The Marshall Thundering Herd and Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns do battlea Wednesday in a week 7 Sun Belt college football game at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns look to snap a 3-game losing streak. The Marshall Thundering Herd look to build on their 3-2 record.
The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns have won 5 of their last 7 road games. Chandler Fields is completing 56.8 percent of his passes for 608 yards, 7 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Michael Jefferson and Chris Smith have combined for 387 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns, while John Stephens Jr. has 3 receptions. The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns ground game is averaging 117 yards per contest, and Smith leads the way with 264 yards and 2 touchdowns. Defensively, Louisiana-Lafayette is allowing 20.4 points and 371.2 yards per game. K.C. Ossai leads the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns with 32 tackles, Andre Jones has 3.5 sacks and Nijel McGriff has 1 interception.
The Marshall Thundering Herd have won 5 of their last 8 home games. Henry Colombi is completing 73.7 percent of his passes for 875 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Corey Gammage and Caleb McMillan have combined for 377 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns, while Talik Keaton has 16 receptions. The Marshall Thundering Herd ground game is averaging 224.4 yards per contest, and Khalan Laborn leads the way with 731 yards and 8 touchdowns. Defensively, Marshall is allowing 16.2 points and 281.2 yards per game. Abraham Beauplan leads the Marshall Thundering Herd with 34 tackles, Owen Porter has 3 sacks and Micah Abraham has 3 interceptions.
The Ragin’ Cajuns are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 road games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Thundering Herd are 8-25 ATS in their last 33 home games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The under is 27-11-1 in Ragin’ Cajuns last 39 games overall. The under is 4-1 in Thundering Herd last 5 games overall.
Marshall Thundering Herd are the better team and have put together the better body of work, but they’ve also had issues finishing drives offensively and have yet to win a comfortable game against FBS teams. The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns have clear issues of their own, but they’re also a decent defensive side that’s allowed them to hang in all 5 of their games this season. Louisiana-Lafayette is 46th in run defense and 36th in scoring defense. I’ll take a shot with the free touchdown.