$$$ TUESDAY NIGHT NCAAF WINNER and O/U :: NUI @ KENT STATE $$$

When I first started looking at this game I thought…wow, for a crap MAC game this is a hard game to cap. But then I dove into it a little deeper.

First, you have a NIU team that’s coming off an OT loss at home. I had NUI in that game because I was fooled by their DEF stats. Sure, they came back and sent the game to OT but they had no chance in this game. They got extremely lucky and if they hadn’t been at home probably wouldn’t have gotten as close as they did. But, in this NIU/CM game what, or shall I say who, was the deciding factor in that game? Dan LeFevour…he through for 188 yards and 2 TD’s, but more importantly he ran for 121 yards and 2 TDs. As a team, CM ran for over 244 yards.

Then I looked at the game Kent State game last week.  Kent got off to a great start against TEMPLE going up 21-3 only to let Temple and Adam DiMichele get back into that game. DiMichelle had 3 TD passes over 30 yards (1 of them 51 yds).  These three big plays helped Temple, the preseason favorite to win the MAC East, stay in a game they should have lost by at least 10. Julian Edelman and Eugene Jarvis rushed for 59 times for over 325 yards in this game. Kent State controlled the clock for over 36 minutes, went 8 for 15 on 3^rd conversions, and had 27 first downs compared to 16. NIU gave up 4.9 yards a carry but also let Central Michigan convert 9 of 15 on 3^rd down conversions.

Julian Edelman and Eugene Jarvis go to work once again this week. NIU will not be able to stop this running attack after what I saw last week. Dan LaFevour, by himself, ran all over NIU and I expect to see Kent State do the same tonight. I like Kent State to win this game outright.

KENT STATE +3.5

UNDER 51.5 

GLA

Nice Win for you last night with Cleveland....

BOL tonight