#101/102 ASA PLAY ON 8* Under 47.5 Points – Louisiana vs Marshall, Wednesday at 7:30 PM ET - The Louisiana offense has been struggling all season and it’s not a big surprise. After losing QB Lewis and a number of key offensive players, they ranked 113th in returning offensive production entering the season and it has showed. The rank outside the top 100 in total offense, rushing offense and passing offense. They’ve had one good offensive output this year vs Eastern Michigan in early September, but since then they’ve scored 21, 17, and 17 points their last 3 games vs Rice, UL Monroe, and South Alabama. The Rajun Cajuns scored a defensive or special teams TD in 2 of those 3 games so their offense is really averaging just 13.6 PPG over their last 3 games. They’ll be facing a really good Marshall defense in this game (ranked 12th nationally in total defense) so we don’t look for much offense from Louisiana. They are allowing just 15 PPG on the season and held Notre Dame to 21 points in an upset in South Bend in September. Offensively Marshall runs the ball, a lot. They average 45 rushing attempts per game ranking them 10th nationally. The ULL defense is solid vs the run allowing just 133 YPG on the ground. Neither team has an explosive passing attack ranking 99th and 105th in passing YPG. As you might expect when looking at the stats, neither team has a high level passing QB and both teams have rotated 2 QB’s this season. We expect a lot of running in this game which eats clock. Both defenses stop the run very well (Marshall is 3rd nationally in rush defense & ULL is 46th) so this could very well turn into a grinder. Marshall games this season are averaging 45 total PPG and Louisiana games are averaging 46 total PPG. We like the UNDER in this one.