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Week 11
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Armadillo's Write-Up
Week 11
Ball State @
Northern Illinois
Ball State (2-7, 1-4)
— Ball State is 1-6 vs I-A teams (beat Central Michigan 24-17)
— Cardinals scored 14 or less points in five or their seven losses.
— Cardinals’ three MAC losses were by 18-14-7-3 points.
— Ball State held last four opponents under 300 TY.
— 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 6-8-1 ATS last 15 games as a road underdog.
— last 4+ years, Cardinals are 20-16 ATS in MAC games.
— Under is 5-2 in Ball State’s last seven 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.
Northern Illinois (4-5, 3-2)
— Huskies won three of their last three games.
— NIU is 3-1 giving up 14 or fewer points, 1-4 giving up 22+ points.
— NIU gave up 14-13-13 points in MAC wins, 35-37 in losses.
— 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.
— Last two years, NIU is 0-7 ATS as a home favorite (0-2 TY).
— Under Hammock, NIU is 17-19 ATS in MAC games (3-2 TY)
— Under Hammock, NIU is 15-13 ATS coming off a loss.
— NIU went to one bowl the last four years.
— Ball State won 3 of last 4 series games, after an 0-10 skid.
— Last five meetings were all decided by 8 or less points.
— Cardinals are 1-4 ATS in last five visits to DeKalb.
— Under is 4-1 in last five meetings.
— MAC home favorites are 8-9 ATS.
Central Michigan @
Western Michigan
Central Michigan (5-4, 3-2)
— Chippewas are 5-1 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Since start of LY, CMU is minus-20 in turnovers LY (-3 this year)
— Chippewas are 1-4 SU on road (won 34-30 @ South Alabama).
— MAC road losses: 37-13 @ Buffalo, 24-17 @ Ball State.
— 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 11-5 ATS as a road underdog.
— In his career, McElwain is 17-15-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— under McElwain, CMU is 14-13 ATS coming off a win.
— Three of Chippewas’ last four games stayed under the total.
— Chippewas went bowling in five of last eight years (1-4).
Western Michigan (3-6, 2-3)
— Broncos are 3-0 scoring 35+ points, 0-6 scoring less than 35.
— Last three games, WMU is +4 in turnovers.
— WMU was 5-7 last year, their first losing season since 2013.
— 8 starters back on offense, 2 on defense
— 81 starts back on offensive line.
— junior QB started 22 games at Old Dominion; LY’s QB’s also return.
— new HC Taylor was OC at Louisville last year.
— since 2019, Broncos are 10-8 ATS as a home favorite.
— since 2017, Broncos are 22-27-2 ATS in MAC tilts (4-1 TY).
— over is 6-1 in their last seven games.
— WMU is 2-3 SU/3-2 ATS in last five bowls, after losing first six bowls.
— Western Michigan won seven of last ten series games.
— Chippewas covered their last five visits to Kalamazoo (3-2 SU).
— Over is 5-3 in last eight meetings.
— MAC home favorites are 8-9 ATS.
Ohio U @
Buffalo
Ohio U (6-3, 3-2)
— Ohio lost two of last three games, after a 5-1 start.
— Bobcats are 5-0 when they score 17+ points.
— Bobcats allowed 17 or less points in wins, 20+ in losses.
— Ohio is +6 in turnovers in its wins, minus-6 in losses.
— 9 starters back on offense, 6 on defense
— 86 starts back on offensive line; they’re expected to improve.
— soph QB has started 19 games.
— under Albin, Bobcats are 4-2 ATS as a road favorite.
— under Albin, Ohio U is 5-9 ATS coming off a loss.
— under Albin, Bobcats are 12-10 ATS in MAC games.
— Ohio U won/covered its last four bowl games.
Buffalo (3-6, 3-2)
— Bulls won three of last five games, after an 0-4 start.
— Buffalo gave up 13 or less points in wins, 39.8 ppg in losses.
— Buffalo lost 40-37 at home to I-AA Fordham.
— last six games, Bulls are +6 in turnovers.
— 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.
— Buffalo is 13-5-1 ATS in last 19 games as a home dog (1-1 TY).
— under Linguist, Buffalo is 6-11 ATS coming off a loss.
— under Linguist, Buffalo is 8-11-1 ATS in MAC games (3-2 ATS)
— last five Buffalo games stayed under the total.
— Buffalo won its last three bowls, after losing its first three.
— Ohio won three of last four series games.
— Bobcats are 1-4 ATS in last five visits to Buffalo.
— under is 6-3 in last nine meetings.
— MAC home underdogs are 4-7 ATS.