The 2024 Cure Bowl will be held on Friday in Orlando and will feature a pair of conference champions. The Ohio Bobcats (10-3) won the MAC title while Jacksonville State (9-4) is the champion of Conference USA. However, both programs lost their head coaches between Championship Week and bowl season, with Bobcats head coach Tim Albin leaving for Charlotte while Gamecocks head coach Rich Rodriguez returned to West Virginia.
Kickoff is at noon ET from Camping World Stadium. The Bobcats are favored by 6.5 points in the latest Ohio vs. Jacksonville State odds, per SportsLine consensus. The over/under for total points is 57.5. Before making any Jacksonville State vs. Ohio picks or Cure Bowl 2024 predictions, you NEED to hear what football expert Emory Hunt has to say.
Hunt is the founder and CEO of Football Gameplan, which has been supplying analysis of all levels of football since 2007, and a former running back for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. He knows the game from a player's perspective.
In addition, Hunt is 66-46 (+1551) over his last 112 college football picks, and more significant, he is 6-1 (+495) over his last 7 picks in Ohio games! Anyone who has followed him is way up.
Now, Hunt has analyzed the 2024 Cure Bowl from every angle and just locked in his picks and predictions.
Hunt knows that Ohio is coming off a second consecutive 10-win season under Albin but will now transition with offensive coordinator Brian Smith serving as the interim head coach. Quarterback Parker Navarro threw for 2,169 yards and 12 touchdowns this season while adding 935 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground. He formed a dynamic backfield rushing duo with Anthony Tyus III (1,111 yards and nine touchdowns). They've helped Ohio go 9-4 against the spread this season and both will be in the lineup on Friday afternoon.
The expert also has taken into account that Jacksonville State has one of the most dynamic rushing attacks in the country. Quarterback Tyler Huff rushed for 1,343 yards and 14 touchdowns while running back Tre Stewart had 1,604 yards on the ground and scored 23 rushing touchdowns. The Gamecocks also turned to their offensive coordinator as interim head coach, and Rod Smith will have his star backfield available. However, Jacksonville State has had 16 players enter the transfer portal, including star linebacker Reginald Hughes and star safety Zechariah Poyser.
Now, Hunt has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Ohio vs. Jacksonville State. We can tell you he's leaning Under on the total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK. You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.
Who wins the 2024 Cure Bowl on Friday, and what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Jacksonville State vs. Ohio spread to jump on, all from the football expert who is on a 6-1 (+495) roll on his Ohio picks!
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