{"id":2805,"date":"2008-11-25T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/western-michigan-ball-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-25T07:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T12:24:00","slug":"western-michigan-ball-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/western-michigan-ball-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Michigan-Ball State Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Western Michigan Broncos and the Ball State Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Scheumann Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 11-point favorites versus the Broncos, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tim Hiller completed three touchdown passes to lead Western Michigan<\/st1:place> to a 27-17 win over Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 12. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Broncos failed to cover the 15-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the posted total of 53.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nate Davis threw four TD passes in leading Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to a 31-24 victory over Central Michigan<\/st1:place> in Week 13. Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> covered the 6.5-point spread, while the 55 points fell UNDER the posted total of 62. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Davis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> completed 12-of-22 for 175 yards, and Louis Johnson had two touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Western Michigan<\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.
Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 11 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Western Michigan<\/st1:place>: 9-2 SU, 5-5 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 11-0 SU, 8-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Western Michigan most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on turf are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n

Ball State most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on turf are 10-0
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 10-0<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Western Michigan is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Western Michigan’s last 6 games on the road
Western Michigan is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Western Michigan is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Ball State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Ball State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ball State’s last 6 games
Ball State is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Western Michigan Broncos and the Ball State Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Scheumann Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 11-point favorites versus the Broncos, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Tim Hiller completed three touchdown passes to lead … Continue reading Western Michigan-Ball State 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-2805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805","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=2805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}