The Buffalo Bulls will travel to play the Kent State Golden Flashes at Dix Stadium this week in a clash between two MAC teams. The game will begin Thursday, Nov 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET and can be seen on ESP3.
Kent State was dominated by Bowling Green 48-0 in their last game. P.J. Simmons had a solid outing, racking up 70 total yards. He got most of his yards running the ball, registering 48 yards. Antwan Dixon added 52 receiving yards on four receptions. Buffalo is hoping for another victory like last week’s performance, when it beat Miami (OH) 29-24. Jordan Johnson had an outstanding performance on the ground for the Bulls, rushing for 123 yards and two TDs on 28 carries. Joe Licata had a big game as well, totaling 289 yards and two TDs through the air.
Buffalo is a slim three-point favorite in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is unavailable at the moment.
Heading into Week 10 of the college football season, the Golden Flashes are 3-5 for both Straight Up (SU) and Against The Spread (ATS). In the past five games, Kent State is 2-3 SU and 1-4 ATS. The Bulls might have a difficult time running the ball against the 21st-best run defense in the nation. The Golden Flashes give up 118 rushing yards per game. One of the keys to the game will be how the Bulls deal with Kent State’s forceful defense. The defense ranks 16th in the nation in interceptions with 1.4 per game.
On the other side, the Bulls have a record of 5-3 ATS and 4-4 SU. The Bulls went 2-3 for both SU and ATS over the last five games. The Bulls aren’t too worried about the Kent State passing attack, which ranks 113th in completion percentage with just 51.1%.
Predictions: SU Winner – Buffalo, ATS Winner – Buffalo
Notes
Kent State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
Kent State is 5-14 SU in its last 19 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kent State’s last 6 games.
Kent State is 4-11-1 ATS in its last 16 games at home.
Kent State is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Buffalo.
Kent State is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo.
Buffalo is 2-0 SU when leading at the half this season. Kent State is 2-1 SU when taking a lead into halftime.
Remarkably, Buffalo is winless (0-4 SU) in games where it wins the turnover battle, yet undefeated (3-0 SU) when losing the turnover battle.
Kent State has drawn an average of 8.0 penalties on opponents over its last five games. Buffalo is only 2-4 SU this season when penalized at least eight times in a game.
