In Friday’s 2025 First Responder Bowl in Dallas, the North Texas Mean Green and the Texas State Bobcats will meet. North Texas comes into this matchup with a 6-6 record, including a 3-5 mark in AAC competition. With a 7-5 record overall and a 5-3 mark in Sun Belt Conference games, Texas State is ready to take on the competition. A number of important players left both clubs via the Transfer Portal. Chandler Morris, Devin Sheffield, Oscar Hammond, Tyler Mercer, and others will not be available for North Texas’ starting quarterback game. Starting right lineman Alex Harkey, running back Ismail Mahdi, and cornerback Josh Eaton were among the several players lost by Texas State.
On Friday at 4 p.m. ET, the game will begin at Dallas’s Gerald J. Ford Stadium. According to SportsLine’s consensus, the game between North Texas and Texas State will go over or under 62 points, with Texas State being favored by 13.5 points.
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The findings are in from the 10,000 simulations of North Texas vs. Texas State that the model ran. In addition to a point-spread pick that has been successful in 70% of simulations, we can reveal that the model is favoring the Over on the point total.
