The Akron Zips were smoked by Ohio State in the opener but I don\u2019t think that was much of a surprise. \u00a0The score was 42-0 but when you look behind the numbers it was even uglier. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Akron Zips vs. Temple Owls<\/strong> They didn\u2019t event crack 100 yards of total yards of offense against a Buckeye team that was missing several key players on offense an defense. \u00a0You don\u2019t want to make make too much of a single game but this years team might be worse than last year\u2019s that won only a single game.<\/p>\n The only good thing for the Akron offense is that they have to get better from here…right? \u00a0The key is going to be the offensive line. \u00a0They couldn\u2019t get a push against Ohio State and they couldn\u2019t block for the passing game either. \u00a0OSU is fantastic on defense so they should find things a little easier this week against Temple. \u00a0This team has no real threats on offense which makes it easy to take chances and create big plays. \u00a0Something Temple is pretty good at.<\/p>\n By comparison, the Zips are stronger on defense where they return 8 starters from a year ago. \u00a0There was no evidence of any of that \u201cstrength\u201d against OSU and the Owls have scored 24, 27, 56, and 30 points against Akron the last 4 times out. \u00a0They just don\u2019t give themselves much of a chance to win on this side of the ball either.<\/p>\n The Temple Owls got their first victory for coach Steve Addazio by beating Villanova – a good FCS program, but FCS nonetheless. \u00a0They played a very smooth game outrushing their opponents 2:1 while not committing a turnover. \u00a0Now onto Akron, which even though it might be an FBS school, may not put up much more of a fight than the Wildcats. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n No doubt Temple will use the same formula to beat an Akron team they have lever lost to since joining the MAC (4-0). \u00a0Getting Bernard Pierce off to a good start (147 yards, 3TDs) was a welcome sight and QB Mike Gerardi was very efficient leading the attack. \u00a0Last year the Owls shutout Akron 30-0 rushing for 190 yards while giving up just 20 on the ground. \u00a0After witnessing Akron last week another performance like that might not be a stretch.<\/p>\n Temple is looking to use this early MAC game to jump ahead in the standings and put some pressure on the rest of the East division. \u00a0Playing Akron is a perfect way to do so, the last three in the series have not been close at all with last year\u2019s 30-0 shutout the most impressive of their victories over the Zips. \u00a0The only chance the Zips have is if the Owls are caught looking ahead to Penn State.<\/p>\n TEM are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games in September. ATS Pick: \u00a0Temple -13<\/strong> The CappersPicks.com college football weekly predictions pages! We KNOW you will find our FREE weekly college football picks<\/a>, tips, betting advice, strategies, CFB gambling articles and more to help you become the best College football bettor on your block!!<\/p>\n The Akron Zips vs Temple Owls will both be trying to pick up a win in Week 2 on Saturday when they battle at InfoCision Stadium. Odds have Owls listed as 13-point favorites the game\u2019s total is 45\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":25288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[28750,51927,51928,51926,164,287,324,763,771,1168,1294,1337,51923,51924,51925],"class_list":["post-42802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-28750","tag-akron-temple-spread","tag-akron-vs-temple-free-pick","tag-akron-zips-vs-temple-owls","tag-betting-lines","tag-cfb-picks","tag-college-football-odds","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaa-football-previews","tag-sportsbook","tag-vegas-picks","tag-week-2","tag-week-2-games","tag-zips-owls-lines","tag-zips-vs-owls-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42802","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42818,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42802\/revisions\/42818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field \u00a0\u00a0Akron, Ohio<\/strong>
\n Saturday September 10 – 6:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline:<\/strong>
\n Spread (ATS): Temple -13<\/strong>
\n Over\/Under: 45<\/strong>
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/a>
\nGrab The In Depth ATS Betting Report – Click Here!<\/a><\/p>\nAkron<\/h3>\n
Temple<\/h3>\n
Trends:<\/h3>\n
\nTEM are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 road games.
\nAKR are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 home games.
\nAKR are 7-16 ATS in their last 23 games overall.
\nAKR are 6-13 ATS in their last 19 conference games.<\/p>\n
\n Over\/Under Pick: \u00a0Under 45<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Temple 36 – Akron 7<\/strong><\/p>\nREVIEW OUR BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAPPERS – CLICK HERE!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"