Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Troy Trojans will travel for a week fourteen Sun Belt conference NCAA college football game against the Arkansas St Red Wolves on Saturday afternoon.
This game will begin from Arkansas St at 4:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN GamePlan.
The point spread opened up with the home team Arkansas St Red Wolves favored by –13 points with an over under of 57 points.
Early money has landed on the side of the home club as the Arkansas St Red Wolves are now favored by -17 ½ points.
The over under has moved up to 57 ½ points.
Those backing the favored Arkansas St Red Wolves on the money line will lay –900 odds with the underdog Troy Trojans delivering +600 odds to win outright without taking the points.
In last years Sun Belt meeting it was the Troy Trojans with the 35-28 home victory against the Arkansas St Red Wolves as a -10 ½ point betting favorite.
The over under landed under the closing number of 66 ½ points.
Trojans running back Corey Robinson was superb as he threw for 316 yards in the win.
His favorite target was wide out Jerrel Jernigan who had 209 yards receiving.
Running back Chris Anderson chipped in for Troy with 89 yards rushing.
The Trojans offense was able to gain 505 offensive yards against the Arkansas St defense.
Red Wolves quarterback Ryan Aplin had 237 yards passing and 89 yards on the ground in a losing cause.
The Arkansas St offense put up 450 yards of offense on the Troy defense.
The Troy Trojans travels to Arkansas St with a disappointing record of 3-8 on the season. The club is 0-6 on the road.
Troy averages 23 points and 380 yards per game with 91 yards rushing for 3.2 yards a carry.
On defense the Trojans give up 32 points and 462 yards per game. Opponents rush for 210 yards against them for 4.6 yards per rush against average.
Troy has dropped six of their past seven games.
They are coming off the 41-18 road defeat at the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers last week as a +4 point underdog.
The over under came in at over the closing line of 51 points.
The Trojan gained 330 yards in defeat while giving up 494 yards to the Hilltoppers offense.
Troy ran for just 27 yards on 17 carries for 1.6 yards a carry.
The team turned it over three times and forced one from Western Kentucky.
They allowed the Hilltoppers 338 yards on the ground on 64 carries for 5.3 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Corey Robinson completed 18 of 33 passes for 303 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Shawn Southward ran for 21 yards on seven rushing attempts.
D.J. Taylor had 15 yards on the ground on seven carries and a rushing touchdown.
Eric Thomas led Troy with five receptions for 82 yards.
Corey Johnson grabbed three balls for 75 yards.
Chandler Worthy caught two passes for 54 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Chris Anderson had a 26 yard touchdown catch.
The Arkansas St Red Wolves hosts the Troy Trojans with a mark of 9-2 on the season. The team is a perfect 5-0 at home.
Arkansas St averages 32 points and 450 yards per game with 168 rushing yards for 4.2 yards a carry.
The Red Wolvers allow their opponents 19 points and 321 yards per game. Opponents rush for 111 yards against them for 3.2 yards per rush against average.
The team has won eight straight games.
They are coming off the 45-19 road win against the Middle Tennessee St Blue Raiders a week ago as a -10 ½ point betting favorite.
The total came in at over the closing line of 57 points.
Arkansas St outgained Middle Tennessee St by a 536 yard to 299 yard differential.
The Red Wolves had 203 rushing yards on 51 carries for 4 yards per rush.
The team survived three turnovers and took eon from the Blue Raiders.
They allowed Middle Tennessee St 80 yards rushing on 35 carries for 2.3 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Ryan Apin completed 25 of 27 passes for 294 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Apin had 15 rushes for 41 yards and a touchdown.
Jermaine Robinson had 13 rushes for 85 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Derek Lawson ran for 46 yards on 11 carries.
Frankie Jackson had two rushing touchdowns to go with his three carries for 13 yards.
Dwayne Frampton came alive with 10 receptions for 141 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Josh Jarboe caught two balls for 43 yards.
Anthony Kincy had a 21 yard touchdown reception.
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CFB Trend: Arkansas St Red Wolves are 8-2 ATS in their past 10 games.
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