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Published: November 2, 2009
It will be a MAC Conference battle when the Bowling Green Falcons travels to face the Buffalo Bulls in a college football game in prime time on Tuesday night. Kick off time at Buffalo is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the home team Buffalo Bulls opened as a 3 point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the favorite, as the Buffalo Bulls are currently a 3-½ point favorite.
The teams met last season at Bowling Green on a Friday night with Buffalo earning a 40-34 win as a 4 ½ point underdog. Both teams moved the ball up and down the field as Buffalo gained 371 yards and Bowling Green 379. Following a successful season for the program in 2008 the Buffalo Bulls have struggled in 2009 with a 3-5 record with dire hopes of make a bowl game. Buffalo is 1-3 against MAC opponents this season with a home loss already in conference losing to Central Michigan 20-13. The team is coming off a 34-31 loss at Western Michigan last week giving up over 500 total yards in defeat. The 31 points the Bulls put on the board last week was the most they have put up against any division 1 program on the season. Buffalo has been hit with injuries as two starters on defense will be out and the team’s two running backs are ailing with ankle injuries. First year starting quarterback sophomore Zach Maynard is hitting on 60% of his passes with 14 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He has thrown 4 picks in the past two games. Buffalo is a passing team averaging well over 30 pass attempts per game. On the ground Ike Nduka, a junior running back is averaging 6.5 yards a carry on the season but is questionable for Tuesday’s game with a bum ankle. Buffalo is 7th in the MAC allowing 352 yards per game and over 25 points per game average to their opponents. Bowling Green enters this game 3-5 this season. The team has won its past two road games winning at Kent St and Ball St. The team was very competitive at both Marshall and Missouri losing by a touchdown. Senior quarterback Tyler Sheenan has been very accurate this season hitting on 65% of his passes for 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. This team relies heavily on the pass as the team averages just over 50 throws a game. Willie Geter is the featured back for the Falcons with 3.9 yards per carry average on 103 carries this season. Bowling Green is 10th in the MAC in defense allowing their opponents 388 yards per game and a league worst 6.2 yards per play against average. Bowling Green has done a better job defending the pass allowing their opponents just 177 yards per game through the air.
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CFB Trend: Bowling Green Falcons are 14-4 ATS in their past 18 road games
The Wagerline consensus has 64.6% of the CFB bettors on Buffalo –3 1/2
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