{"id":19038,"date":"2011-10-31T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19038"},"modified":"2011-10-31T08:27:08","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:27:08","slug":"mac-football-preview-northern-illinois-huskies-vs-toledo-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mac-football-preview-northern-illinois-huskies-vs-toledo-rockets-19038\/","title":{"rendered":"MAC Football Preview: Northern Illinois Huskies vs. Toledo Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Illinois Huskies at Toledo Rockets
\nTuesday, 11\/1\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Toledo -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Toledo -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 67
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 67
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Toledo Rockets are 18-2 SU in their last 20 games against the Northern Illinois Huskies inside the Glass Bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northern Illinois will enter Tuesday night\u2019s game with a three-game winning streak and should be rather confident in this MAC contest due to tallying a 65-30 win in last year\u2019s meeting as 11.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 It was a dominating performance, racking up 584 yards, including 422 on the ground, going into the break with a 28-0 lead on Senior Night.\u00a0 Quarterback Chandler Harnish will be back under center, gaining 162 passing and 149 rushing yards versus Toledo in 2010.\u00a0 Northern Illinois is 7-7 ATS on the road the last two-plus years, but 0-3 this year.<\/p>\n

The Huskies have posted a 24-13 record versus MAC foes on the road since 2002.\u00a0 Northern Illinois possesses one of the best offensive lines in the nation, combining for 145 starts, while giving up one sack or less in seven of the team\u2019s eight games this year.\u00a0 Offensively, the team doesn\u2019t waste its trips inside the red zone, scoring 40 of 44 times.\u00a0 The Huskies are tied for 13th in the country in the category and have come away with a touchdown 29 times.<\/p>\n

Toledo comes in on a win streak of its own, reaching four games with a 49-28 win over Miami-OH as 16.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Rockets lead this particular series, 29-9, but have lost two of the last three games.\u00a0 The program has simply dominated inside the Glass Bowl, posting and 18-2 mark versus Northern Illinois inside the venue.\u00a0 \u201cI think it\u2019s pretty obvious it\u2019s a tough place to play,\u201d commented Huskies head coach Dave Doeren.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re aware of it.\u00a0 Not going to make a big deal out of it.\u201d\u00a0 Toledo is 9-6 ATS over the last two-plus seasons at home and the \u2018over\u2019 is on a 9-5 run.<\/p>\n

The Rockets have tallied an 11-1 record over their last 12 MAC games, starting 4-0 in conference action for the second consecutive year.\u00a0 Toledo is 23-27 all-time in nationally televised games, including a 6-4 mark on Tuesday nights.\u00a0 This particular showdown will feature two high-scoring teams, with Northern Illinois leading the conference in averaging 38.5 points, while Toledo is just behind at 36.5.\u00a0 Wide receiver Eric Page is a star, ranking 12th in the nation in all-purpose yardage.\u00a0 As a team, the Rockets rank fourth in turnover margin (+1.6).<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Huskies due to their 9-3-1 ATS mark in conference play, while the Rockets are 0-4 ATS following a bye week.<\/p>\n

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Northern Illinois Huskies at Toledo Rockets Tuesday, 11\/1\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Toledo -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Toledo -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 67 Current Total:\u00a0 67 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Northern Illinois will enter Tuesday night\u2019s game with a three-game winning streak and should be rather confident in this MAC contest due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5432,5430,5429,3689,2667,2756],"class_list":["post-19038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-chandler-harnish","tag-eric-page","tag-glass-bowl","tag-mac","tag-northern-illinois-huskies","tag-toledo-rockets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19038","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=19038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19039,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19038\/revisions\/19039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}