This Bakersfield team is Motivated as they have wanted to join the Big West for years and that first game is finally here. The Roadrunners had a injury-riddled season with no one playing more than 28 of the 32 games and 10 players making at least 3 starts and 7 are back. Bakersfield has been tested with 4 tough road games and they did beat Pepperdine last Wednesday. Long Beach St is off to a slow start and only has played 3 games this season and hasn’t played since Dec 10th with multiple Covid shutdowns. Long Beach St is #324 in effective FG% vs Bakersfield #98 D.