St Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 12 noon Kick-Off (Live on ESPN)
Florida International (8-4, 5-3 Sun Belt) v Marshall (6-6, 5-3 Conf. USA)
Betting
FIU opened up as -4.5 favourites against the Marshall Thundering Herd. The line has bounced between -4.5 and -4, with some -3.5 available for a limited time. Currently settled on -4.
Interesting note that as per vegasinsider.com FIU have attracted 76% of the spread betting, yet the line has been bet down from -5 to -4.
The total game score opened up at 50 but has been bet down and sits at 48 at time of writing.
Notes
FIU have a balanced attack with Wesley Carroll (Senior) at Quarterback trying to finish his collegiate career with his schools second ever bowl victory.
Carroll will look to connect with the speed machine TY Hilton who has 64 receptions on the year for 950 yards and 7 TD's.
On the ground Kedrick Rhodes has rushed for 1,121 yards on 224 carries for 8 TD's.
The Thundering Herd will again lean on the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year in Vinny Curry. Curry who plays Defensive End has racked up 11 Sacks, six forced fumbles and 21 tackles for loss on the year.
Marshall have freshman Rakeem Cato at Quarterback who threw for 341 yards on 23 of 29 passing attempts in an overtime victory against East Carolina in the last game of the season to become bowl eligible.
It all bodes well for a nice Wednesday matchup as bowl season heats up.
@AusSportsGuys
EDIT
21 Dec 2011 8.00am
Taken some Marshall +4.5 @ $1.91 on the game today.
21 Dec 2011 8.00am
Taken some Marshall +4.5 @ $1.91 on the game today.
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