{"id":10171,"date":"2010-11-02T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10171"},"modified":"2010-11-01T19:58:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T00:58:15","slug":"college-football-predictions-middle-tennessee-state-at-arkansas-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-predictions-middle-tennessee-state-at-arkansas-state-10171\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Predictions: Middle Tennessee State at Arkansas State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders at Arkansas State Red Wolves
\nTuesday, 11\/2\/2010, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 MTSU -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 MTSU -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 55.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nCurrent Moneyline: \u00a0 MTSU -125 \/ Arkansas State +105<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Middle Tennessee State is a slight road favorite in Tuesday night's Sun Belt Conference game against Arkansas State<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Middle Tennessee State has won three straight Sun Belt Conference road games and is coming off a 38-10 home win over the ULM Warhawks last week.\u00a0 Under head coach Rick Stockstill, the program has performed decently on the road by compiling a 14-19 mark.\u00a0 The Blue Raiders have also won six of their last seven games against Arkansas State, but lost in 2008 in its last trip to Jonesboro, Arkansas. MTSU also enters have won seven straight games in the month of November and 10-4 during the month with Stockstill manning the sidelines.\u00a0 Playing during mid-week games has not been a strength for this team, posting a dismal 3-9 record in the last 12 such contests.\u00a0 The squad is 2-5 ATS this season and 1-5 ATS after a bye week.\u00a0 The college football lines page has the team slightly favored on the road.<\/p>\n

The Blue Raiders will try to overcome a major problem in this contest by scoring just 17 points off turnovers this season compared to 82 by its opponents.\u00a0 \u201cNow that we\u2019ve got some interceptions, it\u2019s like we set a fire.\u00a0 Once you set that fire, you want it to continue to burn,\u201d said cornerback Rod Issac.\u00a0 \u201cWe want it to catch on and spread.\u201d\u00a0 MTSU\u2019s defense has been improving and ranks 16th nationally in sacks (20.0) and 24th in tackles for loss, leading the conference in both categories.\u00a0 Offensively, the Blue Raiders have averaged 237 yards passing in the last nine meetings, while the Red Wolves have been held to just 161.7.\u00a0 The unit is led by quarterback Dwight Dasher, who became the 19th player to join the 4,000 passing yards-2,000 rushing yards club in FBS history.<\/p>\n

Arkansas State is in the midst of its longest homestand since the 2008 season and will now take on the Blue Raiders on nationally television.\u00a0 The Red Wolves have forced 14 turnovers this season, including a season-high three in their last game, a 37-16 victory over Florida Atlantic at home.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019ve had a couple of games that I think have really skewed the statistics,\u201d said head coach Steve Roberts about MTSU.\u00a0 \u201cI know in the Memphis game they turned the ball over a whole lot.\u201d\u00a0 The team should be ready to roll at home in this contest, bringing a 31-11 record under Roberts at ASU Stadium and this being the first time the venue has hosted a nationally televised game. The club is 1-9 ATS when the line is +3 to -3 the last three years.<\/p>\n

The Red Wolves rank second in the Sun Belt in scoring offense at 28.9 points per game and total offense, generating 403.4 yards per game.\u00a0 The unit has been explosive at times, running 41 plays (5.1 per game) this season that have covered at least 20 yards.\u00a0 Playing up-tempo has also been a staple for the team this season by averaging 74.4 plays per game and are currently on pace to break the school record of 848 set in 2007.\u00a0 Quarterback Ryan Aplin is 17 completed passes from setting the program\u2019s single-season record of 194.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in playing the Blue Raiders due to their 8-1 ATS conference mark, while the home team is 5-1 ATS in the last six meetings.<\/p>\n

It’s never too late to let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports provide you with winning selections each week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders at Arkansas State Red Wolves Tuesday, 11\/2\/2010, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 MTSU -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 MTSU -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 55.5 Current Total:\u00a0 58.5 Current Moneyline: \u00a0 MTSU -125 \/ Arkansas State +105 Middle Tennessee State has won three straight Sun Belt Conference road games and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":8663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3676,3677,3257,3259,3678,2560],"class_list":["post-10171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arkansas-state-red-wolves","tag-dwight-dasher","tag-middle-tennessee-state-blue-raiders","tag-rick-stockstill","tag-steve-roberts","tag-sun-belt-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10173,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions\/10173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}