Toledo vs. Northern Illinois Total Pick
The MAC is back in action on Wednesday night when the Northern Illinois Huskies host the Toledo Rockets in what annually has turned out to be a good matchup. With the total sitting in the mid-50s, what’s the best play on the over/under?
Game Snapshot
105 Toledo Rockets at 106 Northern Illinois Huskies
8:00 p.m. ET, Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Public Betting Trends
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetNow.eu, the Huskies are 3-point favorites to beat the Rockets. The total, meanwhile, sits at 55.5 points. As of this writing, 68% of the public betting tickets wagered on this matchup are on the Huskies.
Toledo Rockets
Toledo junior QB Mitchell Guadagni (shoulder) is unlikely to be ready for next Saturday’s game against Northern Illinois. Toledo coach Jason Candle said Guadagni’s shoulder injury is a “wait and see” thing, and the team is prepared to move on without him for this Wednesday’s game against Northern Illinois. When Toledo took the field against Ball State last week, Eli Peters drew the start and threw for 327 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions.
Northern Illinois Huskies
Northern Illinois extended HC Rod Carey’s contract through the 2021 season. Carey’s extension fell through the cracks — on seemingly all of your typical college football news outlets — due to the fact that NIU never announced it. Thus, this is very, very old news in actuality. The extension first kicked in back in early January. Carey and his Huskies crew are sitting atop the MAC West with a 6-3 record (5-0 in conference). For his career with the program, he has built up an overall record of 50-27 (37-8 in conference).
Betting Trends
Toledo
The under is 12-4 in the Rockets’ last 16 games played in the month of November.
Northern Illinois
The under is 4-1 in the Huskies’ last five games after accumulating more than 450 total yards in their previous game.
Prediction
The under has been an excellent play when these two teams meet, cashing in all six of the last six meetings and going 5-1-1 in the last seven meetings in DeKalb. The under is also 25-12-1 in the Rockets’ last 38 games when facing a team with a winning record and is 8-1 the last nine times they’ve played on Wednesday. On the other side, the under is 4-1 in the Huskies’ last five games overall, is 9-4 in their last 13 home games and 4-1 in their last five conference matchups.
College Football Prediction: Toledo/Northern Illinois under 55.5