The Kent State Golden Flashes and the Northern Illinois Huskies will clash on Saturday afternoon for the Rocket Mortgage MAC Football Championship Game. The Golden Flashes are 7-5 (6-2) thus far and are riding a two-game winning streak as they defeated the Miami RedHawks at home 48-47 in overtime. Senior quarterback Dustin Crum went 24-of-33 for 325 yards with two touchdowns and interceptions. The Huskies are 8-4 (6-2) this season and are coming off a 42-21 home loss against the Western Michigan Broncos. Freshman quarterback Ethan Hampton was just 4-of-10 for 23 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophomore running back Marquez Cooper has been playing extremely well this season as he has 211 carries for 1,075 yards (5.1 yards per attempt) with 11 rushing touchdowns as well as nine receptions for 90 yards (10 yards per catch). In his last game against the Miami RedHawks, Cooper finished with 24 rushing attempts for 126 yards (5.3 yards per carry) with a rushing touchdown and a seven-yard catch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kent State Golden Flashes have been struggling as a defensive program this season as they are giving up 34.6 points per game. In their previous game against the Miami RedHawks, Kent State allowed 47 points on 549 total yards of offense (405 passing, 144 rushings). The RedHawks moved the chains decently well as they went 7-of-15 on third-down attempts. The Golden Flashes were able to force a pair of turnovers (both interceptions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freshman wide receiver Trayvon Rudolph<\/a> has been playing well this year as he has recorded 46 catches for 827 yards (18 yards per reception) with seven receiving touchdowns as well as five rushing attempts for 106 yards (21.2 yards per carry) with a rushing touchdown. In his last game against the Western Michigan Broncos, he finished with two receptions for zero yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Northern Illinois Huskies need some improvement on the defensive side of the field as they are allowing 33.5 points per game. In their previous game against the Western Michigan Broncos, Northern Illinois gave up 42 points on 636 total yards of offense (338 passing, 298 rushings). The Broncos did not struggle to convert on the money downs as they went 9-of-14 on third-down conversions and 1-of-3 on fourth down opportunities. Western Michigan did not have much trouble moving the ball as they averaged 13 passing yards per attempt while running for six yards per carry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the top sportsbooks in the country, the Kent State Golden Flashes are currently listed as more than a field goal favorite in this game. However, go with the Northern Illinois Huskies to cover the spread. The Golden Flashes are 3-7-1 against the spread in their last 11 games against the Huskies. Kent State struggles defensively as they are giving up 37 points in their previous four games, while Northern Illinois is allowing 37.6 points in their last five games. The offenses are close as well, so the Huskies should cover the spread in this game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you love sports betting subscribe to our\u00a0Insiders Betting Digest<\/a>\u00a0mailing list and receive free betting picks<\/a>\u00a0weekly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kent State Golden Flashes and the Northern Illinois Huskies will clash on Saturday afternoon for the Rocket Mortgage MAC Football Championship Game. The Golden Flashes are 7-5 (6-2) thus far and are riding a two-game winning streak as they defeated the Miami RedHawks at home 48-47 in overtime. Senior quarterback Dustin Crum went 24-of-33… Continue reading Kent State Golden Flashes at Northern Illinois Huskies Betting Analysis and Prediction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[244,198,245],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidersbettingdigest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Kent State at Northern Illinois Prediction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n