The Ohio Bobcats welcome in the Northern Illinois Huskies in MAC college football action tonight. The game is scheduled for an 8:00 p.m. start time and it will be televised nationally on ESPNu. Currently the odds for the game have the Huskies favored by about a field goal on the road.
Gotta love MAC college football action on a Tuesday night. The Midwest got hammered with snow, ice and win the past few days and Ohio should be a chilly campus tonight when the Huskies come to town.
Northern Illinois sits at 8-2 for the season, holding a record of 5-1 in the MAC West with Toledo and Western Michigan. The Huskies already beat Toledo this season and play the Broncos next week, which could be a huge game between one-loss teams in the division. The Huskies rely on quarterback, who has combined for better than 2,200 yards of offense and 17 touchdowns this season. He's not the dual-threat option that the Huskies have had in the past but he's still very good.
Ohio is a second place MAC East team with their record of 3-3 on the season, sitting behind Bowling Green in the standings. The Bobcats were beat up pretty good by the Bowling Green team earlier this season, but Ohio can bounce back and get some MAC revenge tonight if they are able to knock off the Huskies. With it being as brutally cold tonight it makes the game even more interesting. Typically cold games make it harder to tackle with the uniforms being a bit slippery.
The team that runs the football effectively tonight will win. Northern Illinois ranks 14th nationally by rushing for 261.7 yards per game this season. The Bobcats will have to slow them down in order to stay in this one as the Huskies don't throw the football around. The Huskies are just 99th best in the country in passing yards per game.
Ohio is more balanced on offense, running and throwing the football as much as they can. The Bobcats will look to quarterbacks JD Sprague and Derrius Vick to get them down the field. Both quarterbacks are seeing time in Ohio's games, giving the Bobcats a couple of different options behind center. Yet in this game tonight Ohio is going to have to find a way to run the ball well and keep Northern Illinois from running clock. The Huskies will hand it off to Cameron Stingily as much as they can tonight as the back should find a way to hit the hole and build up yards.
If the Huskies win thee time of possession battle, Ohio is going to be playing from behind. The Bobcats are at home for the final time this season and Vegas is only putting Northern Illinois as about a field goal favorite. This one will be close.
Free Pick: Northern Illinois 27, Ohio 24
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