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Published: November 19, 2009
The Akron Zips will hit the highway in MAC conference play when they face the Bowling Green Falcons in a college football game on Friday. Kick off time at Bowling Green is scheduled for 5:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Bowling Green Falcons were opened as a 13-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the road underdog Akron Zips, as the Bowling Green Falcons are currently a 10-½ point favorite. The over under is set at 52 for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Bowling Green Falcons at –425 with the road underdog Akron Zips returning +295 to win this game without the points on their side.
When these MAC conference teams met in 2008 it was Bowling Green defeating Akron 37-33 as a 2-point road favorite. Bowling Green was able to gain 419 offensive yards on the Zips in victory. Bowling Green sits at 5-5 on the season and is 1 win away from becoming bowl eligible and with wins to close the season against Akron and Toledo at home would put them at 7-5 and better their chances of making a bowl. Bowling Green are winners of 2 straight games and 4 of their past 5. Bowling Green is a passing team that averages well over 40 passing attempts per game. Senior starting quarterback Tyler Sheehan is hitting on 64% of his passes with 19 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Sheehan has seen significant action over the past three years at Bowling Green. The signal caller is coming off a nice game last week at Miami Ohio where he completed 63% of his passes with three touchdowns and no interceptions. On defense the Falcons give up an average of 27 points per game and sit 10th in the MAC conference allowing 381 yards per game. Akron is having a miserable season sitting at 2-8 on the season. The team is 0-5 on the road this season and has been outscored by an average of 17 points in those contests. Akron was pounded at home last week by Temple 56-17. The Owls gained 403 yards on the Zips in their win. Akron could only muster 247 yards of offense in defeat. Akron has struggled with scoring averaging just 18 points per game this season. The Zips are the 12th and second to last in total offense in the MAC conference averaging just 287 yards a game. The Zips have juggled three quarterbacks during this forgettable season and now under center is freshman Patrick Nicely who can only complete 50% of his passes this season with 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. The Zips have struggled on the ground with just 3.2 yards per carry average. The Zips are 7th in the MAC in total defense allowing 361 yards per game and have allow their opponents an average of 28.8 points per game.
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CFB Trend: Bowling Green Falcons are 5-1 ATS in their past 6 meetings with Akron Zips
The Wagerline consensus has 72.7% of the CFB bettors on Bowling Green –10 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 54.1% of the CFB bettors playing over 52
