Congrats to everyone that had followed my play last night. It was an easy win and cover for NIU. For tonights action we head back to the MAC where Miami OH ( 4-5 ) heads on the road to face Temple ( 5-4 )
Temple opened the season by hanging 43 points on a struggling Akon team, then then lost a closely contested match against Penn State in the final minutes of a game in which they were leading up unitl that point and follwed that up with a convincing 38-7 win over Maryland...Temple appeared to be on a tear and the one to watch once conference play began...however that was not the case. Over the last two games, Temple has seen their stud running back Bernard Peirce suffer a hamstring injury, and last week during the Ohio game suffered what appeared to be concussion-like symptoms...for those of you who don't think Pierce is a difference maker in this Temple offense, if it wasn't for some really nice passing by QB Chris Coyer, Temple would have been blown out of that Ohio game. With Pierce's status for tonights game looking doubtful, Temple will have to rely on Coyer having another nice game through the air and the back-up RB Matt Brown will have to produce on the ground. Temple is also coming off of back-to back losses to Bowling Green and Ohio...
On the other side of the ball you have a Miami OH who started the season by dropping their first 5 games...however have seemed to turn their season around winning the last 4 of 5 games going 4-1 ATS. The star of this Miami OH team is their QB Chris Dysert. Dysert is in the top 5 passing yards list for non-senior QB's. The other QBs are RG III, Landry Jones, and Matt Barkley ( not bad company to be around ). For Miami to be successful Dysert is going to have to manage the game...take care of the football and continue to play how has been playing over the last 5 games...Temple's defense has shown flashes of brilliance but have also been shredded at times. I believe Dysert will find enough gaps in the defense to keep the ball moving down the field a chunck at a time....
Temple is a team who likes to run the ball...averaging 258 yrds on the ground, while Miami OH likes to throw the ball, averaging 271 yrds through the air... both teams are rated just about equal on defense giving up about 20-22 points a game...
With both teams appearing to be heading in opposite directions, and with the questionable status of Peirce, I find it hard to lay this kind of number ( on a weeknight in the MAC ) against a team that is more than capable of pulling the outright upset. Temple should win this game, but I expect a low scoring, close-knit game... take Miami OH +13...
Temple 24
Miami 17
Temple opened the season by hanging 43 points on a struggling Akon team, then then lost a closely contested match against Penn State in the final minutes of a game in which they were leading up unitl that point and follwed that up with a convincing 38-7 win over Maryland...Temple appeared to be on a tear and the one to watch once conference play began...however that was not the case. Over the last two games, Temple has seen their stud running back Bernard Peirce suffer a hamstring injury, and last week during the Ohio game suffered what appeared to be concussion-like symptoms...for those of you who don't think Pierce is a difference maker in this Temple offense, if it wasn't for some really nice passing by QB Chris Coyer, Temple would have been blown out of that Ohio game. With Pierce's status for tonights game looking doubtful, Temple will have to rely on Coyer having another nice game through the air and the back-up RB Matt Brown will have to produce on the ground. Temple is also coming off of back-to back losses to Bowling Green and Ohio...
On the other side of the ball you have a Miami OH who started the season by dropping their first 5 games...however have seemed to turn their season around winning the last 4 of 5 games going 4-1 ATS. The star of this Miami OH team is their QB Chris Dysert. Dysert is in the top 5 passing yards list for non-senior QB's. The other QBs are RG III, Landry Jones, and Matt Barkley ( not bad company to be around ). For Miami to be successful Dysert is going to have to manage the game...take care of the football and continue to play how has been playing over the last 5 games...Temple's defense has shown flashes of brilliance but have also been shredded at times. I believe Dysert will find enough gaps in the defense to keep the ball moving down the field a chunck at a time....
Temple is a team who likes to run the ball...averaging 258 yrds on the ground, while Miami OH likes to throw the ball, averaging 271 yrds through the air... both teams are rated just about equal on defense giving up about 20-22 points a game...
With both teams appearing to be heading in opposite directions, and with the questionable status of Peirce, I find it hard to lay this kind of number ( on a weeknight in the MAC ) against a team that is more than capable of pulling the outright upset. Temple should win this game, but I expect a low scoring, close-knit game... take Miami OH +13...
Temple 24
Miami 17
