Liberty Flames CFB Week 2 Betting Lines
Last week, head coach Jamey Chadwell and the Liberty Flames hosted a paycheck game against the FCS Campbell Camels. Liberty scored an unsatisfying win that failed to pay. Still, Liberty is a Group of Five program that plays in Conference USA. Most teams with that status are ignored. But that is not the case for Liberty. The Flames have become a hot property with gamblers who are taking notice of their ability to dominate most teams. This week, Liberty has a tricky road game against the New Mexico State Aggies.
College Football Week 2 Betting Lines
Liberty Flames -22.5
New Mexico State Aggies +22.5
Total 58
Liberty Flames Weekly Matchup
In Week 2 college football action, on Saturday, September 7, 2024, the New Mexico State Aggies will host the Liberty Flames at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, NM. Kickoff time is set for 10:15 p.m. ET, and television coverage will be on ESPN2.
There will be more interest in betting on college football using crypto in this matchup than meets the eye. Liberty has become an elite G5 program.
Last game, the New Mexico State Aggies won 23-16 against FCS SEMO as 10-point home favorites. The game went under the total of 52.5. New Mexico State has a record of 1-0 straight up, 0-1 against the spread, and 0-1 over/under the total.
Seth McGowan scored on a 3-yard run with less than two minutes to play to rally New Mexico State to a 23-16 victory over FCS-member Southeast Missouri State on Saturday night in the Aggies season opener.
McGowan also scored the first touchdown for New Mexico State on a 14-yard run early in the second quarter. He finished with 87 yards on 11 carries.
McGowan tied the game with his first scoring run and Southeast Missouri State's DC Pippin and the Aggies' Abraham Montano traded field goals to send the game to halftime all even at 10-10.
Pippin booted a 53-yard field goal for the only score of the third quarter to put the Redhawks up 13-10 and he pushed the advantage to six with a 48-yarder 4 seconds into the fourth quarter.
Montano connected on a 51-yarder to pull New Mexico State within a point with 6:07 left. McGowan's go-ahead score came with 1:57 remaining. Parker Awad ran it in for the 2-point conversion.
Liberty Flames Weekly Recap
Last game, the Liberty Flames won 41-24 against FCS Campbell as 40.5-point home favorites. The game went over the total of 60. Liberty has a record of 1-0 straight up, 0-1 against the spread, and 1-0 over/under the total.
Kaidon Salter threw two touchdown passes, Quinton Cooley had 110 yards on the ground, and Liberty defeated Campbell 41-24 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.
Campbell took a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter on a short field goal and a 36-yard touchdown pass from Chad Mascoe Jr. to Sincere Brown.
Liberty tied it with a field goal, then took the lead for good when Salter connected with Treon Sibley for a 70-yard touchdown to lead 17-10 at halftime. Sibley had five receptions for 109 yards.
Salter's second TD pass and short touchdown runs by Billy Lucas and Ryan Burger helped Liberty push its lead to 41-17 with about four minutes remaining in the game.
Salter completed 16 of 23 passes for 242 yards.
Mascoe was 10 of 17 passing for 170 yards. Brown had five receptions for 126 yards.
Liberty has not lost a regular-season game under coach Jamey Chadwell, now in his second season. The Flames went 13-0 in 2023 before losing to Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl.
Saturday's game was the debut of Braxton Harris, who was named interim coach of the Fighting Camels in April.
2024 Liberty Flames Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
vs. Campbell |
W 41-24 |
1-0 |
| Sep 7 |
at New Mexico State |
- |
- |
| Sep 14 |
vs. UTEP |
- |
- |
| Sep 21 |
vs. East Carolina |
- |
- |
| Sep 28 |
at Appalachian State |
- |
- |
| Oct 5 |
OFF |
| Oct 8 |
vs. FIU |
- |
- |
| Oct 19 |
OFF |
| Oct 23 |
at Kennesaw State |
- |
- |
| Oct 30 |
vs. Jacksonville State |
- |
- |
| Nov 9 |
at Middle Tennessee |
- |
- |
| Nov 16 |
at UMass |
- |
- |
| Nov 23 |
vs. WKU |
- |
- |
| Nov 29 |
at Sam Houston |
- |
- |
In 2018, Liberty University went Big Time with its football program. From 1988 to 2017, Liberty was a member of the FCS but graduated from the FBS in 2018. Turner Gill was the head coach for that first FBS season and went 6-6 to set a good foundation.
Hugh Freeze arrived in 2019 and produced four bowl games in four years. In 2020, Freeze led the Flames to a 10-1 season with a final national ranking of 17th. Freeze gave the Liberty program substantial credibility with his success at Ole Miss in the SEC. Freeze was innovative, dynamic, and a strong recruiter. He built a Liberty program built to sustain success.
In 2023, Jamey Chadwell arrived from Coast Carolina, where he became a Group of Five legend. Chadwell put together a spectacular first season as the Liberty head coach with a 13-1 record and a berth in the Fiesta Bowl. The Flames finished with a final national ranking of 25th and with the promise of a strong future.
2024-2025 College Football Schedule
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