College Football Predictions Week 10: Temple Owls vs. Ohio Bobcats
Written by Matthew Regaw
Tue, 1 Nov 2011
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Wednesday college football kicks off this week with a matchup between the Temple Owls and the Ohio University Bobcats.
The college football odds for week ten have the Temple Owls opening as 3.5 point favorites and that line has been pushed to four points at many offshore sportsbooks with 66% of the early betting money coming in on the Owls.
Both teams are 5-3 on the season and this will be the first road trip for the Temple Owls. In the national rankings, Temple ranks among the nation's Top 10 in seven categories, including No. 1 in kickoff returns (28.83), No. 2 in scoring defense (10.00), No. 5 in total defense (263.25), No. 7 in pass efficiency defense (100.10), No. 9 in rushing offense (252.13), No. 10 in pass defense (172.75), and No. 10 in rushing defense (90.50).
Runningback Bernard Pierce powers the Temple offense and is a touchdown machine. This MAC East showdown is a repeat matchup from a year ago when Ohio upset the Owls and eliminated them from playing in the MAC Championship game.
Tyler Tettleton the quarterback for the Bobcats will look to make it back-to-back wins against the Owls. The sure handed signal-caller has passed for 17 touchdowns on the season with just five interceptions. The sports betting trends show that the Bobcats raise their level of play when they face a top team.
The Bobcats are 7-3 against the spread (ATS) in their last 10 home games when playing a team with a winning road record, 10-4 ATS when playing a team with a winning record and 5-2 ATS in their last seven games as a home underdog of 3.5-10.0.
The Bobcats have the advantage after a bye week as they are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a bye week and Temple is 1-3-1 ATS in their last five games following a bye week.
The Owls are 0-3-1 ATS in their last four meetings and they lose another game when the travel to take on the Bobcats.
College Football Predictions Week 10: Ohio Bobcats +4