There was every reason to think the Huskies program might slide after last year success especially because they graduated do everything QB Chandler Harnish. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Northern Illinois Huskies (4-1) vs Ball State Cardinals (3-2)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Gambling Insight!<\/a> |\u00a0Buy Ray’s Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n However, they are just a couple of pointsaway (lost by 1 against Iowa) from a perfect season and should be a factor in the MAC race once again.<\/p>\n They are 1-0 in the conference and a win this week will create some distance between them and fellow MAC West leader Toledo and the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n QB Jordan Lynch has proven to be a very capable replacement for Harnish. \u00a0Like his predecessor he is leading the team in both rushing and passing. \u00a0The one downfall is his precision as a passer. The junior hadn\u2019t seen much game action prior to this season and has catching up to do.<\/p>\n If he had been even a smidge better against Iowa (6 for 16, 54 yards) we might be looking at the Huskies as potential BCS busters in DeKalb.<\/p>\n Northern Illinois prides itself as being a Big Ten team trapped in the MAC.<\/p>\n They are big and physical and can run over teams when things are going well. \u00a0Northern Illinois has won the last three but only covered once. \u00a0With the short number I think there is good value on the UNI side.<\/p>\n They have won 4 of the last 5 at Ball State.<\/p>\n Ball State is off to a good start. \u00a0Both of their losses were on the road and they were able to tip a couple of BCS opponents in Indiana and South Florida.<\/p>\n Last week they lost a tough one against Kent State on the road. \u00a0The Golden Flashes kicked a FG with 6 second left to win and it will be important for the Cardinals to have a short memory with the Huskies coming to town. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Ball State will be looking for revenge and they might have the team to get it.<\/p>\n The Cardinals have been putting points on the board – they haven\u2019t scored less than 27 in a game this year.<\/p>\n They have been giving up too many though too. \u00a0A shootout with the Huskies is not ideal but QB Keith Wenning has been improved this year, completing close to 65% of his passes. \u00a0Last year\u2019s game was won by UNI thanks to more than 300 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n Ball State can\u2019t let that happen again on their home turf.<\/p>\n Being an underdog at home in a conference game never sits well. \u00a0I haven\u2019t seen much of Ball State this season but they have to know that this game is make or break for their season.<\/p>\n Win and you are a conference contender, lose and you are fighting for bowl eligibility the rest of the way.<\/p>\n The motivation should be there but I still see them coming up short.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Northern Illinois -2.5<\/strong> Huskies vs Cardinals NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping There was every reason to think the Huskies program might slide after last year success especially because they graduated do everything QB Chandler Harnish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":25334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2161,324,325,2539,766,770,4305,56624,56625,2657],"class_list":["post-55675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-ball-st-cardinals","tag-college-football-odds","tag-college-football-picks","tag-huskies-vs-cardinals","tag-ncaa-football-lines","tag-ncaa-football-predictions","tag-northern-illinois-huskies","tag-northern-illinois-huskies-vs-ball-st-cardinals","tag-northern-illinois-vs-ball-st","tag-week-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55675","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=55675"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55931,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55675\/revisions\/55931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Saturday October 6<\/strong>
\n Scheumann Stadium – Muncie, IN<\/strong>
\n 3:00PM<\/strong>
\n Moneyline: \u00a0Northern Illinois -140, Ball State +120 at TopBet.eu<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Northern Illinois -2.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a067.5<\/strong><\/p>\nNorthern Illinois<\/h3>\n
GRAB OUR BEST Expert CFB Picks for 2012 NCAA FOOTBALL Betting!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Ball State<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Under<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Northern Illinois 38 – Ball State 24\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"