{"id":25597,"date":"2012-10-20T09:19:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T14:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25597"},"modified":"2012-10-20T09:19:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T14:19:59","slug":"college-football-week-8-predictions-cincinnati-bearcats-vs-toledo-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-8-predictions-cincinnati-bearcats-vs-toledo-rockets-25597\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 8 Predictions: Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Toledo Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 21 Cincinnati Bearcats at Toledo Rockets
\nSaturday, 10\/20\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 61.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 64.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Cincinnati Bearcats are playing their first true road game of the season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati is set to play its first true road game of the year, as it comes off a 49-17 win over Fordham as 40-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Bearcats are off to their best start since the 2009 team opened up with 12 straight wins.\u00a0 Despite holding a 4-2 lead in this particular series, it\u2019s important to note that Saturday\u2019s visitor has dropped the last two meetings, including a 23-16 setback as 4.5-point underdogs on Dec. 29, 2001.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 4-0 ATS in its last four games against Mid-American Conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Bearcats current eight-game win streak is tied for the third longest active streak in major college football.\u00a0 Cincinnati\u2019s defense ranks 10th nationally in allowing just 14.4 points per game, while the offense has surpassed 425 yards in each of the season\u2019s first five games.\u00a0 Entering the week, the team leads the Big East Conference in averaging 220.6 rushing yards and 465.4 total yards per game.\u00a0 Quarterback Munchie Legaux is certainly the player to watch offensively, averaging 265 passing yards and throwing seven touchdowns in the last three games.<\/p>\n

Toledo will face its stiffest challenge of the season, as the offense looks to continue its strong play, averaging 44 points and 503 yards of total offense in the last four games.\u00a0 The Rockets have won six straight games since a season-opening loss to the Arizona Wildcats, as they look to improve upon their 4-1 mark at home when playing a ranked opponent.\u00a0 Toledo is 5-2 ATS in its last seven October games, while the OVER has gone 4-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Rockets will look to get wide receiver Bernard Reedy the football, as he caught 11 passes for a school record 237 receiving yards in a 52-47 win over the Eastern Michigan Eagles as 15-point road favorites last week.\u00a0 Toledo quarterback Terrance Owens also threw for a career-best 401 yards.\u00a0 This week\u2019s foe will be the third-highest ranked team ever to face the program inside the Glass Bowl.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bearcats due to their 11-0 straight-up record against MAC competition, while the Rockets are 0-3 ATS versus Big East opponents.<\/p>\n

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No. 21 Cincinnati Bearcats at Toledo Rockets Saturday, 10\/20\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 61.5 Current Total:\u00a0 64.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati is set to play its first true road game of the year, as it comes off a 49-17 win over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[7101,2497,1152,2559,7039,3741,2756],"class_list":["post-25597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-bernard-reedy","tag-big-east-conference","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-mid-american-conference","tag-munchie-legaux","tag-terrance-owens","tag-toledo-rockets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597","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=25597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25598,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597\/revisions\/25598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}