UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners

Sep 14, 2024

Liberty Flames

Liberty Flames
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UTEP vs Liberty Prediction, Preview, & Odds – 9/14/2024

In the upcoming matchup between the UTEP Miners and Liberty Flames, the Miners are currently listed as 23 point underdogs according to DraftKings Sportsbook. Early betting trends show that 89% of spread bets are in favor of the Miners, while the Flames have received 11% of the bets. The total of 57.5 has led to 74% of bets on the under and 26% on the over. Stay tuned for what promises to be an exciting game on September 14, 2024 at 6:00 pm ET and keep reading for our best bet for this UTEP vs Liberty matchup.

UTEP Coming Off Embarrassing FCS Loss

The UTEP Miners have been one of the worst teams in FBS football early in the 2024 season. They are 0-2, with losses to Nebraska and Southern Utah of the FCS to kick off their campaign. Losing to Nebraska is certainly understandable given how good they have looked early on, but a loss to an FCS school in overtime is something that will be hard to bounce back from for the Miners here.

The question for UTEP will be whether or not their defense can find a way to get some stops consistently enough to challenge for a win in this game. The Miners have allowed 67 points through two games, which is bad considering that one of those games was against an FCS opponent. On the road against a tough Liberty team, the UTEP defense could be in for another long day here.

Liberty An Underwhelming 2-0?

The Liberty Flames are 2-0 to start their season, beating FCS Campbell in their season opener before beating New Mexico State in their conference opener last week. But Liberty is 0-2 against the spread in their last two games as they have failed to put everything together for 60 minutes at a time in either of their opening contests.

Liberty are still waiting for more from quarterback Kaidon Salter going into this UTEP vs Liberty matchup from Virginia. Salter has 498 yards and two touchdowns through the air so far this season. That is a far cry from the numbers he put up last season, when he had four passing touchdowns through two games, and added five more in Liberty's third game of the season against Buffalo.

UTEP vs Liberty Best Bet

While they have not played their best football this season so far, we will lay the points with the home team in this UTEP vs Liberty matchup. The Flames should be able to hit their stride against a UTEP team that is truly awful. Look for Liberty to win this game by around four touchdowns in what could be a real bloodbath in Week 3.

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Consensus

Spread Pick Consensus

+24.0/-108
67% UTEP
-24.0/-112
33% LIBRTY

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+1167
3% UTEP
-2646
97% LIBRTY

Total Pick Consensus

57.5/-110
68% UN
57.5/-110
32% OV

Stats

  • Team Stats
  • Passing
  • Rushing
  • Special Teams

Offense/Defense

UTEP
Team Stats
LIBRTY
9
GM
7
16.6
PPG
23.4
66.0
PLAYS-PG
62.9
318.7
YDS/G
340.9
4.8
YPP
5.4
16.6
1st DPG
18.1
7.6
1st DPass
7.3
7.6
1st DRush
7.4
1.4
1st Pen
3.4
5.7
Pen-Gm
6.6
52.1
Pen-Yds
54.9
0.4
FUM-G
0.7
1.1
INT-G
0.6

Defense/Offense

UTEP
Team Stats
LIBRTY
9
GM
7
29.1
PPG
30.0
67.9
PLAYS-PG
71.0
392.1
YDS/G
434.1
5.8
YPP
6.1
19.2
1st DPG
23.1
9.8
1st DPass
8.7
7.9
1st DRush
13.0
1.6
1st Pen
1.4
5.4
Pen-Gm
8.3
48.8
Pen-Yds
87.3
0.6
FUM-G
0.7
0.9
INT-G
0.4

Offense/Defense

UTEP
Rushing
LIBRTY
36.1
ATT
37.4
125.2
Y/G
151.0
3.5
Y/A
4.0
0.6
TD/G
2.1

Defense/Offense

UTEP
Rushing
LIBRTY
40.4
ATT
44.3
177.0
Y/G
228.6
4.4
Y/A
5.2
2.0
TD/G
2.1

Offense/Defense

UTEP
Passing
LIBRTY
17.9
CMP
15.3
29.9
ATT
25.4
59.9
CMP%
60.1
193.4
Y/G
189.9
6.5
Y/A
7.5
1.1
TD/G
0.7

Defense/Offense

UTEP
Passing
LIBRTY
18
CMP
15.9
27.4
ATT
26.7
65.6
CMP%
59.4
215.1
Y/G
205.6
7.9
Y/A
7.7
1.6
TD/G
1.6

UTEP
Special Teams
LIBRTY
5.6
Punts-GM
3.9
36.7
Punt Avg
42.8
2.6
Kick Ret GM
2.9
20.7
Kick Ret Avg
19.2
1.2
Punt Ret GM
1.1
10.5
Punt Ret Avg
12.3

Odds

  • Spread
  • MoneyLine
  • Over/Under
Open
Current
Book
UTEP LIBRTY
UTEP LIBRTY
Consensus
+22.5 (-111)
-22.5 (-110)
+24.0 (-111)
-24.0 (-111)
+21.5 (-108)
-22.5 (-110)
+24.0 (-108)
-24.0 (-112)
+21.5 (100)
-21.5 (-105)
+23.5 (+100)
-23.5 (-122)
+22.5 (-112)
-22.5 (-109)
+24.0 (-112)
-24.0 (-112)
+22.5 (-110)
-22.5 (-110)
+24.0 (-110)
-24.0 (-110)
+22.5 (-110)
-22.5 (-110)
+24.0 (-110)
-24.0 (-110)
Open
Current
Book
UTEP LIBRTY
UTEP LIBRTY
Consensus
-175
-200
+1167
-2646
+750
-1200
+1300
-2800
+920
-1800
+1280
-3500
+900
-1667
+1100
-2500
+1050
-2000
+1150
-2400
+1100
-2500
+1100
-2500
Open
Current
Book
Over Under
Over Under
Consensus
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-111)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
56.5 (-110)
56.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-109)
57.5 (-112)
57.5 (-114)
57.5 (-107)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)