The Temple Owls visit the South Florida Bulls for an important AAC showdown Thursday night. Kickoff in the nationally-televised game comes at 8 p.m. ET. The Owls are 1.5-point favorites and the over-under for total points scored is 49 in the latest Temple vs. South Florida odds.

Before you lock in your Temple vs. South Florida picks, you need to hear what SportsLine senior analyst Josh Nagel has to say. A Nevada-based handicapper with more than 20 years of experience in the sports wagering industry, Nagel was SportsLIne's top college football analyst last season and is having another strong year for SportsLine members. 

What's more, he has had a particularly keen eye for the trajectories of these AAC programs, positing a record of 10-4 on picks involving the Owls or Bulls over the past two seasons! Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP.

Now, Nagel has made his picks for Temple vs. South Florida. We can tell you he's leaning Over, but he also has isolated a critical factor that has him going BIG on one side of the spread! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own. 

Who wins Temple vs. South Florida? And which critical factor makes one side of the spread hit HARD? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Temple vs. South Florida spread to back on Thursday, all from the seasoned expert who has hit 71 percent of his picks on these teams!