{"id":24618,"date":"2012-08-29T13:30:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24618"},"modified":"2012-08-29T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T16:45:27","slug":"2012-college-football-week-1-predictions-miami-ohio-redhawks-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/2012-college-football-week-1-predictions-miami-ohio-redhawks-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes-24618\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 College Football Week 1 Predictions: Miami (Ohio) RedHawks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami (Ohio) RedHawks at No. 18 Ohio State Buckeyes
\nSaturday, 9\/1\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big 10 Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -22.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -23
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ohio State Buckeyes QB Braxton Miller will be even more of a dual-threat in running Urban Meyer’s spread offense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami (Ohio) has one of the more established options at quarterback in the nation, as Zac Dysert ranks third behind only Oklahoma\u2019s Landry Jones and USC\u2019s Matt Barkley in terms of career passing yards among active players.\u00a0 He threw for 3,513 yards last year and will look to connect with wide receiver Nick Harwell, who was fifth in major college football with 1,425 receiving yards.\u00a0 Miami Ohio is 10-7 as an underdog the last two seasons, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 11-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The RedHawks have been a proud member of the Mid-American Conference for 64 seasons, winning more games than any other program in the league.\u00a0 Miami (OH) has lost all four previous matchups in this series, including a 34-14 setback as 15.5-point road underdogs on Sept. 3, 2005.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the team was out-gained by just 84 yards in that affair.\u00a0 From a handicapping perspective, the squad has gone 9-6 ATS versus Big Ten Conference opponents since 1996.<\/p>\n

Ohio State has won 57 consecutive regular-season non-conference home games against unranked competition, which will likely lead to an easy victory in Urban Meyer\u2019s first game on the sidelines in Columbus.\u00a0 The Buckeyes have tallied a 21-1-1 record when coaches make their debut for the program.\u00a0 The team has won 31 of its last 33 season-openers, with both setbacks coming in the Kickoff Classic at Giants Stadium against Miami (1999) and Alabama (1986).\u00a0 Ohio State is 3-1 ATS in its last four games versus MAC foes.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes are very proud that their coaching staff has tremendous ties with the community, with eight assistants who were either born, raised or schooled in the great football state of Ohio.\u00a0 The offense will have a new look in running a spread formation, with quarterback Braxton Miller being the leader.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the defensive line should be one of the best in the nation, featuring 68 combined starts among the unit.\u00a0 In total, 15 starters return to the fold in a season that will not result in a postseason berth due to NCAA sanctions.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to their 11-3 ATS record in non-conference games, while the RedHawks are 3-9 ATS in September.<\/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":"

Miami (Ohio) RedHawks at No. 18 Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday, 9\/1\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big 10 Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -22.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -23 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami (Ohio) has one of the more established options at quarterback in the nation, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":24003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,5475,3772,2559,3853,463,557,3775],"class_list":["post-24618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-braxton-miller","tag-miami-oh-redhawks","tag-mid-american-conference","tag-ohio-stadium","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-urban-meyer","tag-zac-dysert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24618","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=24618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24619,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24618\/revisions\/24619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}