{"id":2709,"date":"2008-11-18T22:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T03:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/ball-state-central-michigan-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-18T22:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T03:19:00","slug":"ball-state-central-michigan-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/ball-state-central-michigan-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball State-Central Michigan Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Kelly\/Shorts Stadium will be treated to a game between the Ball State Cardinals and the Central Michigan Chippewas when they take their seats on Wednesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 7-point favorites versus the Chippewas, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
MiQuale Lewis ran for 165 yards on 26 carries with two touchdowns to lead Ball State past Miami-OH 31-16 in Week 12. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ball State failed to cover as 16-point road favorites as the game played under the 54.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Central Michigan blew a big lead in the fourth quarter before pulling out a 33-30 victory over Northern Illinois in OT in Week 12. Central Michigan won the game as a 4-point road underdog, and the combined 63 points sailed OVER the posted total of 50. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dan LeFevour threw two TD passes and rushed for a pair. LeFevour finished 19-for-26 with 189 yards passing and rushed for 137 yards in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Ball State has won 10 straight games.
Central Michigan has won 6 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Ball State: 10-0 SU, 7-2 ATS
Central Michigan: 8-2 SU, 6-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ball State most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on turf are 10-0
After outgaining opponent are 9-1
When playing within the conference are 9-1<\/p>\n

Central Michigan most recently:
When playing in November are 8-2
When playing on turf are 9-1
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing within the conference are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Ball State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Ball State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Ball State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ball State’s last 5 games
Central Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Central Michigan is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games at home
Central Michigan is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Central Michigan is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ball State<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Ball State home to Western Michigan, Tuesday, November 25
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, Friday, November 28<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Kelly\/Shorts Stadium will be treated to a game between the Ball State Cardinals and the Central Michigan Chippewas when they take their seats on Wednesday. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 7-point favorites versus the Chippewas, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. MiQuale Lewis ran for 165 yards … Continue reading Ball State-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-2709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","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=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}