I hope that everyone reading this tuned in last week for Northern Illinois\u2019 win over Toledo. \u00a0For me it was the most entertaining game I have seen since Baylor vs TCU in week 1. \u00a0It was a big one too as UNI took control in the MAC West. <\/p>\n
Doyt Perry Stadium – Bowling Green, OH Northern Illinois<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0All they have to do is keep pace with Toledo to maintain their advantage, however, a third road game in a row could be challenging.<\/p>\n The Huskies may be finally living up to preseason expectations this season. \u00a0Senior QB Chandler Harnish was outstanding last week in leading UNI to the upset road victory. \u00a0The Huskies scored 63 points with Harnish rushing for more than 130 yards while tossing 6 TD passes. \u00a0The defense gave up 60 points in the victory so clearly there is room for improvement, but, it was also just one of those games where neither defense really stood a chance.<\/p>\n Northern Illinois is looking great to land in the MAC championship game again this year. \u00a0This is the Huskies last real hurdle as they finish the season at home with two games in which they should be heavily favoured. \u00a0The Huskies have won the last two in the series but these guys haven\u2019t played each other since 2008 and back to 2004 before that.<\/p>\n Bowling Green<\/strong><\/p>\n After a 3-1 start the Bowling Green Falcons have been having a tough time. \u00a0With only three games to go they are hoping to get bowl eligible but they are going to have to pull an upset either this week or next week against Ohio for that to happen. \u00a0Neither seems all that likely so coach Dave Clawson will be feeling the heat as the season comes to a close. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n It will be tough road but Bowling Green actually has a chance in the bunched up MAC East. \u00a0If they can run the table there is an outside chance they could actually play in the title game. \u00a0To make that happen they have to get more out of the offense and that means more out of QB Matt Schilz. \u00a0Just a sophomore he shows glimpes of potential but he needs to be at a higher level of efficiency for the team to succeed.<\/p>\n One thing in favour of Bowling Green is that the home team is 12-4 in this series. \u00a0The big problem is they are brutal at defending the run and the Huskies are one of the better rushing teams in the country. \u00a0I don\u2019t see the Falcons defense being able to hold up for a whole game even though they have more beef in the middle (two 290lbers) than most MAC teams.<\/p>\n ATS Pick: \u00a0Northern Illinois -5.5 Northern Illinois Huskies vs Bowling Green Falcons I hope that everyone reading this tuned in last week for Northern Illinois\u2019 win over Toledo. \u00a0For me it was the most entertaining game I have seen since Baylor vs TCU in week 1. \u00a0It was a big one too as UNI took control in the MAC West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":25390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45408","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=45408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45420,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45408\/revisions\/45420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTuesday November 8 – 8:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Northern Illinois -220, Bowling Green +220
\nSpread (ATS): Northern Illinois -5.5
\nOver\/Under: 65.5
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver\/Under Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Northern Illinois 48 – Bowling Green 31<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"