{"id":10917,"date":"2010-11-23T09:52:45","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T14:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10917"},"modified":"2010-11-23T09:52:45","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T14:52:45","slug":"temple-owls-vs-miami-oh-redhawks-ncaa-football-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/temple-owls-vs-miami-oh-redhawks-ncaa-football-picks-10917\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Owls vs Miami OH RedHawks NCAA Football Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Temple Owls at Miami OH RedHawks
\nTuesday, 11\/23\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Temple -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Temple -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Temple -250 \/ Miami OH +210<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Temple Owls roll into tonight's contest as 6.5-point road favorites against Miami OH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Temple had its 10-game home winning streak snapped at Lincoln Financial Field with a 31-23 loss to the Ohio Bobcats last week.\u00a0 The Owls are looking to rebound and ensure themselves a second place finish in the MAC East Division and lock up a second straight bowl berth.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t go back in time, so we just have to go out and win our next game,\u201d said tailback Matt Brown.\u00a0 The team lost two important players during its last game, as running back Bernard Pierce and top tackler Elijah Joseph were injured early.\u00a0 The Bobcats preceded to take control of the game on the ground, rushing for 204 yards against a defensive unit that entered the game 21st in the nation.\u00a0 Temple is 6-1 ATS as a road favorite this year and the college football lines page has them laying less than a touchdown.<\/p>\n

The Owls have still won 15 of their last 20 games and will be looking to have back-to-back seasons of nine wins for the first time in program history.\u00a0 Temple will have to focus on defense in bottling up Miami running back Thomas Merriweather, who had a career-high 141 yards rushing last week against Akron.\u00a0 If they can do that, it gives them an opportunity to put RedHawks backup quarterback in third-and-long situations.\u00a0 Tuesday\u2019s game will mark the fifth meeting between the two teams, with the Owls holding a 3-1 advantage.\u00a0 Pierce ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns to lead Temple to a 34-32 win at home in last year\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

Miami OH was led by the offensive duo of redshirt freshman quarterback Austin Boucher and senior running back Thomas Merriweather in last week\u2019s 19-14 win over Akron.\u00a0 Boucher completed 22-of-32 passes for 213 yards in his first start, while Merriweather rushed for a career-high 141 yards.\u00a0 The win has moved the program into a position of possibly winning the East Division, but head coach Michael Haywood\u2019s focus in clear.\u00a0 \u201cWe have one more game to play and the most important thing is playing that game,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the only thing we\u2019re talking to the guys about.\u00a0 Temple.\u00a0 That\u2019s the most important thing we have to do.\u00a0 We have to play Temple.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 4-5 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The RedHawks certainly need some help from Kent State on Friday, as if they pick up a victory tonight and Ohio loses later in the week, they would advance to the MAC title game.\u00a0 The season has already been highly successful, considering the program is the country\u2019s most improved with six more victories than last season, when it ended the year at 1-11.\u00a0 \u201cThe seniors on this game are the bridge builders,\u201d said Haywood.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re doing a tremendous job of building this bridge for the young guys who are going to follow behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Owls are 9-2 ATS on the road, while the RedHawks are 4-0 ATS following an ATS loss.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a huge week of winning selections and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports work for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Temple Owls at Miami OH RedHawks Tuesday, 11\/23\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Temple -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Temple -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Temple -250 \/ Miami OH +210 Temple had its 10-game home winning streak snapped at Lincoln Financial Field with a 31-23 loss to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3956,3953,3954,3689,3772,1261,3955],"class_list":["post-10917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-austin-boucher","tag-bernard-pierce","tag-elijah-joseph","tag-mac","tag-miami-oh-redhawks","tag-temple-owls","tag-thomas-merriweather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10917","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=10917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10918,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10917\/revisions\/10918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}