2009 NCAAFB Betting Preview: Bowling Green at Missouri Trends & Injuries

Last Updated on September 12, 2009 4:00 pm by shah

Public Backs Tigers

No. 25
Missouri showed no signs of a setback last week after a dominant victory and on Saturday, the Tigers debut at home when they host

Bowling Green at 7PM ET from Memorial Stadium.

Bet Bowling Green at Missouri

The Tigers rolled

Illinois 37-9 in their first game without quarterback Chase Daniel. Blaine Gabbert made his first start at quarterback and threw for 319 yards on 25-of-33 passing with three touchdowns. Gabbert helped the Tigers establish a 16-3 halftime lead over the Fighting Illini, and

Missouri never looked back. Danario Alexander caught 10 passes for 132 yards for

Missouri while Derrick Washington rushed for 61 yards. The performance was also the first time
Missouri played without offensive coordinator Dave Christensen who left the Tigers to become the head coach at

Wyoming. Defensively, the Tigers forced two turnovers and had three sacks against

Illinois.

The Fighting Falcons of Bowling Green defeated

Troy 31-14 at home last weekend in Dave Clawson’s debut as head coach. Senior quarterback Tyler Sheehan threw for 339 yards on 32-of-44 passing with two touchdowns while Freddie Barnes caught 15 passes for 157 yards. The Falcons held

Troy to just over 300 yards of offense and had two interceptions and two sacks as a unit. Adrien Spencer had a 64-yard interception return for a touchdown in the win as well.

Oddsmakers from online sports book BetOnline have made
Missouri 17.5-point home favorites over

Bowling Green on Saturday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 57.5.

College Football Week 2 Betting Trends
All games in this series since 1992

BOWLING GREEN is 2-1 against the spread versus

MISSOURI since 1992

BOWLING GREEN is 3-1 straight up against

MISSOURI since 1992

All games played at

MISSOURI since 1992

MISSOURI is 1-1 against the spread versus BOWLING GREEN since 1992

BOWLING GREEN is 2-1 straight up against

MISSOURI since 1992
Week 2 College Football Injury Report
BOWLING GREEN

No significant injuries.

MISSOURI

No significant injuries.

Bowling Green at Missouri Current Odds

Bowling Green Falcons +17.5 Over 57.5 (+900)

Missouri Tigers -17.5 Under 57.5 (-1800)

Bet Bowling Green at Missouri

Posted: 9/12/09 4PM ET