{"id":2118,"date":"2008-09-26T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/kent-state-ball-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-26T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T01:55:00","slug":"kent-state-ball-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/kent-state-ball-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent State-Ball State Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Kent State Golden Flashes and the Ball State Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Scheumann Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 21-point favorites versus the Golden Flashes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 61. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kent<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>State<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> was toppled 44-27 by Louisiana-Lafayette in Week 4, as 2-point road underdogs. The combined 71 points sailed OVER the posted total of 50.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">MiQuale Lewis ran for 155 yards and four touchdowns in leading <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to a 42-20 upset win over <st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 4, as 2.5-point road underdogs. The 62 points made it OVER the posted total of 60. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Nate Davis completed 16-of-25 for 242 yards with a touchdown for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kent<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>State<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place>: 1-3 SU, 0-3 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 4-0 SU, 3-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kent State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 6-4<br \/>When playing on turf are 2-8<br \/>After being outgained are 2-8<br \/>When playing within the conference are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Ball State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 6-4<br \/>When playing on turf are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Kent State is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ball State<br \/>Kent State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Ball State<br \/>Kent State is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>Kent State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Ball State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Ball State is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Ball State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kent State<br \/>Ball State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Kent State<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kent<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>State<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Akron<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 4<br \/>Ball State at <st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 4<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">The bookmakers continue to be scared by science and terrorized by technology. The revolutionary science of forensic <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">sports handicapping<\/font><\/a><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"> has turned average Joe&#8217;s into professional gamblers. The Great One, Stevie Vincent has 3 pro and collegiate football winners and 2 pro baseball for Friday that you can unload on. <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Click now to purchase<\/font><\/a><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"COLOR: red\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kent State Golden Flashes and the Ball State Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Scheumann Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 21-point favorites versus the Golden Flashes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 61. Kent State was toppled 44-27 by Louisiana-Lafayette in Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/kent-state-ball-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kent State-Ball State Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}