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THE PLAY: Total Over 58.0 (-110)

This is an immediate rematch from last week's regular season finale, which was won 19-17 by Western Kentucky. Jacksonville State did not have anything to play for in that contest as the Gamecocks already knew that they would be hosting this week's conference championship game. Western Kentucky needed the win to clinch this postseason berth. It ended up being a not-so-meaningless contest for Jacksonville State because starting QB Tyler Huff aggravated an ankle injury that he's been dealing with for most of the season. Huff left the game in favor of former starter Logan Smothers. Huff is expected to play on Friday, but be sure to keep an eye on his status. Smothers is a very limited passer who has a 58.5-percent completion rate in his four-year college career with just six touchdown passes compared to five interceptions. Assuming Huff is good-to-go, we're looking at the over in this contest. The total for last week's game closed as high as 62.5 at some places. We thought that number was too high because Jacksonville State simply didn't have anything to play for. The Gamecocks only ran 61 plays, which is nine below their season average. They certainly weren't going to pull out any trick plays against an opponent that they were going to possibly see a week later. As of Tuesday morning, the total for this rematch is sitting at 58 points. THIS is the spot where Jacksonville State will go up-tempo and pull out all the stops. The betting market flip-flopped these two totals, in our opinion. THIS is going to be the spot where we potentially see both teams hitting 30+ points. Five of the last six C-USA Championship Games have gone over the total, and seven of the last nine winners have scored at least 40 points.