Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Florida International Golden Panthers from the Sun Belt conference will face the Marshall Thundering Herd from Conference USA as they meet in the Beef O Brady’s Bowl in an NCAA college football game on Tuesday night December 20th.
Start time from St Petersburg Florida in a dome is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The point spread opened up in this college football game with the Florida International Golden Panthers favored by -5 points with an over under of 50 ½ points.
Money has shown early on the side of the underdog as the Florida International Golden Panthers are now favored by -4 ½ points.
The total has moved down to 49 points.
Florida International Golden Panthers money line bettors will lay -185 odds with the Marshall Thundering Herd bringing back +160 odds to earn the straight up win with no need for getting the points.
These two NCAA college football programs have no recent meetings on the gridiron.
Florida International enters the Beef O Brady’s Bowl with a mark of 8-4 on the year. The club is 4-2 away from home.
The Golden Panthers put up 26 points and 370 yards per game with 151 rushing yards for 4 yards a carry.
On defense FIU allows 19 points and 348 yards per game. Teams rush for 121 yards against them for 3.4 yards per rush against average.
The club is 1-1 versus bowl teams this year. They own a win against Louisville and dropped a game to Arkansas St.
They concluded play winners of three straight games.
Florida International is coming off the 31-18 road win against the Middle Tennessee St Blue Raiders as a -8 point betting favorite.
The total came in at under the closing line of 54 points.
Florida International gained 324 offensive yards while allowing 393 yards to Middle Tennessee St.
The club had 181 yards rushing on 41 carries for 4.4 yards a carry.
They had no turnovers and took two from the Blue Raiders.
The Golden Panthers allowed 102 rushing yards to their Sun Belt opponent for just 2.8 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Wesley Carroll hit on 15 of 23 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
Kedrick Rhodes ran for 117 yards on 20 carries with a rushing touchdown.
Jeremiah Harden had 10 rushes for 46 yards and a touchdown.
Jacob Younger led FIU with two catches for 55 yards.
Jon Faucher had three receptions go for 37 yards and a receiving touchdown.
T.Y. Hilton grabbed three passes for 16 yards and a touchdown.
The Marshall Thundering Herd will meet Florida International in the Beef O Brady’s Bowl with a 6-6 record on the season. The club is 2-5 away from home.
The Thundering Hear averages 26 points and 370 yards per game with 151 rushing yards for 3.6 yards a carry.
On defense Marshall allows 19 points and 348 yards per game. Teams run for 121 yards against them for 4.2 yards per rush against average.
The club is 2-5 against bowl teams on the year. They defeated Louisville and Southern Mississippi with losses to Tulsa, Houston, Virginia Tech, Ohio and West Virginia.
They closed out the regular year with two straight wins.
They are coming off the 34-27 home overtime win against the East Carolina Pirates as a -1 point betting favorite.
The total came in at over the closing line of 55 ½ points.
Marshall was able to amass 445 yards of offense while giving up 417 yards to East Carolina.
The Thundering Herd ran for 104 yards on 29 carries for 3.6 yards a carry.
The club turned it over twice and took four away from East Carolina.
They allowed 132 rushing yards to the Pirates on 40 carries for 3.3 yards per rush against average.
Quarterback Rakeem Cato completed 23 of 29 passes for 341 yards with two touchdowns.
Travon Van ran for 73 yards on 7 carries with a rushing touchdown. Van out of the backfield caught six passes for 68 yards.
Tron Martinez had 13 runs for 31 yards and a touchdown. Martinez had three receptions for 34 yards.
Aaron Dobson led Marshall with four receptions for 110 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Antavious Wilson caught two passes for 74 yards.
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CFB Trend: Florida International Golden Panthers are 3-0 ATS in their past three games.
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