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Buffalo vs. Liberty College Football Pick Prediction 1/4/2025
Buffalo vs. Liberty Team Profiles
Buffalo vs. Liberty 11AM ET—Buffalo improved to 8-4 with their 43-7 home win to Kent. The Bulls have won four straight beating all losing MAC teams. They have early season wins at home to Toledo and at Northern Illinois in overtime. Liberty fell to 8-3 after their 20-18 road defeat at Sam Houston St. This dropped a three-game win streak. The Flames faced no Power 4 schools. Their other defeats came at Kennesaw St and home to Jacksonville St.
The Pick with the Explanation
The Bahamas Bowl will be played in an outdoor stadium. Five starters on offense have opted out of the bowl including starting quarterback Kaidon Salter. Three defensive starters opted out. A starting safety is injured. The Bulls have a receiver hitting the portal and have no reported opt outs. Liberty backup Ryan Burger is expected to start. He is an Appalachian St transfer who attempted seven passes and had a rushing touchdown. He will have key running backs and receivers available. C.J. Ogbonna to start for Buffalo. The senior quarterback completed 57% of his passes with 7.1 yards per pass attempt. He has thrown for three touchdowns in each of his final three games. Buffalo’s pass defense has been poor as in their past three games allowing 268 yards passing with 8.6 yards per pass attempt against losing MAC teams. On the road they allowed 468 yards per game. Liberty lost a lot of players from their defense for this game. Offensively they averaged 37 points with 457 yards per game against non-conference foes. Play Buffalo and Liberty over 50.5.
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