{"id":12237,"date":"2011-01-06T11:22:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T16:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12237"},"modified":"2011-01-06T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T16:22:20","slug":"free-ncaa-football-picks-miami-oh-redhawks-vs-middle-tennessee-state-blue-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-ncaa-football-picks-miami-oh-redhawks-vs-middle-tennessee-state-blue-raiders-12237\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NCAA Football Picks: Miami OH RedHawks vs Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami OH RedHawks vs Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
\nThursday, 1\/6\/11, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami OH -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami OH +2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Middle Tennessee State quarterback Dwight Dasher had a huge game during last year's New Orleans Bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami OH continues its Cinderella season with a battle against Middle Tennessee in the GoDaddy.com Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.\u00a0 The RedHawks could claim their 10th victory of the season tonight with a win, which would make them the first squad in the history of Division I football to record double-digit losses in one season (1-11) and double-digit victories in the very next season.\u00a0 \u201cWhat an outstanding accomplishment by these young men to overcome adversity in which they were involved from going 1-11 to being 9-4 and winning the MAC championship,\u201d said former head coach Michael Haywood.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m so happy for them.\u201d\u00a0 Haywood will not be on the sidelines tonight after taking the Pittsburgh job vacated by the firing of Dave Wannstedt.\u00a0 Miami OH is 8-5 ATS on the year and currently an underdog on the college football lines page.<\/p>\n

The RedHawks are currently led by redshirt freshman quarterback Austin Boucher, who has won all three games he has started since normal starter Zac Dysert suffered a lacerated spleen on November 10.\u00a0 The status of Dysert is unknown at this time.\u00a0 Miami is making its 10th bowl appearance, the second-most in Mid-American Conference history.\u00a0 The RedHawks are 6-3 in bowl games.\u00a0 Running back Thomas Merriweather figures to play a key part in the game plan tonight, rushing for an average of 111.4 yards and six touchdowns during the team\u2019s six-game winning streak.\u00a0 He will be facing a defense that allowed 193.7 yards per game on the ground and 23 rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Middle Tennessee State captured three straight victories to ened the season and earn a second consecutive bowl berth for the first time since joining the FBS in 1999.\u00a0 \u201cOne of our goals entering the season was to play in a bowl game and I am extremely proud of our team and coaching staff for accomplishing this,\u201d said coach Rick Stockstill.\u00a0 \u201cIt has been like a playoff the past three weeks.\u201d\u00a0 The program has faced four teams currently in the MAC and carry a 10-8 record in those games.\u00a0 Turnovers are expected to be an important factor in this contest due to the Blue Raiders being tied for most turnovers in the nation with 33.\u00a0 Middle Tennessee State is 3-6 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

The Blue Raiders have a dynamic playmaker at the quarterback position in Dwight Dasher, who is the 15th player in NCAA history to throw for 5,000 yards and rush for 2,000 in his career.\u00a0 He set a bowl record for rushing yards by a signal caller with 201 in a 42-32 victory over Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl last December 20.\u00a0 Middle Tennessee State has scored just 38 points off turnovers compared to 119 by its opponents.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Jamari Lattimore figures to make noise in this contest, ranking sixth nationally in sacks per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Blue Raiders being 4-1 ATS versus teams with a winning record, while the RedHawks are 2-7 ATS as an underdog of 0.5 to 3.0 points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on the best picks anywhere and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports take care of you today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami OH RedHawks vs Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Thursday, 1\/6\/11, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami OH -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami OH +2 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Miami OH continues its Cinderella season with a battle against Middle Tennessee in the GoDaddy.com Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, […]<\/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":[4327,3689,3772,3774,3257,3955,3775],"class_list":["post-12237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-godaddy-com-bowl","tag-mac","tag-miami-oh-redhawks","tag-michael-haywood","tag-middle-tennessee-state-blue-raiders","tag-thomas-merriweather","tag-zac-dysert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237","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=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12238,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions\/12238"}],"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=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}