The number reflects a fairly lopsided home favorite, and there's a real argument for that given how FAU's offense looked in its last outing. But leaning that hard on one side of the ball while ignoring what happened on the other side is how lines get soft.
Kohl's line against Buffalo wasn't just good, it was varied — a passing touchdown to Anderson, a long one to Stone after a broken tackle, and a trick-play score of his own on a catch from Stone. That's a Panthers offense that looked nothing like the one that turned it over twice in the opener against USF.
FAU's Veltkamp matched that with five touchdown passes of his own against a Navy team that had won 22 of its last 27, which is why Boca Raton is favored so heavily here. The question this weekend is whether either defense can actually get off the field, and right now neither one has proven it can.