Thursday, February 9th, 2012
It will be a MAC conference showdown when the Eastern Michigan Eagles will search for their first win of the season when they face the Toledo Rockets in a college football game on Friday night. Kick off time is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with no television available. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Toledo Rockets opened as a 17-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home favorite, as the Toledo Rockets are currently an 18-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 61 ½ for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Toledo Rockets at –1000 with the road underdog Eastern Michigan returning +700 to pull off the upset win with no points on their side.
These two met in September of last year and it was Toledo getting a 41-17 win as a 2-point underdog in victory. The Rockets benefited by 5 turnovers from Eastern Michigan. The Rockets were able to rush for 233 yards in that MAC conference win. Toledo is 4-6 on the season and by winning out will be bowl eligible at 6-6. It is very unlikely for a MAC team to get a bowl initiation with a 6-6 record and with the current landscape in college football Toledo chances to go to a bowl would be from extremely slim to none. Toledo has lost three straight games and is coming off a 56-28 whipping at Central Michigan. The Rockets have given up major yards in the passing game in their past two games allowing 341 last week to Central Michigan and 344 prior to Miami Ohio. Toledo has been injury stricken in their quarterback position as Aaron Opelt has missed much of the conference season with injury. Freshman quarterback Austin Dantin is expected to get the start on Friday. The freshman has hit on 65% of his passes with 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. The Toledo defense has been torched this season allowing 38.6 points per game in their 5 home games. Teams are averaging 433 yards this season on Toledo ranking 11th in the MAC conference. Eastern Michigan is having a miserable season at 0-10 this season. They are a very poor defense allowing 436 yards per game and 12th in the MAC and allow a league worst 7.0 yards per play against average. The team has not been competitive on the field getting blown out week after week. The Eagles have rotated 3 quarterbacks and the trio has combined for a 53% completion percentage with 7 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The leading ball carrier is Dwayne Priest who only averages 4.0 yards a carry and that has been against the weak MAC defenses.
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CFB Trend: Toledo Rockets are 6-1 ATS in their past 7 games with Eastern Michigan Eagles
The Wagerline consensus has 61.8% of the CFB bettors on Toledo -18
The Wagerline consensus has 59.3% of the CFB bettors playing under 61 1/2
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