Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The Miami Florida Hurricanes face a stiff test when they take it to the road to face the Ohio St Buckeyes in a college football game on Saturday afternoon.
The game will kick off from Ohio St at 3:40PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN Television.
The point spread opened up in this game with the home team Ohio St Buckeyes opening up as 9 ½ point favorites.
The bettors have come in early on the side of the road underdog as the Ohio St Buckeyes are now favored by 8 ½ points.
Money line bettors laying the chalk with the favored Ohio St Buckeyes will lay -360 odds with the road underdog Miami Florida Hurricanes bringing back +280 to pull off the upset victory without the aid of getting the points.
Miami Florida brings back 6 starters to the offense and 8 to the defense in 2010. The Hurricanes went 9-4 last season and lost 20-14 as a 3 ½ point favorite to Wisconsin in their bowl game.
Junior quarterback Jacoby Harris returns to the team following a 2009 campaign where he hit on 59.6% of his passes for 3352 yards 24 touchdowns and 17 interceptions.
Miami opened up their season with the 45-0 victory against Florida A&M from the FCS. In this game Harris completed 12 of 15 passes for 210 yards 3 touchdowns and no picks.
Senior running back Damien Berry saw 6 carries for 45 yards with an impressive 7.5 yards per rush average. Berry also caught a ball out of the backfield last week for a 32 yard touchdown. Freshman Lamar Miller had an impressive debut with a touchdown and 65 yards on 11 carries.
The Hurricanes bring back experience at the wide receiver position with all three starters back when they go wide. Senior Leonard Hankerson led all receivers last week with 6 catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively the Hurricanes allowed their 2009 opponents 22 points and 329 yards per game.
They pitched a shutout last week and limited Florida A&M to just 110 total yards. Florida A&M passed for only 58 yards and converted just 4 of 14 on third down.
It was an outstanding start to the season for the Ohio St Buckeyes in week number 1.
The team opened at home against Marshall and produced an impressive 45-7 victory as a 28 point favorite.
Ohio St opened up a 35-7 lead against the team from Conference USA and never looked back. The win was impressive because Ohio St notably has been a slow starter grinding out victory against early season opponents who are overmatched on the field.
Junior quarterback Terrelle Pryor was impressive completing 17 of 25 passes for 247 yards with three touchdowns and no picks.
Senior running back Brandon Saine led all rushers for the Buckeyes with 103 yards on 9 carries with two touchdowns.
Senior wide out Dane Sanzenbacher had big plays catching the football with 3 catches for 113 yards a touchdown and a 65 yard catch. Junior wide out DeVier Posey had 2 touchdown catches.
Marshall’s only score came on a 61 yard return off a blocked Ohio St field goal attempt. The Thundering Herd could only gain 199 yards on the Buckeyes defense and were limited to just 4 of 14 conversions on third down.
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