Sean's CFB AFTERNOON BEST BET BLOWOUT! 9 OF 10?

My selection is on Temple minus the points over UMass at 2 pm et on Saturday.

We won with the 'under' in Temple's ugly 16-14 home loss against Rutgers last Saturday. Here, I won't hesitate to switch gears and lay the points with the Owls as they stay home for a winnable matchup against UMass. Temple is 1-2 to start the season but can take some positives away from its last two games, particularly on the defensive side of the football. Over their last five quarters of football, the Owls have yielded just one offensive touchdown, that coming early in last week's game against Rutgers. Meanwhile, we've at least seen the Owls show some signs of consistency on offense with QB E.J. Warner taking over. He's completed 33-of-50 passes for 388 yards, three touchdowns and just one interception since relieving an injured (and ineffective) D'Wan Mathis. Believe it or not, this is a smash spot for the Temple offense against a UMass squad that has given up points at will against anyone with a pulse this season. Back in Week 1, the Minutemen allowed three touchdowns in the game's first 25 minutes against a mediocre Tulane offense. They were even worse in their next game, yielding six touchdowns in the first 35 minutes against Toledo. They earned a reprieve against FCS squad Stony Brook last week and performed admirably but I expect them to come back to Earth again here, even against a struggling Temple offense. This is obviously a key spot for Temple as it will play its next two games on the road against Memphis and UCF before returning home for no gimme against Tulsa. While a Bowl appearance probably isn't in the cards this year, the Owls can at least keep hope alive with a victory this week. Given the state of the UMass offense - note that last week the Minutemen scored a touchdown in the game's first five minutes against Stony Brook but their offense never reached the end zone again the rest of the way. Prior to that they managed only two offensive touchdowns in their first two games - I'm confident Temple can score enough offensively and let its defense take care of the rest in what should be a lopsided, albeit likely low-scoring result. Take Temple (8*).