Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan – Preview and Prediction
C MICHIGAN 1 E MICHIGAN (58)
NCAA FOOTBALL GAME PREDICTION AND ANALYSIS
MEGALOCKS LINE – E Michigan -2.5 Sagarin ratings – C Michigan -2.5
“Vegas” Implied Projected Score: C Michigan 28.5 E Michigan 27.5
Massey Ratings Projected Score: C Michigan 31 E Michigan 28
The Game
Call us sentimental. Call us losers. We have been called worse. We LOVE the fact that E Michigan is bowl eligible. Many of the young degenerate SPARKIES out there have never seen the Eagles in a bowl game. Believe us, the 1987 California Bowl was a classic. The Eagles are 6-5 and would love to guarantee themselves a winning season. And beating the Chips would be a BIG deal for the program.
The Chips have had a disappointing season and a lot of that can be attributed to injuries. Having said that, the W Michigan Broncos are a JUGGERNAUT this season and nobody was going to stop them in the MAC West this year. They can still have an 8-win season with a win over the Eagles and a bowl victory.
The Match-Up
C Michigan offense vs E Michigan defense
QB Cooper Rush has put the team on his back. With no running game (68 TOTAL yards rushing last two games combined), Rush has had to do all the work MATRICULATING in the passing game. The good news is that E Michigan has struggled on defense this season (#92 FBS). Central Michigan has only scored 17,24,17,27 in their last four games, and given that they are one-dimensional right now, it is hard to see a hot-knife-thru-butter scenario unfolding on Tuesday night.
E Michigan offense vs C Michigan defense
Whoa Nellie. The Eagles have a really good QB in Brogan Roback and he is just a junior (MEGALOCKS lookahead for PLATINUM members). E Michigan has the #5 offense in the MAC and the #2 passing offense. They also have an emerging threat at RB in Ian Eriksen who had 171 yards on the ground in their OT loss to NIU last week. The Chips have a really good defense, but they are going to be tested this week.
MEGA MACtion Magnificant MORSELS
Central Michigan is 16-7 ATS L23 road games….The over is 7-2 L9 when these two MACtion monsters hook-up….The MAC has 5 primary bowl tie-ins and a couple of secondary tie-ins….E Michigan will be happy no matter what but the Chips will be interested in getting the best bid possible.
Summary
You know how we roll. We try to seek out the motivational edge in games like this that are so evenly matched. The Eagles have been a MAC PUNCHING BAG for CENTURIES and we have to feel this game means more to them. Cooper Rush is a really good QB, and the Chips have a much better defense, but we lean to the home team in this one.
Conclusion
Official play: None.
Lean: E Michigan ML. (do not worry about late mob steam on the Chips if it happens they are right about 38% of the time it just seems like more often, yo)