in the nation have this game as a 10.5-point spread so go with the Liberty Flames getting those points to cover on the road here.
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