{"id":20244,"date":"2011-12-16T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20244"},"modified":"2011-12-16T23:18:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T04:18:59","slug":"famous-idaho-potato-bowl-predictions-ohio-bobcats-vs-utah-state-aggies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/famous-idaho-potato-bowl-predictions-ohio-bobcats-vs-utah-state-aggies-20244\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Predictions: Ohio Bobcats vs. Utah State Aggies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio Bobcats vs. Utah State Aggies
\nSaturday, 12\/17\/11, 5:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah State -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah State -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 58
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 58
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio Bobcats will try to win their first-ever bowl victory Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio will make its third straight bowl appearance in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl that will be played inside Bronco Stadium in Boise, ID.\u00a0 The Bobcats are in search of their first-ever bowl victory, posting an 0-5 record in postseason play that includes three losses under current head coach Frank Solich.\u00a0 \u201cThe Ohio University football program is extremely excited for this wonderful opportunity,\u201d Solich commented in practice this week.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the Bobcats four losses are by an average of just 4.7 points per game.\u00a0 Ohio is 9-4 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bobcats are a very consistent bunch in ranking fourth in the Mid-American Conference in both total offense and total defense.\u00a0 Ohio set a school record by averaging 453.5 yards per game offensively, including going over the 500-yard mark in three of the last six weeks.\u00a0 The running game is incredibly balanced in being one of just two teams in the conference that have four players that have rushed for 400 yards or more this season.\u00a0 Sophomore quarterback Tyler Tettleton finished the regular season with 3,082 yards and 26 touchdowns, but also looms dangerous on the ground with 627 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Utah State is set to make its first bowl appearance since 1997 and it will be its seventh overall.\u00a0 The Aggies are 1-5 in their previous six tries in the postseason.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a tremendous opportunity for our program.\u00a0 It is a fantastic reward for all of the hard work and dedication that these kids have put in,\u201d stated Aggies head coach Gary Anderson.\u00a0 The program\u2019s five-game win streak is its most wins in a row since the 1993 campaign, as the goal is to post the school\u2019s first eight-win season since 1974.\u00a0 Utah State went 2-5 ATS as a favorite this year.<\/p>\n

The Aggies are led offensively by running back Robert Turbin, who is just 120 yards away from the school\u2019s single-season rushing yardage record, as he enters with 1,416 yards.\u00a0 Utah State\u2019s offense has accumulated a school-record 5,504 yards of total offense.\u00a0 Quarterback Adam Kennedy has led the offense since early November and has completed 70.7 percent of his passes for 909 yards with 10 touchdowns and four interceptions on the season.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see if he splits time with freshman Chuckie Keeton.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bobcats due to their 4-1 ATS mark as a underdog of three points or less, while the Aggies are 1-4 ATS as a favorite in the same point range.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ohio Bobcats vs. Utah State Aggies Saturday, 12\/17\/11, 5:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah State -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah State -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 58 Current Total:\u00a0 58 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio will make its third straight bowl appearance in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl that will be played inside Bronco […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[6134,3621,6131,6132,3688,5371,6133,2529],"class_list":["post-20244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-adam-kennedy","tag-bronco-stadium","tag-cfb","tag-famous-idaho-potato-bowl","tag-ohio-bobcats","tag-robert-turbin","tag-tyler-tettleton","tag-utah-state-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20244","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=20244"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20325,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20244\/revisions\/20325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}