Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites.
Tuesday’s games
Northern Illinois @ Central Michigan
Northern Illinois (4-4, 3-1)
— Huskies won last three games, giving up 14-13-13 points.
— NIU is +6 in turnovers in its last three games.
— NIU split its four road games, winning at Boston College/Akron.
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 117 starts back on offensive line; they’re supposed to be good.
— senior QB made 16 starts before this year.
— Under Hammock, NIU is 2-4 ATS as a road favorite (1-0 TY).
— Under Hammock, NIU is 17-18 ATS in MAC games (3-1 TY)
— Under Hammock, NIU is 10-11 ATS in MAC games (1-2 TY)
— NIU went to one bowl the last four years.
Central Michigan (4-4, 2-2)
— Chippewas are 4-1 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Since start of LY, CMU is minus-23 in turnovers LY (-6 this year)
— Chippewas are 2-0 at home in MAC (26-23 EMU, 17-10 Akron)
— CMU escaped with a 45-42 home win over I-AA New Hampshire.
— 4 starters back on offense, 9 on defense
— 54 starts back on offensive line.
— soph QB started one game LY.
— under McElwain, CMU is 4-0 ATS as a home underdog.
— In his career, McElwain is 7-4 ATS as a home underdog.
— under McElwain, CMU is 11-9 ATS coming off a loss.
— Chippewas’ last three games stayed under the total.
— Chippewas went bowling in five of last eight years (1-4).
— Central Michigan won seven of last nine series games.
— Huskies are 2-6 ATS in last eight visits to CMU.
— Under is 6-3-1 in last ten meetings.
— MAC home underdogs are 3-7 ATS
Buffalo @ Toledo
Buffalo (3-5, 3-1)
— Bulls won three of last four games, after an 0-4 start.
— Buffalo gave up 13 or less points in wins, 40.4 ppg in losses.
— Buffalo lost 40-37 at home to I-AA Fordham.
— 5 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 55 starts back on offensive line.
— junior QB started 13 games LY, threw for school record 3,030 yards.
— under Linguist, Buffalo is 6-5 ATS as a road dog (3-0 TY).
— under Linguist, Buffalo is 4-11 ATS coming off a loss.
— since 2013, Buffalo is 14-19-1 ATS as a road underdog (3-0 TY).
— last four Buffalo games stayed under the total.
— Buffalo won its last three bowls, after losing its first three.
Toledo (7-1, 4-0)
— Toledo is 4-0 in MAC, winning by 2-18-7-4 points.
— Rockets’ only loss was 30-28 at Illinois in season opener.
— Toledo has run ball for 224.8 yards/game in MAC play.
— 8 starters back on offense, 8 on defense
— 94 starts back on offensive line— 4 starters are back
— junior QB has 19 starts, was 2nd-team all-MAC last year.
— last 4+ years, Toledo is 7-15 ATS as home favorites (0-3 TY).
— under Candle, Toledo is 26-33-1 ATS in MAC games (1-3 TY).
— since 2018, Rockets are 12-25 ATS coming off a win (1-5 TY).
— Toledo is 1-4 SU/0-5 ATS in last five bowls- they beat Liberty 21-19 LY.
— Buffalo won last three meetings, scoring 34-49-31 points.
— Bulls are 1-3 SU/2-2 ATS in last four visits to Toledo.
— Over is 5-2 in last seven series games.
— MAC home favorites are 6-8 ATS