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Miami University vs Northern Illinois Prediction Game Preview

Miami University vs Northern Illinois game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 12 game on Wednesday, November 16

Miami University vs Northern Illinois prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 12, Wednesday, November 16

Miami University vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Game Preview

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Miami University vs Northern Illinois How To Watch

Date: Wednesday, November 16
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Huskies Stadium, DeKalb, IL
How To Watch: CBS Sports Network
Record: Miami University (4-6), Northern Illinois (3-7)
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Why Miami University Will Win

Desperation can be a positive.

Miami University is out of the MAC title hunt, but it’s still alive for a bowl game if it can win this and take out Ball State next week. To do that, it has to stop the Northern Illinois running game.

The Huskies offensive line has the ability to take over at times for a ground attack that averaging close to 200 yards per game. Miami University wins when it holds up against the run, it has to get the passing game going, and it takes games over when it’s able to get its own rushing attack rolling, too.

The RedHawks are 3-1 when they run for 200 yards or more, but …

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Why Northern Illinois Will Win

For all of NIU’s problems, it’s okay against the run. It only allowed more than 200 yards on the ground once.

Miami has been winging it around over the last few weeks with limited success. The running game has gone bye-bye with fewer than 100 yards in each of the last four games as the O has totally stalled against a slew of mediocre defenses.

It’s been a struggle to score, there aren’t any third down conversions on a consistent basis, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Can Northern Illinois actually win a home game? It’s 0-3 against FBS teams in DeKalb with the running game not doing enough and the defense struggling.

This isn’t the final home game – that’s Akron next week – but it’ll grind it out with ground game and the defense will hold up against the suddenly dead RedHawk attack to come up with a second win in a row.

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Miami University vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Line

Northern Illinois 24, Miami University 21
Line: Northern Illinois -1.5, o/u: 45.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Miami University vs Northern Illinois Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan Prediction Game Preview

Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 11 game on Wednesday, November 9

Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 11, Wednesday, November 9

Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan How To Watch

Date: Wednesday, November 9
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Waldo Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Northern Illinois (2-7), Western Michigan (3-6)
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Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan Game Preview

Why Northern Illinois Will Win

Run, run, and run some more.

It’s not like there was a ton of pressure on Northern Illinois as the season started to slide away, but now there’s nothing to worry about. It’s ensured of a losing season and it’s not going bowling, so it can let it all loose.

For all the problems and issues. the ground game is still rocking and rolling averaging five yards per pop and close to 200 yards per game.

The Western Michigan run defense hasn’t been bad, but it hasn’t faced the MAC’s leading ground game – Kent State – and most teams throw and don’t commit to the run.

That won’t be the case with the Huskies.

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Why Western Michigan Will Win

So how did it all go wrong for Northern Illinois? The defense can’t get off the field.

The time of possession battle isn’t a problem because the running game is so dominant, but opposing offense have no problems moving the chains with a whole lot of third down conversions.

Western Michigan is brutally inconsistent and can’t get the offense rolling, but the defense is good at taking the ball away and …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Broncos are way, way, way overdue to create a little of its own luck.

They’ve been totally miserable in Kalamazoo. They beat New Hampshire from the FCS, but they’re 0-3 against the FBS teams getting blown out 21 or more in each game.

Northern Illinois can’t win anywhere, but it’ll grind its way through to ruin Western Michigan’s hope of staying alive for a bowl game.

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Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan Prediction, Line

Northern Illinois 27, Western Michigan 24
Line: Western Michigan -1.5, o/u: 50.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Game Preview

Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 10 game on Wednesday, November 2

Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 10, Wednesday, November 2

Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois How To Watch

Date: Wednesday, November 2
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, IL
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Central Michigan (2-6), Northern Illinois (2-6)
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Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois Game Preview

Why Central Michigan Will Win

For all of the problems and issues, the Central Michigan passing game has been relatively accurate and the ground attack has been okay. It’s going to be the defense, though, that has to pull this off.

The Chippewas are amazing at getting into the backfield – they’re second in the nation in tackles for loss – and are terrific at generating third down stops.

The D should be able to keep the Northern Illinois offense in check – there isn’t a ton to worry about from the Huskies passing game – and the O should be able to get moving a bit against one of the nation’s worst teams at generating third down stops.

However …

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Why Northern Illinois Will Win

Central Michigan gets off the bus at -2 in turnover margin.

The 18 turnovers this season have been a killer, giving the ball away four times in the loss to Bowling Green and losing the last four times the O gave it up multiple times.

Northern Illinois doesn’t force takeaways, though. The defense has been better overall over the last two weeks on the road, but that’s partly because the running game has been dominant enough to control the action.

The Central Michigan defensive front doesn’t get gouged too often, but if NIU can come close to the 260-yard mark on the ground – it got there in three of the last four games – it should be okay.

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What’s Going To Happen

Good luck trying to figure out if and when Northern Illinois will play well.

Good luck trying to figure out if and when Central Michigan will play well.

Both teams are having major issues and one is about to get knocked out of the bowl picture after coming into the season with hopes of winning a MAC title. Northern Illinois will get a bit more out of it run defense and ground game than Central Michigan will.

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Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Line

Northern Illinois 31, Central Michigan 24
Line: Northern Illinois -3.5, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Northern Illinois vs Ohio Prediction, Game Preview

Northern Illinois vs Ohio game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

Northern Illinois vs Ohio prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 8, Saturday, October 22

Northern Illinois vs Ohio How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Peden Stadium, Athens, OH
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Northern Illinois (2-5), Ohio (4-3)
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Northern Illinois vs Ohio Game Preview

Why Northern Illinois Will Win

Welcome back, Northern Illinois.

The defending MAC champion was having a problem in loss after loss, but just when the season was over, it dropkicked Eastern Michigan 39-10 with 287 yards on the ground to potentially turn everything around.

And now it gets the Ohio defense. It’s the second-worst in the country.

The Bobcats shocked Western Michigan 33-14 with the D showing up, but that was an anomaly. Northern Illinois will be able to hit throws at will against a D allowing QBs to hit 70%, and …

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Why Ohio Will Win

The Ohio offense if fantastic.

It’s making up for the problems on defense with lots and lots and lots of passing yards – Ohio is first in the MAC and 13th in the nation averaging 324 yards per game.

The NIU defense has been a bit better over the last few weeks, but it gives up passing yards in chunks, the offense has turnover issues, and

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What’s Going To Happen

Is the Northern Illinois defensive performance last season against Eastern Michigan for real?

Sort of, but it won’t matter. Ohio’s offense will go off, it’ll do enough to overcome a huge day from the NIU ground game, and it’ll be a blast of a game with a whole bunch of scoring and points.

Ohio will have more of both.

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Northern Illinois vs Ohio Prediction, Line

Ohio 37, Northern Illinois 30
Line: Northern Illinois -3, o/u: 65
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Northern Illinois vs Ohio Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan Prediction, Game Preview

Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Rynearson Stadium, Ypsilanti, MI
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Northern Illinois (1-5), Eastern Michigan (4-2)
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Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan Game Preview

Why Northern Illinois Will Win

The Huskies can still run the ball.

They might be having a ton of turnover problems, and the defense is struggling, but the defending MAC champion is averaging 4.6 yards per carry and can keep things moving on third downs.

Eastern Michigan might be doing a decent job lately, but start running on this bunch and good things happen. Buffalo was able to win with over 200 yards on the ground and four scores, Louisiana was able to throw, and NIU is versatile enough

However …

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Why Eastern Michigan Will Win

Northern Illinois is struggling.

Granted, the schedule hasn’t been a breeze, but the six turnovers over the last two games have ben a killer, the defense can’t stop anyone from throwing well, and Eastern Michigan has its guy back.

The offense struggles for a few games, and then QB Taylor Powell was back and it all clicked in the 45-23 win over Western Michigan. As long as the passing game hits the 60% mark, and as long there aren’t a slew of turnovers to give NIU easy chances, the Eagles should be okay.

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What’s Going To Happen

Northern Illinois is overdue for a brilliant performance, but it’s been waiting to break through for a while.

Eastern Michigan will be fine as long as it keeps the Huskie offense from going off. Keep it from being balanced, and keep it from getting to 450 yards, and all should be fine.

The EMU passing game should keep the chains moving and take control of the game at home.

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Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan Prediction, Line

Eastern Michigan 34, Northern Illinois 26
Line: Eastern Michigan -2.5, o/u: 67
ATS Confidence out of 5: 4
Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Toledo vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Game Preview

Toledo vs Northern Illinois game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 6 game on Saturday, October 8

Toledo vs Northern Illinois prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 6, Saturday, October 8

Toledo vs Northern Illinois How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 8
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Huskies Stadium, DeKalb, IL
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Toledo (3-2), Northern Illinois (1-4)
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Toledo vs Northern Illinois Game Preview

Why Toledo Will Win

The Rockets picked it back up.

After getting rolled by Ohio State and shocked late by San Diego State, the running game settled in against Central Michigan, the D held up, and it looked like the team that should be in the mix for the MAC title.

The Northern Illinois defense can’t stop anyone’s passing game. The run defense hasn’t been anything great, but it’ll be Dequan Finn who needs to go off against a secondary that’s giving up 312 yards per game.

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Why Northern Illinois Will Win

There’s the Northern Illinois running game.

The offensive front has been terrific in pass protection, and last week the ground game rolled for 332 yards in the loss to Ball State.

The offense is balanced, movingthex chains isn’t a big problem, and turnovers haven’t been much of a concern. As long as the Huskies can pound away for long stretches, they have a shot to take control as the game goes on, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Northern Illinois defense is way too leaky.

It’s not coming up with third down stops and the secondary isn’t going to stop what Toledo will be able to do.

On the flip side, the Rocket pass defense will be a rock and the front line will do just enough. The offense will own this as the game goes on.

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Toledo vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Line

Toledo 34, Northern Illinois 27
Line: Toledo -5.5, o/u: 60
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Toledo vs Northern Illinois Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Northern Illinois vs Ball State Prediction, Game Preview

Northern Illinois vs Ball State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 5 game on Saturday, October 1

Northern Illinois vs Ball State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 5, Saturday, October 1

Northern Illinois vs Ball State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 1
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, IN
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Northern Illinois (1-3), Ball State (1-3)
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Northern Illinois vs Ball State Game Preview

Why Ball State Will Win

The passing game is working.

The team might be struggling to do enough to get by in close games, and the defense is having issues against decent quarterbacks, but John Paddock is winging it around, the Cardinals can keep up the pace, and it’s all coming from a line that’s doing a great job in pass protection.

Northern Illinois is the worst team in the country at third down defense. Just keep the chains moving.

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Why Northern Illinois Will Win

The Huskies aren’t giving away anything easy. They don’t turn the ball over – just two in the four games – and like Ball State their also great in pass protection allowing just one sack so far.

However, unlike Ball State, Northern Illinois can get into the backfield from time to time – at the very least, it can get pressure on Paddock.

The offense has been balanced, the defense hasn’t been bad against the run, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Northern Illinois finally gets to take a breath after dealing with at Tulsa, Vanderbilt, and at Kentucky. It should’ve been able to slip past the Golden Hurricane, and it’s not like Vandy is that great, but it’s 1-3 against a far better schedule than what 1-3 Ball State dealt with.

The Huskie offense will be more balanced, the defense will be more disruptive, and being just +1 in turnover margin will make a difference.

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Northern Illinois vs Ball State Prediction, Line

Northern Illinois 34, Ball State 27
Line: Northern Illinois -4.5, o/u: 60.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Northern Illinois vs Ball State Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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Kentucky vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Game Preview

Kentucky vs Northern Illinois game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 4 game on Saturday, September 24

Kentucky vs Northern Illinois prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 4, Saturday, September 24

Kentucky vs Northern Illinois How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 24
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Kroger Field, Lexington, KY
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Kentucky (3-0), Northern Illinois (1-2)
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Kentucky vs Northern Illinois Game Preview

Why Northern Illinois Will Win

The Huskies have been able to move the ball.

They went against the nation’s best passing team in Tulsa and lost in a good fight, and they couldn’t hold up last week as Vanderbilt roared back in a 38-28 win.

The O, though is great at closing out drives with points, the passing game has been strong so far, and the offensive line has been getting the job done giving Rocky Lombardi and company time to work.

Kentucky hasn’t been great in the red zone, there’s no rushing offense without Chris Rodriguez – he’s expected to be back in October – and the O line is getting star QB Will Levis beaten up.

But …

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Why Kentucky Will Win

The Northern Illinois secondary is about to have a bad day – again.

Eastern Illinois took target practice, Tulsa’s Davis Brin went off for 322 yards and four scores, and Vanderbilt was balanced enough to keep everything moving against the pass defense that’s allowing 284 yards per game.

This is where Will Levis comes in.

The world is in love with him as a pro prospect – he has the size and the arm – but he has been just okay. He’s hitting the downfield plays, and he had no problem against Miami University and Youngstown State, but he has thrown four picks and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Levis will throw for 300 yards, the Kentucky defense will be terrific, and Northern Illinois won’t be able to keep up.

The Huskies can’t get their defense off the field, and Levis will be happy to contribute with third down conversion after third down conversion.

As always, it won’t always be pretty for the Wildcats, but they’ll have few problems. Also, as always, the final score won’t be quite indicative of just how dominant the performance is.

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Kentucky vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Line

Kentucky 38, Northern Illinois 16
Line: Kentucky -25, o/u: 53.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Kentucky vs Northern Illinois Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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Vanderbilt vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Game Preview

Vanderbilt vs Northern Illinois game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 3 game on Saturday, September 17

Vanderbilt vs Northern Illinois prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 3, Saturday, September 17

Vanderbilt vs Northern Illinois How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 17
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, IL
How To Watch: CBS Sports Network
Record: Vanderbilt (2-1), Northern Illinois (1-1)
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Vanderbilt vs Northern Illinois Game Preview

Why Vanderbilt Will Win

The Commodores continue to be solid against the run.

Granted, Hawaii doesn’t run much, and Elon and Wake Forest aren’t all that dangerous on the ground, but the Commodore defensive front has allowed under four yards per carry so far.

Northern Illinois can throw, but the O is at its best when it’s able to grind out the running game and take control between the tackles.

If the Vandy defensive front can make Huskie QB Rocky Lombardi press, and if its own passing game can keep the chains moving against a D that can’t come up with a third down stop, everything will be okay.

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Why Northern Illinois Will Win

The Vandy offense was able to roll against the weak, but struggled last week against Wake Forest, the gashing runs weren’t there and the turnovers were.

The Huskies have only turned the ball over once so far. Penalties have been a wee bit of an issue, and again, third downs have been a big problem, but the defense is making up for issues by taking the ball away and doing a nice job against the run.

Make the Commodores throw, force two turnovers, and NIU will have a shot to pull this off.

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What’s Going To Happen

Northern Illinois has to be far, far better in the secondary to do this. Vanderbilt isn’t going to wing it around the yard, but it’ll keep things moving just enough to offset a spotty ground attack.

Neither defense will do anything outstanding, but the NIU O line will come up with a good game, the Commodore defensive front won’t get into the backfield, and the home side of this will make a big difference.

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Vanderbilt vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Line

Northern Illinois 34, Vanderbilt 30
Line: Northern Illinois -3, o/u: 58
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Vanderbilt vs Northern Illinois Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5

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Northern Illinois vs Tulsa Prediction, Game Preview

Northern Illinois vs Tulsa game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 2 game on Saturday, September 10

Northern Illinois vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 2, Saturday, September 10

Northern Illinois vs Tulsa How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 10
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK
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Northern Illinois vs Tulsa Game Preview

Why Northern Illinois Will Win

It wasn’t always pretty, and the team had to hold on, but Northern Illinois managed to get past Eastern Illinois 34-27 with a good offensive balance, no turnovers, and two takeaways.

The running game hasn’t been unleashed yet.

Tulsa didn’t do anything on the ground in the 40-37 double overtime loss at Wyoming, and now it’s up to the defense that bent but didn’t break until late to keep the big plays through the air to a minimum.

As long as the rotation of Huskie backs can keep the chains moving and the clock rolling, everything should work. But …

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Why Tulsa Will Win

The Huskies have to get to Davis Brin.

There wasn’t any pass rush against Eastern Illinois, and now NIU has to deal with a quarterback who threw for 460 yards and three touchdowns in Laramie.

Brin was great, three receivers hit the 100-yard mark, and now it’s all going to hammer down on a secondary that came up with two picks last week, but struggled late.

The bigger problem for NIU? Third down defense. It couldn’t get off the field against EIU – it allowed 8-of-12 third down conversions – and Brin was terrific at moving the chains.

– Week 2 Schedule, Predictions, Game Preview

What’s Going To Happen

It’s still a bit puzzling how Tulsa lost to Wyoming. It was controlling the game, the passing attack was fantastic, and it couldn’t put it away.

That won’t be a problem this week.

The Northern Illinois ground attack will work better than it did against the Panthers, but it won’t be enough to keep up on the road.

– CFN Week 2 Predictions

Northern Illinois vs Tulsa Prediction, Line

Tulsa 34, Northern Illinois 24
Line: Tulsa -6, o/u: 62
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Northern Illinois vs Tulsa Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5

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