Betting news, trends, odds and predictions for from various handicappers and websites.
Wednesday’s games
Ball State @ Bowling Green
Ball State (2-6, 1-3)
— Ball State is 1-6 vs I-A teams (beat Central Michigan 24-17 LW)
— Cardinals scored 14 or less points in five or their six losses.
— Cardinals’ three MAC losses were by 18-14-7 points.
— 7 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 67 starts back on OL, three starters are back.
— Cardinals have played three different QB’s this year.
— Ball State is 5-8-1 ATS last 14 games as a road underdog.
— last 4+ years, Cardinals are 19-16 ATS in MAC games.
— Under is 5-1 in Ball State’s last six I-A games.
— Ball State has one winning season (2020) the last nine years.
— Ball State is 1-8 all-time in bowls, 1-4 SU/ATS in last five.
Bowling Green (4-4, 2-2)
— Bowling Green won three of last four games, scoring 38-24-41 points.
— Last four games, Bowling Green has a +9 turnover ratio.
— Falcons scored 6-7-0 points in their last three losses.
— Last three games, Bowling Green threw for total of 232 yards.
— Last two games, Falcons ran ball for 218-214 yards.
— 8 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 75 starts back on offensive line, are expected to improve.
— junior QB Bazelak started 29 games at Missouri/Indiana.
— under Loeffler, BG is 3-3 ATS as a home favorite.
— since 2016, Falcons are 7-15-1 ATS coming off a win.
— Bowling Green lost four of its last five bowl games (1-4 ATS)
— Falcons went bowling LY, but have had 7 straight losing seasons.
— Bowling Green won 7 of last 8 series games.
— Cardinals are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Bowling Green.
— Over is 3-2 in last five meetings.
Kent State @ Akron
Kent State (1-7, 0-4)
— Kent State’s head coach last year quit to be the OC at Colorado.
— Golden Flashes are 0-7 vs I-A teams; 28-14 was closest game.
— Kent State was held under 250 TY in six of the seven games.
— Kent State is 4-12 ATS in last 16 games as a road underdog.
— 0 starters back on offense, 4 on defense
— They might be the least experienced team in the country.
— 5 starts back on offensive line.
— soph QB threw 18 passes at Purdue last year
— Kent is 8-10 ATS in last 18 games coming off a loss.
— New coach Burns has never been a HC; he was an assistant at Minnesota.
— Kent played in two bowls the last four years, their 3rd/4th all-time.
Akron (1-7, 0-4)
— Akron is 0-7 vs I-A teams, with three losses by 3 or fewer points.
— In their four MAC games, Zips scored 10-14-10-14 points.
— Akron has a minus-8 turnover ratio.
— last 5+ years, Zips are minus-49 in turnovers.
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 64 starts back on offensive line.
— senior QB started 10 games LY, after playing JC ball.
— Akron is 5-9-1 ATS in last 15 games as a home favorite.
— under Moorhead, Akron is 7-5 ATS in conference games.
— Akron hasn’t gone bowling since 2017.
— last 4+ years, Akron is 6-44 SU/18-31 ATS
— Kent State won last four series games (3-1 ATS)
— Flashes are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Akron.
— Under is 6-2 in last eight meetings.