The 68 Ventures Bowl is an outlier.
While most bowl games these days require plenty of homework to make sense of opt-outs, injuries, transfers, and coaching changes, we won’t have to deal with that nonsense for Wednesday’s contest between Delaware and Louisiana at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Ala.
The Blue Hens and Ragin’ Cajuns will essentially have their A-team in tow for the 68 Ventures Bowl, meaning we can handicap this one the old-fashioned way.
Louisiana is a 2.5-point favorite over Delaware, but the stylistic matchup should give Ragin’ Cajun backers some pause.
Delaware threw the ball on 58.4 percent of its snaps in 2025, good enough for the eighth-most in the country, and the Blue Hens finished third in FBS with 303.8 passing yards per game. That should spell trouble for Louisiana, which was one of the poorest teams in the country at stopping opposing quarterbacks.
The Ragin’ Cajuns ranked 124th in opposition completion percentage (67.1 percent), 107th in yards per pass allowed, and they were 81st in sack rate. Louisiana’s numbers against the rush aren’t much better, so Delaware should allow quarterback Nick Minicucci to keep this defense on its heels.
Against a more balanced team, you could see the Ragin’ Cajuns bend but not break, which would allow their running game to set the tempo, but that’s not likely to be the case in this contest. Even if it does shake out that way and Louisiana is able to get ahead in this contest, Delaware’s passing attack can close the gap quickly.
There are more paths to victory for the underdog in this one.
The Play: Delaware (+124, FanDuel)
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Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.
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