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Ohio vs Central Michigan Football Spread

Written November 30, 2009 by Hector Garza

Get serious about betting college football and check out the $500 BONUS from Betus. The Mid American Championship game will be played this Friday night at 8:00 pm ET, where Ohio (9-3) will do battle with Central Michigan (10-2). This will be the second time in four years the Bobcats have won the East division, and coach Frank Solich is getting the team geared up for their first ten win season since 1968. The Chippewas have made their own history this year with their first unbeaten and untied MAC regular season, with their only two losses coming to Arizona and Boston College. Our college football odds have Central Michigan as the 10.5 point favorites.

Head Coach Butch Jones has done a great job against his MAC opponents, going 21-3 in his tenure thus far. He runs a balanced offense that’s put up 52 td’s and almost 420 ypg. Dan LeFevour has been a great leader for them at the QB position. In his senior campaign he’s completed 71% of his passes for twenty five td’s and 2788 yards. What’s more impressive is his fourteen rushing scores, and that he leads the team with 650 rushing yards. With his arm and legs he accounts for 39 of the 52 td’s, and he’s made good decisions this year limiting himself to five interceptions. In their last regular season game, LeFevour threw for 255 yards and three scores with no interceptions, and is playing at the top of his game. His top target is Antonio Brown, who has 89 catches this year for 954 yards and nine scores, and is the 4th leading rusher with another 319 yards and two scores. He’s proven himself a dangerous return man as well, with 820 yards and 2 scores to his credit. The defense of the Chippewas has been overlooked due to the success on the other side of the ball, but they have played well holding foes to 22 scores and 331 ypg and posting one shutout.

While Central Michigan has a great QB, Ohio doesn’t have anything to complain about in that department either. Theo Scott saved the best for last as the Bobcats beat Temple 35-17. He put on a clinic, throwing for a career high 324 yards and three scores with no interceptions, completing 17-21 passes. He also contributed two rushing td’s and led the unit with 69 yards on the ground. It was easily his best performance of the season, where’s his completing under 60% of his attempts and thrown ten interceptions. A big reason the Bobcats are the underdog in the championship game is their reliance on the passing attack. Of their 30 td’s, 21 have come through the air, and Scott leads all rushers with 3 running scores on the year. The defense allowed 255 yards on the ground last week and will need to do much better to outscore a tougher opponent. A highlight has been the takeaways, where the defense has posted 35 on the year for a +14 turnover ratio.

Frank Solich and crew must post a perfect offensive performance and force turnovers to stand a chance against Central Michigan. If the defense can’t shut down the run, don’t look for them to be able to come away with a victory. The Chippewas own the overall series 19-4-2 and, with a superior offense and defense, should have no problems defeating the Bobcats and the spread. For more winning college football picks, look no further than Betfirms. They’ve got all the expert football picks!