Friday, May 18th, 2012
The MAC Championship will be played out on ESPN 2 this Friday, and we’ll take a look at the clash between the Ohio Bobcats (9-3) and the Northern Illinois Huskies (9-3).
The game will take place at Ford Field in Detroit, and Northern Illinois is listed as the home team despite both teams technically being on the road.
The Bobcats are 4-2 when away from their home stadium this season, while the Huskies enter the big game with a 3-3 mark on the road.
The same win/loss record isn’t the only thing that Northern Illinois and Ohio have in common this year.
Each has covered the point spread in 5 of their 12 games this year, while both squads also have gone over the total in 7 of 12.
The Bobcats and the Huskies have also failed to cover the point spread in either of their last 2 games played this season.
Betting odds for the MAC Championship Game have Northern Illinois favored by -4 and a total of 70.
Both lines have seen their fair share of movement after the total started off at 66 and the Huskies were originally favored by just 3.
Close to 75% of tracked college football bettors are going with Northern Illinois here according to wager-tracking websites.
It’s a bit off to see so many bettors on Northern Illinois when you consider that the Bobcats have won outright in both of the head-to-head meetings since 2006.
Ohio won 38-31 as a 1.5-point favorite in 2009 and 35-23 as a 19-point underdog in 2006.
The Huskies were 30-23 winners in overtime in 2003, but they were also 21.5-point favorites on the point spread.
All 3 of those games went over the total, and the Bobcats covered the point spread in all 3.
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