Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty College Football Pick Prediction 12/18/2021 by Tony T.
Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty—Liberty finished 10-1 following the 2020 regular season and hopes were high for the Flames to compete for a New Year's Day Bowl game. Despite returning 20 starters from a season ago the team finished a disappointing 7-5. Flames closed the regular season dropping their final three games all by 13 or greater points. In that period Liberty defense allowed 361 yards with 164 rushing along with 197 yards passing for 10.6 yards per pass attempt. Quarterback Malik Willis saw his interception total double and his accuracy drop from his junior season. Willis in his past three games completed just 50% with 6.2 yards per pass attempt. Eastern Michigan senior quarterback Ben Bryan coming off a season where he completed 68.8% of his throws. The Cincinnati transfer averaged 7.9 yards per pass attempt for an Eagles team that averages 263 passing yards per game. Eastern Michigan has covered their past three bowl games. Liberty has failed to cover five of six overall. Play Eastern Michigan +9.5.