#113/114 ASA PLAY ON Under 54.5 Points – Georgia Southern vs Old Dominion at 7 PM ET - These 2 defenses don’t have great season long stats, but they’ve been playing lights out as of late. ODU has held each of their last 2 opponents to 14 points and the only 2 teams that have topped 23 points on this defense are Virginia Tech and Coastal Carolina. Last week’s defensive performance vs Texas State was very impressive holding the Bobcats to 14 points (they average 35 PPG – 20th nationally) on just 4.9 YPP (they average 6.4 YPP – 20th nationally). Georgia Southern has held 5 of their last 6 opponents to 23 points or less. The only team since September 1st that has topped 23 points on this Panther defense is Ole Miss, one of the best offensive teams in the country. Last week they completely shut down a James Madison team holding them to 14 points (they average 39 PPG – 10th nationally) on 253 total years (they average 436 YPG – 26th nationally). Both of these offenses rank outside the top 100 in YPP so we’re not expecting either defense to slow up in this one. The tempo stats for the season have both of these teams on the top 40 in seconds per play, however both have really slowed their pace over the last few games with both ranking outside the top 40 over the last 3 games. The Sun Belt teams have faced each other twice, both games in the last 2 seasons, and both went under totaling 37 and 51 points. Under is the call on Thursday.