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Published: December 27, 2009
The Troy Trojans the Sun Belt Conference champions will face the champions of the MAC Conference the Central Michigan Chippewas in the GMAC Bowl college football game to be played on Wednesday January 6th in prime time. Kick off time in Mobile Alabama is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening betting line in this contest and the Central Michigan Chippewas were opened as a 4 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 58.
The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the Sun Belt champions Troy Trojans, as the Central Michigan Chippewas are currently a 3 point favorite. The total has seen early movement towards the over, as the over under is currently lined at 63 ½ for the bettors to play into.
College football money line bettors can make a play on the favored Central Michigan Chippewas at –165 with the underdog Troy Trojans bringing back +145 to win with no need of getting the points.
Central Michigan enters the GMAC Bowl game off a 20-10 victory over the Ohio Bobcats in the MAC championship game. Central Michigan brought a good defensive effort into the game allowing just 108 rushing yards and only 11 of 27 passing by the Bobcats in victory. Other notable wins by the Chippewas came against bowl bound Bowling Green and at Michigan St.
Senior quarterback Dan LeFevour leads the Chippewas offensive attack. The four-year starting quarterback is completing 71% of his passes for 27 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions. He passed for 255 yards and two touchdowns in the teams’ victory over Ohio. He did struggle when the team stepped up in competition against good defensive teams combining for 0 touchdowns passes and two picks at Boston College and Arizona. LeFevour is a threat to run the football, as he is the leading rusher for the Chippewas with 701 yards on 174 carries with 14 rushing touchdowns. In the backfield Bryan Schroeder is the leading ball carrier with 87 carries for a 5.6 yards a carry average. Central Michigan is an explosive offense averaging 33 points per game and ranking 2nd in the MAC conference in total offense averaging 417 yards a game.
On the defensive side of the ball the team surrenders just 17 points a game. They are 7th in the MAC conference against the pass allowing 207 yards through the air per game but have only allowed 11 touchdowns thrown against their defense.
Butch Jones is in his third and last year with Central Michigan. He has been hired to replace Brian Kelly as the Cincinnati Bearcats head coach. He is leading the team to their 3rd bowl game in three years. Central Michigan is 0-2 straight up and 1-1 against the spread in the teams’ two bowl games with Jones at the helm. Central Michigan was defeated by Florida Atlantic in their bowl game last season 24-21 as a 7-point favorite. It will be associate head coach Steve Stripling coaching the Chippewas in this game.
The Troy Trojans completed another successful campaign in the Sun Belt conference finishing with an overall record of 9-3 but a perfect 8-0 record in conference play. The team completed a perfect Sun Belt campaign by winning at Louisiana-Lafayette 48-31. The Trojans in victory were able to produce a balance attack of 220 yards on the ground and 293 through the air in victory. Their only notable victory this season was a 31-7 win over bowl bound Middle Tennessee St. It is worth noting that the Trojans will have a site advantage in this game. The GMAC Bowl is being played in Troy’s home state of Alabama.
Senior quarterback Levi Brown leads a very potent offensive attack. The signal caller is completing 64.7% of his passes with 22 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Offensively the team averages 33 points a game and an amazing average of 478 offensive yards per game. Brown concluded his regular season with a combined 771 yards passing with 6 touchdowns and 2 picks in his final two games. Freshman running back Shawn Southward has contributed well for the team this year on the ground with 5.7 yards a carry average and 10 rushing touchdowns.
Troy suffers a bit from a leaky defense. The team allows an average of 28 points and 417 yards a game. Their weakness is in their pass defense. The Trojans are 9th and last in the Sun Belt conference against the pass allowing an average of 277 yards passing per game and have allowed 28 passing touchdowns.
Head coach Larry Blakeney is in his 20th year as head coach with the team. He is leading the team to their 4th bowl game since the program entered major college football. Troy is 1-2 straight up and against the spread in the three bowl games coached by Larry Blakeney at the school.
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CFB Trend: Troy Trojans are 9-1 to the over in their past 10 roles as an underdog
The Wagerline consensus has 75.3% of the CFB bettors on Central Michigan –3
The Wagerline consensus has 54.1% of the CFB bettors playing over 63 1/2
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