The set-up: I think this is a great spot to pull the trigger on the underdog to win outright in this NCAAF contest. Southern Miss is a disaster, it enters off a 32-21 loss at home to South Alabama as a 14 point favorite. Last year Louisiana Tech hammered the Golden Eagles 45-30 in this game. Louisiana Tech lost QB J'Mar Smith, which is significant, but his back up knows the system and is ready to go. Aaron Allen had 446 yard spassing with three TD's and one INT as a backup last season and he benefits from having almost 100% of the rest of last season's offense around him. And his defense looks better as well.

The pick: The Golden Eagles' head coach Jay Hopson resigned after ten years after last week's loss. That's not good news for this fragile team in my opinion. Golden Miss only averaged 2.6 YPC last week and note that it's just 1-4 ATS in its last five games played in the month of September. Southern Miss just gave up 500 yards to a poor South Alabama team and I think it'll struggle again here vs. LA Tech as well this week.

This is a 10* MONEY-LINE PLAY OF THE WEEK on Louisiana Tech.