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Week 1 of the 2025 UFL season continues on Sunday when the Michigan Panthers battle the Memphis Showboats. Michigan bowed out in the conference finals of the 2024 playoffs, losing 31-18 to eventual league champion Birmingham, while Memphis finished with the UFL's second-worst record. The Panthers (7-3), who placed second in the USFL Conference, finished with a plus-39 point differential last season. The Showboats, who were third in the USFL Conference, had a minus-102 point differential.
Kickoff from Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tenn., is set for noon ET. Michigan won both meetings last season, including a 24-18 win in Week 8 at Ford Field in Detroit. The Panthers are 6-point favorites in the latest Panthers vs. Showboats odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 38. Before making any Showboats vs. Panthers picks, make sure you check out what SportsLine expert Emory Hunt has to say.
Hunt is the founder and CEO of Football Gameplan, which has been supplying analysis of all levels of football since 2007, and a former running back at Louisiana-Lafayette. He knows the game from a player's perspective.
Hunt's dedication to the analysis of all levels of professional football helped him crush the CFL, XFL, and USFL in 2023, posting a combined ATS record of 98-73 in his SportsLine articles. Anyone who has followed him could be way up.
Now, Hunt has set his sights on Showboats vs. Panthers and just locked in his picks and UFL predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see Hunt's picks. Here are the UFL odds and betting lines for Panthers vs. Showboats:
- Panthers vs. Showboats spread: Panthers -6 at DraftKings Sportsbook
- Panthers vs. Showboats over/under: 38 points
- Panthers vs. Showboats money line: Michigan -325, Memphis +260
- Panthers vs. Showboats picks: See picks at SportsLine
- Panthers vs. Showboats streaming: FuboTV (Try for free)
Why the Panthers can cover
Veteran quarterback Danny Etling started for the Panthers in the conference finals against Birmingham last year, completing 18 of 29 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown. During the regular season, he appeared in seven games for Michigan, including four starts. Etling finished eighth in passing in the UFL, completing 69 of 114 passes for 787 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions. He also rushed 24 times for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
Veteran wide receiver Marcus Simms returns after having signed with the NFL's Seattle Seahawks after the UFL season concluded last year. In the conference championship game, he caught three passes for 32 yards. For the season, he ranked 10th in the UFL with 23 catches for 426 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He played in nine games, making eight starts. In three seasons at West Virginia, Simms caught 87 passes for 1,457 yards and eight touchdowns, including a long of 82 yards. See who to back at SportsLine.
Why the Showboats can cover
Former Kansas quarterback Jason Bean, the top pick in the UFL Draft, will get his chance to run the offense. The 25-year-old played at North Texas before playing three years at Kansas during his collegiate career. In his last season at Kansas in 2023, he completed 124 of 199 passes for 2,130 yards and 18 touchdowns, for a rating of 175. He also carried 47 times for 280 yards and three scores.
Bean's top target will be wide receiver Daewood Davis, an All-UFL selection a year ago. He finished the 2024 season with 41 receptions for 446 yards and five touchdowns. The 26-year-old played two seasons collegiately at Oregon before spending his final two years at Western Kentucky. In his last season with the Hilltoppers, he caught 63 passes for 872 yards and seven touchdowns, including a long of 62 yards. See who to back at SportsLine.
How to make Showboats vs. Panthers picks
Hunt has analyzed Michigan vs. Memphis from every possible angle, and while we can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, he has also discovered a critical X-factor that has him jumping all over one side of the spread. Head to SportsLine to see what it is, and find out which team to back.
So who wins Panthers vs. Showboats, and what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Michigan vs. Memphis spread you need to jump on Sunday, all from the expert who has a track record of dominating his picks for all levels of football, and find out.
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