{"id":16850,"date":"2009-12-15T14:47:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T19:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=16850"},"modified":"2009-12-15T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T19:47:19","slug":"little-caesars-bowl-free-pick-151209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/little-caesars-bowl-free-pick-151209\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Bobcats vs. Thundering Herd Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

2009 LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL – OHIO BOBCATS (9-4) vs. MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD (6-6)<\/h2>\n

Event:<\/strong> Little Caesars Bowl
\nDate<\/strong>: Saturday, Dec. 26, 1:00 pm EST
\nSite<\/strong>: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
\nMY Sportsbook.com LINE<\/strong>: Ohio -2.5<\/p>\n

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Team records:<\/strong>
\nOhio: 9-4 SU, 8-4 ATS
\nMarshall: 6-6 SU, 6-5 ATS <\/p>\n

Preview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Little Caesars’ owner (and proud Michigan native) Mike Ilitch leaves his mark on this Boxing Day bowl. But who will leave their mark on the field? That’s a different (and hopefully more interesting) story.<\/p>\n

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If Marshall is to win the game, they’ll have to fittingly do it with the legs of running back Darius Marshall. He’s one of the more effective all-purpose backs in the nation, and he’ll have to shoulder the workload against a Bobcat defense that can go overlooked. The past few weeks, Marshall lost two, squeaked by SMU 34-31 and then ended the season by getting manhandled by lowly UTEP. <\/p>\n

The Herd will have to find some fire if they are going to stampede their way to a bowl victory.<\/p>\n

For Ohio’s part, head coach Frank Solich has this program pointed in the right direction.
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\nQuarterback Theo Scott, while unspectacular, has made efficiency his M.O. this season and it’s worked well; a 131.25 QB rating and 22 total TDs means the Bobcats put some points on the board to give the D some breathing room. Lee Renfro and Noah Keller leads an Ohio defense that plays with passion.<\/p>\n

The Bobcats had some close calls, but they didn’t have any stinkers on their schedule and they proved they could win some tough games in 2009. <\/p>\n

It’s precisely that phenomenon why they should narrowly beat their Conference USA opponent in the Motor City.<\/p>\n

2009 Team Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total Offense:<\/strong> Ohio 98th
\n Marshall 78th<\/p>\n

Total Defense<\/strong>: Ohio 52nd
\n Marshall 80th<\/p>\n

Trends:<\/strong>
\nOhio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Marshall
\nOhio is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
\nOhio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
\nOhio is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Marshall
\nMarshall is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Ohio
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 8 of Marshall’s last 10 games
\nMarshall is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
\nMarshall is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Ohio<\/p>\n

Pick: Ohio -7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The fans at Ford Field will be treated to a game between the Ohio Bobcats and the Marshall Thundering Herd when they take their seats for the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Bobcats listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Thundering Herd, while the game’s total is sitting at 49…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[41,21129,164,181,21135,20891,287,470,21130,21131,21132,763,17002,20925,21134,21133],"class_list":["post-16850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-41","tag-2009-little-caesars-bowl","tag-betting-lines","tag-betting-trends","tag-bobcats-vs-thundering-herd-predictions","tag-bowl-game-predictions","tag-cfb-picks","tag-free-pick","tag-little-caesars-pizza-bowl-free-pick","tag-little-caesars-pizza-bowl-odds","tag-little-caesars-preview","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-ncaaf-spreads","tag-ohio-bobcats-vs-marshall-thundering-herd","tag-ohio-vs-marshall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16852,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16850\/revisions\/16852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}