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- Coastal Carolina can make or break someone’s bank account on Thursday night.
- One sports bettor placed a six-figure wager on the spread and it might come back to bite him or her.
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One sports bettor has a lot of faith in Coastal Carolina football.
The nation’s No. 15-ranked team faces Arkansas State on the road at 7:30 p.m. EST tonight, and the spread sits at -19.5 in favor of the visitors. One BetMGM customer expects the Chanticleers to hang a large number on the Red Wolves and has placed a six-figure bet on them to cover the spread.
The line originally opened at -17.5, so he or she is extremely confident that it will be a three-possession game.
Here’s the thing. Unless this is a Chanticleer student or alumnus betting on his or her own team, it’s a bold wager for a random Sun Belt game on a Thursday night in October.
Coastal Carolina is the highest scoring team in the nation thus far into 2021. Jeremy Chadwell’s team is scoring an average of 47.2 points per game. And on the other side of the ball, Arkansas State is allowing the most points per game in the country.
However, Coastal is scoring only 28 points per game on the road, compared to 53.7 on the road. Additionally, quarterback Grayson McCall is dealing with a left foot/lower leg injury.
The sophomore came out of halftime with a walking boot on his left leg during a 59-6 blowout win last weekend. All signs point toward McCall being 100% good to go and he will start on Thursday.
With that being said, if Coastal gets ahead in the second half, he might come out of the game earlier than he normally would. That might allow Arkansas State to sneak in the backdoor and cover +19.5.
The Chanticleers are a dominant program. That trend should continue and the BetMGM customer should be just fine, but at negative odds, is it really worth risking $240,000?
Stay tuned.
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