Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Clemson Tigers Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/17/2022

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Saturday, September 17, 2022

Venue:  Memorial Stadium, Clemson, SC 

Where to Watch:  ACC Network

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  LA Tech +34, Clemson -34; Over/Under:  54.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  LA Tech +34, Clemson -34; Over/Under:  54.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  LA Tech +33.5, Clemson -33.5; Over/Under:  54.5 points

 

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs:  1-1 (2nd place, C-USA West)

Clemson Tigers:  2-0 (1st place, ACC Atlantic)

 

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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs:  won their last game at home against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 52-17.

Clemson Tigers:  won their last game at home against the Furman Paladins 35-12.

 

LA Tech is entering this game with a 1-1 record overall to start their college football season and they will be playing their 2nd road game of the season here as they are 0-1 in their road games this year. They won against the SFA Lumberjacks in their last game at home 52-17. Parker McNeil started that game at QB and he completed 11/23 passes for 197 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Marquis Crosby led the team in rushing with 196 yards and 2 TDs on 16 rushing attempts. Tre Harris led the team in receiving with 91 yards and 1 TD on 5 receptions. Tyler Grubbs led the defense in that game with 3 solo tackles and 7 assisted tackles. Kershawn Fisher led the defense in sacks with 1 while Jaiden Cole came away with the only interception for them in that one.

 

 

 

Clemson is entering this game with a 2-0 record overall to start their college football season and they will be playing their 2nd home game of the season as they are 1-0 in their home games this year. They won against the Furman Paladins in their last game at home 35-12. DJ Uiagalelei started that game at QB and he completed 21/27 passes for 231 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Will Shipley led the team in rushing with 68 yards and 2 TDs on 10 rushing attempts. Beaux Collins led the team in receiving with 57 yards and 1 TD on 4 receptions. Trenton Simpson led the defense in that game with 4 solo tackles and 4 assisted tackles. LaVonta Bentley and Ruke Orhorhoro both led the defense in sacks with 1 each while Barrett Carter came away with the only interception for them in that one.

The current betting odds have LA Tech listed as a 34 point underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. LA Tech has not been good in their 2 games this season, they did win their last game beating up on a bad FCS team, but they lost their 1st game of the year by a lot to Missouri and that was a game where they could have given a much better effort. Now they are 3 games into the season and they should be a lot better having played 2 games together, but this is more of a knock on Clemson and how they have been performing this season. Clemson has won their 1st 2 games this season but they haven't looked that great in them. They struggled to pull away from GA Tech in their season opener and even in their last game against the FCS team Furman, they allowed them to score 12 points on their defense while only putting up 35 points on offense. They are not a team that is scoring a lot of points this year and the offense hasn't looked good under Uiagalelei either. The backup has looked much better in the few stints he has gotten out there and Uiagalelei is going to be a player who holds this offense back all year as he did last season. Clemson will win this game but they will not score enough points on offense to clear this number, and they are not going to shut LA Tech out either. The best way to place a bet here is on LA Tech to cover the spread in this game.

 

Louisiana Tech Clemson Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, September 17, 2022 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Clemson 35 LA Tech 10.

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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs: 8-3 ATS as an underdog of 31 or more points. 17-7 OVER in all games. 10-2 OVER as an underdog. 

Clemson Tigers: 0-6 ATS as a favorite of 31 or more points. 1-9 ATS when the total is between 49.5 and 56. 25-19 OVER off a home no-cover where the team won as a favorite.

 

 

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs:  None.

Clemson Tigers:  A. Randall (WR) Ques Sat - Knee. J. Foster (DE) Ques Sat - Undisclosed. T. Stellato (WR) out for season - Knee. X. Thomas (DE) Late Sept - Foot.

 

 

“(McNeil) did a nice job of taking the gifts whenever we had them and getting them out to our playmakers and letting those guys make plays.” - Sonny Cumbie on Parker McNeil after his team’s win against SFA in their last game.

 

 

“The completion percentage (by Furman) was really high. Twenty-one of (the first) 25 completions were within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage. We’ve got to do a better job at feeling the screens. Obviously, when you have an aggressive (defensive) front, people will screen you to death.” - Wes Goodwin on his team’s defense in their win against Furman last week.

 

 

 

WR Maxwell, Kyle

WR Harris, Tre

WR Harris, Smoke 

TE Hebert, Griffin 

QB Downing, Matthew

RB Garner, Greg 

 

WR Ngata, Joseph

WR Williams, E.J.

WR Spector, Brannon 

TE Allen, Davis 

QB Uiagalelei, DJ

RB Shipley, Will 

 

 

Passing: P. McNeil (339)

Rushing: M. Crosby (219)

Receiving: G. Hebert (156)

Touchdowns: M. Crosby (2)

 

Passing: D. Uiagalelei (441)

Rushing: W. Shipley (110)

Receiving: B. Collins (111)

Touchdowns: W. Shipley (4) 

 

Coaches:

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs: Sonny Cumbie (1st season)

Clemson Tigers: Dabo Swinney (15th season)