On Saturday, September 7, 2024, the Kennesaw State Owls will play their first home game as an FBS football team. They will do so against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, with Louisiana entering that game as a 15.5 point favorite, while the total stands at 47.5. Keep reading for our college football predictions for this Louisiana vs Kennesaw State game, a historic one for the Owls program.
Louisiana to Face First FBS Opponent This Season
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns played an FCS opponent in Week 1, beating the brakes off of Grambling State in a 40-10 victory. This week, Louisiana will play another team that was in FCS a season ago. But Kennesaw State is an FBS program now and the Owls made it clear last week that the Ragin’ Cajuns cannot afford to take them lightly in this Louisiana vs Kennesaw State clash.
Kennesaw State had UTSA on the ropes last week despite the Owls being a double-digit underdog in the road in their FBS debut. Louisiana is also a heavy favorite this week, but they cannot afford to take the Owls lightly here if they want to come away with a win that would move the Cajuns to 2-0 on the year.
Kennesaw State Hosts First Home Game In FBS
The Kennesaw State Owls lost their first game as an FBS football program to UTSA last week, but they were respectable in that defeat, covering the spread in a 28-16 game. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Owls struggled to match up with an FBS opponent physically last week. But if the Owls can find a way to do better in the trenches this week, they could steal their first win as an FBS team.
Kennesaw State’s physicality problems were evident in their running game. They were held to just 51 yards rushing as a team against UTSA, averaging just 1.3 yards per carry in that contest. That kind of inefficient rushing average is just not good enough as the Owls look to prove that they belong in this division of college football action.
Louisiana vs Kennesaw State Best Bet
While Kennesaw State deserves a ton of credit for hanging with UTSA last week, their flaws on offense are going to take a long time to fix. We will lay the points with Louisiana here, as the Ragin’ Cajuns defense should be able to do enough to hold off the Owls in what should be a fun atmosphere.
