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Rice Owls vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
The Rice Owls and the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns will both be looking to go 1-0 on the season when they meet at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium on Saturday.
Oddsmakers opened the Ragin' Cajuns as -14.5-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 51.5.
Louisiana-Lafayette lost its last outing, a 34-3 result against Horned Frogs on December 28. Louisiana-Lafayette failed to cover in that game as a +9.5-point underdog, while the 37 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Rice was a 35-28 winner in its last match at home against Bulls. They covered the +5.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 63 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Rice:
Team record: 4-8 SU,5-6-1 ATS
Louisiana-Lafayette:
Team record: 10-4 SU,7-7 ATS
Next up:
Rice home to Houston Saturday, September 6
Louisiana-Lafayette home to McNeese State Saturday, September 6