Buffalo vs Ohio on 11/01 by blackwiseguy
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FINAL
45
Game Ohio
+2½ -104
WIN
Won 4.8
Handicapper Analysis
0
The first instance of Tuesday night MACtion might be the end of the race for the MAC East Division, as Buffalo and Ohio have turned the race on its head in the first four weeks of the conference season. This year was supposed to feature Kent State and Miami deciding the East Division, but the Bulls got past both the Golden Flashes and the RedHawks and now have a chance to all but put the East to bed. With a win here, Buffalo would own a two-game edge on everyone in the East but Bowling Green, and the Bulls already crushed the Falcons earlier this year and own the tiebreaker.
If Ohio wins, however, everything gets thrown into chaos. The Bobcats still have to play both Miami and Bowling Green, so if they win here, they could open the door for as many as five teams to chase down the trip to Detroit for the MAC title game. And an Ohio win certainly isn’t out of the question, as Buffalo hasn’t won at Peden Stadium since 2008. Not coincidentally, that was the year that the Bulls won what remains the program’s only MAC title. Ohio, meanwhile, has made four trips to Detroit but has never come away with the crown. The Bobcats haven’t won the MAC since 1968, and with a passing offense that they haven’t had in years and an improving defense, this is their best chance in a while.
If Ohio wins, however, everything gets thrown into chaos. The Bobcats still have to play both Miami and Bowling Green, so if they win here, they could open the door for as many as five teams to chase down the trip to Detroit for the MAC title game. And an Ohio win certainly isn’t out of the question, as Buffalo hasn’t won at Peden Stadium since 2008. Not coincidentally, that was the year that the Bulls won what remains the program’s only MAC title. Ohio, meanwhile, has made four trips to Detroit but has never come away with the crown. The Bobcats haven’t won the MAC since 1968, and with a passing offense that they haven’t had in years and an improving defense, this is their best chance in a while.
