Syracuse is on a high right now after back to back wins against Louisville and Missouri, but neither of those teams are as good as marketed and neither is Syracuse especially away from home. Many say this team has a balanced offense well they don't especially not away from home as they only average 3.6 ypc on the road. They could have major issues coming off a physical game going on the road for an early start on a short week and head coach Doug Marone even said he has 11 starters on the injury report including their top 2 RB's. Their offense needs both of those guys to be effective.
Temple on the other hand has been on fire running the ball and while Syracuse is 32nd vs. the run they still allow 4.8 ypc on the road and they have allowed a ton of points on the road too 27, 35, 36, 23, 17. Temple may be one dimensional, but I think they can put up some points this week against Syracuse. They are very good on special teams while Syracuse is also not very clean ranked 115th in penalties and 104th in takeaways while Temple is 44th and averages 2.2 takeaways per home game. Temples offense reminds me of Northwestern and the style of play they have does too which is very good in special teams runs with the QB and RB's. Their total yard rankings are very similar, and now they add a new wrinkle in QB Clinton Grangers which posses a lot of uncertainty for Syracuse. I think Temple will play a great game as Syracuse has a bit of a let down after playing so well, we already know this line is inflated because of that. Temple is 25-12 ATS in their last 37 following a SU win, and Syracuse is 3-9 ATS in their last 12 following a SU win and 2-8 ATS in their last 10 as a road dog.
