- CFB sprotsbooks favor Liberty by 2.5 points at Coastal Carolina Thursday, reversing the game’s opening line.
- Coastal Carolina is 2-1 against the spread this season despite losing both of its true road games.
- Liberty is 1-2 against the spread, including a 26.5-point miss as a 27.5-point favorite over Gardner-Webb.
- Liberty is 2-0 straight up at home this year but lost its only road game, at James Madison.
CONWAY, S.C. – Liberty now sits as a 2.5-point favorite at Coastal Carolina for Thursday’s game, a flip from the line that opened with the Chanticleers favored by 1.5. Neither team has been reliable against the number this season.
The Line Flipped
When the number first posted, it sat on the other side: Coastal Carolina was a 1.5-point home favorite. College football betting sites have since moved to Liberty -2.5, with the total at 52.5, for Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Brooks Stadium.
Anyone who liked the Chanticleers earlier in the week already banked a number nobody can get today, while a bettor taking Liberty now is laying more points than the line offered when it opened. That kind of early-week swing is common on any legal sports betting board this early in a season, before either roster settles into a real price.
Coastal Carolina’s Cover Leans On One Blowout
Coastal Carolina is 2-1 against the spread this season, but the record is thinner than it looks. The Chanticleers covered as 21.5-point underdogs in a 31-24 loss at West Virginia, then blew out Fordham 45-7 as 35.5-point favorites at home, a mismatch that legal college football betting slates still carry into September.
Their only loss against the number came at Delaware, where they lost outright 22-14 as 4.5-point underdogs. Strip out the Fordham game and Coastal Carolina is 1-1 against the spread in games that tested them, 0-2 straight up on the road.
Liberty’s Number Hasn’t Held Up Either
Liberty is 1-2 against the spread, and its shakiest result is the one that matters most for Thursday. The Flames needed a touchdown in the final minutes just to beat Gardner-Webb 24-23 as a 27.5-point favorite.
Liberty bounced back to cover easily in a 51-15 win over Ball State the following week, but opened the season losing outright at James Madison as a 6.5-point underdog. On the road, where Thursday’s game sends them, Liberty is 0-1 both straight up and against the spread this year.
