Betting
Spread
LIB favouredMarket JMU −6Ours JMU −1.8
JMU favouredgap 4.2 toward LIB
Grey dot: the market · gold: our card line · small dot: FEI (bcftoys.com). A gap is a reason to look, not to bet.
Vegas
| Team | Spread | Points | Moneyline | Win% | Kalshi |
|---|
| LIB away | +6.0 | 22.3 | +185 | 33.6% | — |
| JMU home | -6.0 | 28.3 | -225 | 66.4% | — |
| Total | 50.5 | |
The closing line: this game was played before live prices were being collected.
Our model — cards
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| LIB away | +2.0 | 24.3 | 44.7% | -4.0 |
| JMU home | -2.0 | 26.2 | 55.3% | +4.0 |
| Total | no total model | | | |
FEI — bcftoys.com
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| LIB away | +17.0 | 17.5 | 12.3% | +11.0 |
| JMU home | -17.0 | 34.4 | 87.7% | -11.0 |
| Total | 51.9 | | | +1.4 |
"Points" is the implied score for each side: a spread and a total are the margin and the sum, so solving them back out says what each team is expected to score. A favourite is shown negative, the way a book quotes it. "vs book" is that model's line for the team minus the book's, so a plus means the model makes them the weaker side. Our cards are EA College Football 27 launch ratings rolled up; the gap between two teams is multiplied by a scale fitted on this season's results (real margins have run about 1.8 times the raw gap), plus 2.5 points of home field; the win chance comes from how far 7,877 FBS results landed from a line. FEI is Brian Fremeau's projection, shown as a reference only: measured on his own results pages it went 49.9% against the spread over 3,101 games (2022–25), and the pickers never see it. Neither model has shown it beats a closing line.
Team ratings
| Points vs an average FBS team | LIB | JMU |
|---|
| Offence (cards) | -0.366th | -2.485th |
| Defence (cards) | -2.3128th | -0.575th |
| Card team rating | -2.682nd | -2.984th |
| SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs) | +2.562nd | +9.936th |
| FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs) | -0.276th | +0.346th |
| F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs) | -0.069th | +0.641st |
| Card line | JMU -1.8 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field) |
| Returning production | 38% | 8% |
Cards are EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest) with CFBD's measured stats shown beside them; the team rating rolls EA's starters up with the NFL position weights, unmeasured for college. SP+ is opponent-adjusted; ours is not yet.
Quarterbacks
Deshawn Purdie LIB77 ▲4 overall · Junior
Points added per play0.259
Completion58.8%
TD–INT7-0
Pass attempts, median game19
Pass yards, median game214
Rush yards, median game8
Games this season4
Team throws per game22.5
Camden Coleman JMU76 ▲3 overall · Junior
Points added per play0.263
Completion62.5%
TD–INT7-1
Pass attempts, median game23
Pass yards, median game207
Rush yards, median game12
Games this season4
Team throws per game28.5
The starter comes from the maintained depth chart (cfbdepth.com). The rating is EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest); everything under it is what CFBD has measured this season, as a median game rather than a total so a man who missed time is not shrunk.
Against the number
| Team | ATS | Cover% | vs spread | O/U | vs total |
|---|
| LIB away | 2-2 | 50% | +1.9 | 2-2 | -2.3 |
| JMU home | 4-0 | 100% | +18.4 | 2-2 | +7.5 |
Against DraftKings' closing number, this season. A record of what happened and nothing more — cover rates do not predict, which is why the pickers never see them.
Streak trends
No 4+ streak in any split for either side.
Cover, win/loss and over/under streaks in every split (home, away, favourite, underdog, division, primetime, big favourite), counted against the closing line. Measured over every FBS season on file: cover and over/under streaks revert (fade 6+); college win/loss streaks tell you nothing against the spread (50%), so they are shown here but the picker ignores them. These never reach the pickers' bundle; the "streak" row on the picks board bets on its own.
Venue, weather, rest and travel
Built when the game's bundle is (Bridgeforth Stadium).
Who is out (reported)
No news read for this game yet.
Covers.com injury tags
| Team | Player | Status | Since | Note |
|---|
| LIB | J. Marshall RB | questionable Leg | Fri, Sep 25 | Marshall is hampered by leg injury, and it has yet to be determined if he will face the Delaware on Saturday, October 3rd. |
| LIB | B. Burklow TE | questionable Undisclosed | Fri, Sep 25 | Burklow is hampered with an undisclosed injury, and it has yet to be determined if he will play against the Delaware on Saturday, October 3rd. |
| LIB | C. Wood RB | questionable Undisclosed | Fri, Sep 25 | Wood is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it has yet to be determined if he will face the Delaware on Saturday, October 3rd. |
| JMU | Z. Collins WR | questionable Undisclosed | Thu, Oct 1 | Collins is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Marshall on Saturday. |
| JMU | J. Evans QB | questionable Wrist | Sun, Sep 27 | Evans is dealing with a wrist injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Marshall on Saturday, October 3th. |