{"id":2369,"date":"2008-10-17T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/western-michigan-central-michigan-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T02:45:00","slug":"western-michigan-central-michigan-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/western-michigan-central-michigan-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Michigan-Central Michigan Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Western Michigan Broncos and the Central Michigan Chippewas will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Kelly\/Shorts Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Broncos listed as 2-point favorites versus the Chippewas, while the game’s total is sitting at 57. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tim Hiller’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Branden Ledbetter lifted Western Michigan<\/st1:place> to a 34-28 overtime win over Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 7. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Western Michigan<\/st1:place> won as a road pick ’em, as the teams played over the 54-point total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Central Michigan<\/st1:place> improved to 4-2 on the season as they ran past Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 24-14 in Week 7. Central Michigan<\/st1:place> covered the 7.5-point spread, but the 38 points went UNDER the posted total of 47.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Western Michigan<\/st1:place> has won 6 straight games.
Central Michigan<\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Western Michigan<\/st1:place>: 6-1 SU, 3-3 ATS
Central Michigan: 4-2 SU, 3-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Western Michigan most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

Central Michigan most recently:
When playing in October are 9-1
When playing on turf are 8-2
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Western Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Western Michigan’s last 5 games on the road
Western Michigan is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Western Michigan is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Central Michigan
Central Michigan is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
Central Michigan is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Western Michigan
Central Michigan is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games
Central Michigan is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Western Michigan<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Western Michigan<\/st1:place> home to Eastern Michigan<\/st1:place>, Saturday, November 1
Central Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Western Michigan Broncos and the Central Michigan Chippewas will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Kelly\/Shorts Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Broncos listed as 2-point favorites versus the Chippewas, while the game’s total is sitting at 57. Tim Hiller’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Branden Ledbetter lifted Western Michigan … Continue reading Western Michigan-Central Michigan Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","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=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}