South Alabama vs Ohio Picks and Prediction – 9/7/2024

The South Alabama club is coming into Ohio to face the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday evening at 6:00 PM EST. The game is being played at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio and is being aired on ESPN+. Make sure you are ready for all the football action with our college football picks.

The Jaguars are coming to the game here sitting on an 0-1 record. The last game on the field for South Alabama was against North Texas. The game ended up being a fairly high scoring game with a final score of 52-38. 

The Jaguars were led in the passing game by Gio Lopez who did really well going 26/49 for 432 yards and 3 touchdowns. Running the ball the Jaguars picked up 150 yards and 2 touchdowns on 33 carries. The defense for South Alabama allowed 446 yards and 3 touchdowns in the air, but the rushing defense was not that bad giving up 104 yards and 3 touchdowns while facing 34 carries. 

The Ohio Bobcats are heading to the game here sitting on an 0-1 mark as well. The loss for the Bobcats came against Syracuase. The game was not really close as the Orange dominated both halves to finish the game with a 38-22 win.

Offensively the Ohio team ended up seeing Parker Navarro go 18/30 for 181 yards and a pick. The rushing attack was very impressive with 255 yards and 2 touchdowns on a total of 39 carries. The defense for the Bobcats allowed 354 yards and 4 touchdowns and a pick in the air, but the rushing defense gave up a total of 126 yards and a score on 30 carries faced. 

The game here could go either way. However, we like the offensive rushing power from Ohio to grind the clock out and that will make the difference as the Bobcats are able to get the lead in the game and just run the clock to the ground in the game here and secure the win. Final Score Prediction, Ohio Bobcats win 14-10.