The Ohio Bobcats (4-6) make the in-state bus ride to Northwest Ohio to square off against the Bowling Green Falcons (3-7) in Mid-American Conference East Division action Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. We analyze the Ohio-Bowling Green odds and betting lines, while providing college football betting tips and advice on this matchup.
Ohio at Bowling Green: Three things you need to know
- The Bobcats have lost back-to-back one-score games after winning three of four in the middle of the 2019 campaign. Statistically, OU was solid in each recent loss. Yards-per-play figures on offense and defense are on solid trends over the second half of the season.
- Bowling Green’s games against Miami (Ohio) and Western Michigan – losses of 34 and 32 points, respectively – are telling. The Bobcats lost to each by just three.
- Bowling Green ranks bottom-10 in FBS in creating explosive plays (20-plus yards) on offense and in preventing them on defense. Ohio’s offense creates an average number of 20-plus-yard plays but a way-below-average number at 40 yards or more. Look for the Bobcats to break through in that matchup.
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Ohio at Bowling Green: Odds, betting lines and picks
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Prediction
Ohio 38, Bowling Green 14
Moneyline (ML)
The Bobcats and Falcons are a combined 5-15 against the spread this season. OU has been tested but solid over a road schedule that includes wins against tougher foes than BG and non-conference tilts against Pitt and Marshall. LAYING OFF the Ohio -1250 moneyline side, but Ohio is a worthy, high-confidence favorite in this one.
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Against the Spread (ATS)
OU has played well on the road and will be looking to bust out of close-game scenarios which have not gone its way of late.
The Falcons are 7-22 ATS over their last 29 games as an underdog. Over that same stretch, BG is just 3-11 ATS when getting 10.5-to-21 points. The BOBCATS (-20.5, -121) were a better play at line open (-18), but they are still worth a lower-confidence play at Bowling Green. (BG has made only five field goals this year, which aids in going with the three-TD cushion.
Over/Under (O/U)
The under is 8-2 in BG games and 5-5 in OU contests. The Under is a lean on what will be a chilly night in Northwest Ohio. But OU has let a few decent margins falter, and that brings too much gray into the picture. PASS on Under 56.5.
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