Western Michigan vs Bowling Green on 11/02 by blackwiseguy
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Game Western Michigan
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Western Michigan will lock up with Bowling Green Wednesday, with the Falcons looking to break .500 on the season. With neither offense particularly effective, our college football betting picks expect a low-scoring affair — read ahead to find out more.
Maction returns in Week 10 with four-midweek games on tap in the conference. The Western Michigan Broncos look to make it two straight victories as they hit the road to face the Bowling Green Falcons. It’s been quite a turnaround season thus far for Scott Loeffler, who has the Falcons in a position to make some noise in the MAC after posting a combined 4-13 record from 2020 to 2021. Can they keep the winning ways alive during MACtion?Check out our college football betting picks and predictions for Western Michigan vs. Bowling Green on Wednesday, November 2 to find out. Western Michigan vs Bowling Green best oddsTeamsSpreadTotalMoneylineWestern Michigan+5.5-115o 48.0-109+184Compare OddsBowling Green-5.0-109u 48.5-115-205Compare OddsView MatchupView all NCAAF oddsWestern Michigan vs Bowling Green picks and predictions last time out, Western Michigan snapped the Miami RedHawks’ 16-game home winning streak with a 16-10 win. The defense was living in Miami’s backfield, accumulating seven sacks, nine tackles for loss, and forcing two fumbles. It’ll be curious to see who is under center for the Broncos on Wednesday night after true freshman Treyson Bourguet got the nod against the RedHawks over a banged-up Jack Salopek. As the starter for most of the season, Salopek has been ineffective. He’s completed just 50.8% of his passes for 6.4 yards per attempt while throwing more interceptions (10) than touchdowns (7). Bourguet didn’t look much better against Miami, completing 48% of his passes for a meager 3.7 yards per attempt. The offense has been a problem all season long for the Broncos, who rank 119th in total offense with 305.5 total yards per game and 112th in scoring offense with 20.8 points per game. QB1 is a major question mark for a team that has struggled to replace the three-year starter, Kaleb Eleby. The running game hasn’t been able to get much going despite having two good RBs in Sean Tyler and La’Darius Jefferson. WMU has mustered just 123.5 rushing yards per game on 3.3 yards per carry, ranking 107th in Rushing Success Rate and 116th in Rushing Explosiveness. An initial glance at Bowling Green’s defense statistics might lead you to believe that this could be a cure-all matchup for the Broncos. BGSU ranks just 111th in total defense (431.1 yards per game) and 122nd in scoring defense (34.6 points per game). Those numbers are dragged down by a difficult non-conference schedule including games against UCLA and Mississippi State, and they paint a highly inaccurate picture. After allowing 45 points per game in the non-conference portion of the schedule, the Falcons are allowing just 24.2 points per game in MAC play. They rank 56th in expected points added (EPA) per play on defense and have the 67th-best success rate on that side of the ball. This is one of the conference’s best defenses and they should be able to hold down a bad WMU offense en route to a low-scoring victory at home.
Maction returns in Week 10 with four-midweek games on tap in the conference. The Western Michigan Broncos look to make it two straight victories as they hit the road to face the Bowling Green Falcons. It’s been quite a turnaround season thus far for Scott Loeffler, who has the Falcons in a position to make some noise in the MAC after posting a combined 4-13 record from 2020 to 2021. Can they keep the winning ways alive during MACtion?Check out our college football betting picks and predictions for Western Michigan vs. Bowling Green on Wednesday, November 2 to find out. Western Michigan vs Bowling Green best oddsTeamsSpreadTotalMoneylineWestern Michigan+5.5-115o 48.0-109+184Compare OddsBowling Green-5.0-109u 48.5-115-205Compare OddsView MatchupView all NCAAF oddsWestern Michigan vs Bowling Green picks and predictions last time out, Western Michigan snapped the Miami RedHawks’ 16-game home winning streak with a 16-10 win. The defense was living in Miami’s backfield, accumulating seven sacks, nine tackles for loss, and forcing two fumbles. It’ll be curious to see who is under center for the Broncos on Wednesday night after true freshman Treyson Bourguet got the nod against the RedHawks over a banged-up Jack Salopek. As the starter for most of the season, Salopek has been ineffective. He’s completed just 50.8% of his passes for 6.4 yards per attempt while throwing more interceptions (10) than touchdowns (7). Bourguet didn’t look much better against Miami, completing 48% of his passes for a meager 3.7 yards per attempt. The offense has been a problem all season long for the Broncos, who rank 119th in total offense with 305.5 total yards per game and 112th in scoring offense with 20.8 points per game. QB1 is a major question mark for a team that has struggled to replace the three-year starter, Kaleb Eleby. The running game hasn’t been able to get much going despite having two good RBs in Sean Tyler and La’Darius Jefferson. WMU has mustered just 123.5 rushing yards per game on 3.3 yards per carry, ranking 107th in Rushing Success Rate and 116th in Rushing Explosiveness. An initial glance at Bowling Green’s defense statistics might lead you to believe that this could be a cure-all matchup for the Broncos. BGSU ranks just 111th in total defense (431.1 yards per game) and 122nd in scoring defense (34.6 points per game). Those numbers are dragged down by a difficult non-conference schedule including games against UCLA and Mississippi State, and they paint a highly inaccurate picture. After allowing 45 points per game in the non-conference portion of the schedule, the Falcons are allowing just 24.2 points per game in MAC play. They rank 56th in expected points added (EPA) per play on defense and have the 67th-best success rate on that side of the ball. This is one of the conference’s best defenses and they should be able to hold down a bad WMU offense en route to a low-scoring victory at home.
