{"id":35794,"date":"2014-10-16T14:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T19:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35794"},"modified":"2014-10-16T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T19:09:54","slug":"akron-zips-vs-ohio-bobcats-college-football-week-8-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/akron-zips-vs-ohio-bobcats-college-football-week-8-betting-odds-and-picks-35794\/","title":{"rendered":"Akron Zips vs. Ohio Bobcats: College Football Week 8 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akron Zips vs. Ohio Bobcats
\nSaturday, 10\/18\/14, 2:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Akron -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Akron -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Akron Zips are 9-5 ATS on the road since 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Akron has won three games in a row, including a 29-19 victory over Miami Ohio as 14.5-point home favorites last week, while going UNDER the betting total in all of those affairs.\u00a0 The Zips have won eight of their last 11 contests dating back to last season, which is important to consider when making your Week 8 college football betting picks, while they attempt to improve their record to 13-17-1 all-time in this in-state rivalry.\u00a0 Akron is 4-10 SU and 9-5 ATS on the road the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 12-2 in those 14 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Zips are led offensively by junior quarterback Kyle Pohl, as he\u2019s completed 119-of-210 passes for 1,289 yards and seven touchdowns, while running back Connor Hundley provides balance with 316 rushing yards on 49 carries.\u00a0 Akron ranks 10th in the country in allowing just 17.3 points per game, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football betting lines.\u00a0 The team also owns sits 12th with a 1.17 turnover margin per contest.<\/p>\n

Ohio has dropped back-to-back games for the second time this season, as it suffered a 31-13 defeat to the Bowling Green Falcons as one-point home underdogs despite winning the statistical battle by 158 yards.\u00a0 The Bobcats need to turn things around, as they entered the year as one of only two schools out of the Mid-American Conference to have played in five straight bowl games.\u00a0 Ohio is 9-10 SU and 5-14 ATS versus conference opponents since 2012, with the UNDER going 11-8 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bobcats\u2019 63 wins since 2006 are the second-most victories by any school in the MAC during that period, as that number trails only the Northern Illinois Huskies.\u00a0 Ohio is trying to get by with one of the youngest defensive units in the country, but the group has managed to hold three opponents to under 100 rushing yards at this point of the season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bobcats due to their 5-1 ATS mark in the last six meetings in this series.<\/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

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Akron Zips vs. Ohio Bobcats Saturday, 10\/18\/14, 2:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Akron -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Akron -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 42 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Akron has won three games in a row, including a 29-19 victory over Miami Ohio as 14.5-point home favorites last week, while going UNDER the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3894,8569,8568,3689,3688],"class_list":["post-35794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-akron-zips","tag-connor-hundley","tag-kyle-pohl","tag-mac","tag-ohio-bobcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35794","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=35794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35795,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35794\/revisions\/35795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}