College Football Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs Old Dominion Monarchs Famous Toastery Bowl Same Game Parlay picks: Monarchs get it done at +358 odds

After a long and eventful college football regular season, the most wonderful time of the year is here. Bowl season has arrived and with it comes a myriad of interesting games between teams that we don’t often see paired up against each other in a neutral site setting. This year’s installment of the Famous Toastery Bowl features a resurgent Old Dominion team against a Western Kentucky side that is limping into the postseason.

Will the Hilltoppers finish off 2023 with a much-needed victory or can the Monarchs finish a successful 2023 campaign with a flourish? Let’s get into it.

Here is my Old Dominion vs Western Kentucky Same Game Parlay for Saturday’s matchup, which will be televised starting at 2:30 pm ET on ESPN. Also be sure to check out our full Old Dominion vs Western Kentucky predictions.

Old Dominion -3.5 (-110)

Over 55.5 (+140)

Same Game Parlay odds: +358

One of the benefits of Same Game Parlays, of course, is that you don’t have to correlate the plays and your odds will increase as a result. That is some of the plan here, as the game going over doesn’t necessarily correlate with Old Dominion winning by margin, but it increases our odds with just 2 legs. 

Old Dominion -3.5 (-110)

These are a couple of teams trending in completely different directions heading into bowl season, and I have no issues backing the ascending team in Old Dominion. Western Kentucky was expected to be a serious contender in Conference USA and that simply didn’t materialize this season, as Tyson Helton’s team finished with a 7-5 record and did not beat a single quality team on their schedule. Conversely, all Old Dominion did was prove me wrong in a big way down the stretch, winning their final 2 games in dramatic fashion to qualify for a bowl game with a 6-6 record. The Monarchs were able to fight through a tough Sun Belt Conference this fall and head coach Ricky Rahne will certainly have this team believing that they can finish with a winning season entering this game.

Western Kentucky is in disarray heading into this game, with quarterback Austin Reed in the transfer portal, along with 3 starting offensive lineman and 4 starters on defense. In fact, the Hilltoppers are down to a 3rd string quarterback, as their backup QB is in the transfer portal as well and likely won’t play in this one either. The Hilltoppers only had 1 win over a bowl team this season and I can’t imagine backing a team that can’t run the ball (122nd in EPA per rush) and can’t stop the run (106th in opponent rush success rate) in a game where we’re unsure of the quarterback situation for Western Kentucky. Let’s take the Monarchs to win and cover on Monday.

Over 55.5 (+140)

This is not a game where I’d want to back an under. In fact, I have no problem not only eschewing the posted total, but going for an alternate over at 55.5 well into plus money. Most importantly, Old Dominion’s offense will be intact and going against an absolutely awful Western Kentucky defense that is already down a handful of key players. There are clear routes to success against a Hilltoppers front that is outside the top 100 in opponent rushing success rate and EPA per rush. I also expect the scoring to continue throughout the game and for Western Kentucky to get its points against a middling Old Dominion pass defense. This game should feature explosive plays and nothing in the forecast suggests that we shouldn’t see a high-scoring football game on Monday.

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