The college football season begins tonight when the Abilene Christian Wildcats take on the Georgia State Panthers.
The Abilene Christian Wildcats will head to the Georgia Dome to the on the Georgia State Panthers.
It will be the first of three games in four days at the stadium in downtown Atlanta, the others having a bit more curb appeal. No. 18 Mississippi faces Boise State on Thursday night, then No. 2 Alabama meets West Virginia on Saturday.
The game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start time and it will be televised nationally on ESPNu. Currently the odds for the game have Georgia State favored by a little less than a touchdown.
Abilene Christian | +4 | -110 | Ov | 61 | -115 | Ov | 28½ | -115 | Un | 28½ | -115 | ||||||||||||||
Georgia State | -4 | -110 | Un | 61 | -105 | Ov | 32½ | -115 | Un | 32½ | -115 | ||||||||||||||
Georgia State was forced to move its opener to the middle of the week to accommodate the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games, but at least that gives the school a little something to brag about after going 0-12 a year ago.
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The Panthers finished last season with an 0-12 record and they graduated 27 seniors from that club. Trent Miles is trying to build a winning program there in Atlanta and is hopeful they can get past last season's results.
Georgia State doesn't have a lot of depth, but they do have a quarterback battle going on with several guys trying to win the job. Ronnie Bell was their QB last season and he threw for better than 2,500 yards, so he does have some talent. However, he was not named the starter for this game as coach Miles gave the nod to Nick Arbuckle.
Abilene Christian moved up from Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision after the 2012 season. The Wildcats, a member of the Southland Conference, have posted eight straight winning seasons, including a 6-5 mark last year as they made the transition to the higher level. They had no trouble scoring against tougher competition, averaging 45.5 points and 487 yards per game.
After the low-key opener, there are plenty of big games spread over the rest of the holiday weekend, m