Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Ball St Cardinals will hit the highway in MAC conference play when they face the Western Michigan Broncos in a college football game in prime time on Tuesday night. Kick off time in Western Michigan 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 contest and the Western Michigan Broncos opened as a 10 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 52. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home team, as the Western Michigan Broncos are currently an 11-point favorite. The over under has seen early action towards the under, as the total is currently lined at 51 ½. College football money line players can make a play on the favored Western Michigan Broncos at –405 with the road underdog Ball St Cardinals bringing back +335 to win straight up without the points on their side.
In their meeting last season it was Ball St with the win over Western Michigan 45-22 as a 10-point home favorite. Ball St ran and passed all over the Broncos with 173 yards rushing and 273 through the air. Western Michigan is 5-6 on the season and 1 win away from finishing the regular season at 6-6. With the win they become bowl eligible but it is very doubtful that a MAC team with a 6-6 record would get a bowl berth. Western Michigan plays this game with 10 days rest off of their 35-14 road win at hapless Eastern Michigan. Western Michigan plays a home game after three straight road contests. Broncos senior quarterback Tim Hiller is hitting on 61% of his passes this season with 22 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Running back Brandon West is the Broncos leading rusher with 193 carries with 5.5 yards a carry average. Western Michigan has been very poor on defense this season allowing 28 points a game and ranking 11th in the MAC conference allowing 437 yards a game. The misery for the Ball St Cardinals will be over once this game is complete as the team sits with a 1-10 record. After competitive efforts against Northern Illinois, Ohio and Temple the Cardinals spit out the bit last week by losing 35-3 at home to Central Michigan. Ball St allowed 512 yards last week and could only muster 105 passing yards. Senior quarterback Tanner Justice is only hitting on 48% of his passes this season with 2 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. The leading ball carrier for the Cardinals is MiQuale Lewis who is averaging 5.0 yards a carry in his senior year. Lewis has seen action in all four years at the school. Ball St will need to be good in pass defense in this game and the team ranks 10th in the MAC conference allowing 227 yards through the air and 25 touchdown passes.
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CFB Trend: Ball St Cardinals are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 meetings with the Western Michigan Broncos
The Wagerline consensus has 73.3 the CFB bettors on Western Michigan –11
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