Northern Illinois vs. Miami Ohio Betting Preview - November 19

Northern Illinois and Miami Ohio come into their Tuesday night game each owning winning records of 6-4.

Northern Illinois brings an effective offense into this contest, led by its strong rushing attack while Miami Ohio senior quarterback Brett Gabbert has thrown for 2,148 yards with 18 passing touchdowns this campaign.

The Huskies are coming off a 29-16 win over Akron that made them bowl eligible.  NIU leads the MAC in total offense (402.7 yards per game) and total defense (284.4 ypg).

Miami is also riding a five-game winning streak heading into this game.  The RedHawks MAC title hopes remain alive here as well.

Northern Illinois @ Miami Ohio

Opening Line - The line opened Miami Ohio -3.5.

Line Trend  - This one was moving mainly between the 3 and 1.5.

Sagarin – Sagarin gives us a number of 6.35, suggesting a decent sized underlay.

Action Trend – Action was balanced.

Comparables

*Favorites have performed especially well when there is an underlay in the 3 to 2.5 range.  The exception, however, appears to be with the scenario in which their is a big underlay and the line moves from -3 to -1.

• South Carolina +2.5 to +1.5 Oklahoma (Oklahoma 5.88 Big Underlay) - Road dog covers.
• TCU +2.5 to +1 Kansas (Kansas 5.41 Underlay) - Road dog covers.
• Purdue +2.5 to PK Nebraska (Nebraska 7.4 - Underlay 5 to 7.5) - Home favorite covers.