Hopefully an easy one this week to extend the home winning streak.

Lay the points. Do it. Thank me Saturday night.

Surprised it's that low. We gonna roll.

Take NIU! The dawgs should be able to beat up on Kent a little bit. I see the game being semi-competitive early with NIU really hitting their stride going into half and not letting up after.

I put a buck on NIU, although there is some risk with that bye week, you never know how a team is going to come out after that.

I agree a bye week can throw a team off a bit at the beginning due to a little rust, but once that wears off and they get back in rhythm they should be able to handle Kent without issue.

I'm seeing 23.5 for most sites right now. It's a bit high but I'm debating putting $ down. Don't like to bet on my favorite team because it can end poorly but I've won with NIU the few times I've bet on them.

Even with kent playing poorly this seems like a bad bet. I mean I know NIU should win with ease but always hesitant.

Is Durham still out? I haven't checked a box score in awhile.

Debating parlaying this game with OU over TCU, they're 4 point favorites.

How much were we favored to be EIU by? Just sayin

Lol pretty sure Pitt was 34.5 pt favs this past weekend...and we all know how that worked out!

I don't bet on things with spreads this high. What if we get up early on them, and then put our backups in, and they give up two TD to put us only 21 points ahead of Kent... Or what if we play down to their level (as seen against Idaho last year)... Turnovers - we've been good so far, but every team usually has one bad game. 23.5 is way too high for me to feel comfortable betting.

(09-28-2014 09:43 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  I put a buck on NIU, although there is some risk with that bye week, you never know how a team is going to come out after that.

I think the Huskies have spent the bye week chomping at the bit, anxious to start another winning streak. They will be ready.

(09-29-2014 10:08 AM)Enaiu Wrote:  I don't bet on things with spreads this high. What if we get up early on them, and then put our backups in, and they give up two TD to put us only 21 points ahead of Kent... Or what if we play down to their level (as seen against Idaho last year)... Turnovers - we've been good so far, but every team usually has one bad game. 23.5 is way too high for me to feel comfortable betting.

Or here's another scenario:

With one minute left in the game, the Huskies find themselves leading by 21, with the ball deep in Kent territory. They are a chipshot away from covering the spread, so will they do it? Of course not. They will run victory formation and gladly take a 21 point win. Your goals and the team's goals may not be the same.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...-bottom-10

I hate seeing teams that we play on polls like this. If we don't beat Kent State by 40 WE look bad.

(09-29-2014 01:25 PM)klake87 Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...-bottom-10

I hate seeing teams that we play on polls like this. If we don't beat Kent State by 40 WE look bad.

well its better than the past few years when we had 5-6 of our opponents on that list.

niu now at -24
toledo opened at -12.5 now at -6 over wmu

I'm interested to see the Toledo game. Gonna be a test on how far Peej has brought WMU.

(09-28-2014 09:50 PM)Red Dog Wrote:  I agree a bye week can throw a team off a bit at the beginning due to a little rust, but once that wears off and they get back in rhythm they should be able to handle Kent without issue.

NIU is 3-2 against the spread after their bye week the past 5 years. Interestingly, we have played Toledo after the bye week in 4 of those years and Ball State in the other. Looks like NIU had previously been planning bye week's around important games.

(09-30-2014 01:31 PM)Field Turf Wrote:  

(09-28-2014 09:50 PM)Red Dog Wrote:  I agree a bye week can throw a team off a bit at the beginning due to a little rust, but once that wears off and they get back in rhythm they should be able to handle Kent without issue.

NIU is 3-2 against the spread after their bye week the past 5 years. Interestingly, we have played Toledo after the bye week in 4 of those years and Ball State in the other. Looks like NIU had previously been planning bye week's around important games.

I would imagine those were because of weeknight games more than NIU planning.

(09-30-2014 07:53 AM)7 Wrote:  I'm interested to see the Toledo game. Gonna be a test on how far Peej has brought WMU.

@ WMU it should be close, if the game was in Toledo , I would take Toledo big.