Kent State vs Miami (Ohio) 11/13/24 Game Information

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Miami (Ohio) (5-4, 4-1 in MAC) is still fighting for the Mid-American Conference title and sit in a four-way tie for first with other 4-1 schools Ohio, Bowling Green, and Western Michigan, so making quick work of league doormat Kent State (0-9, 0-5 in MAC) on Wednesday night at Home is on the RedHawks immediate to-do list. In its last game, Miami (Ohio) won at Ball State for its fourth straight win, 27-21, while Ohio University did a rain dance on the Golden Flashes, 41-0 in a free handicap we gave to you here last week, losing for the 9th straight time this season. After losing to Western Michigan in Week 10 by a 53-32 scoreline, Kent State has now been outscored 93-21 in its last two games.

Golden Flashes Winless Season Continues… 

England (Keir Starmer) and Japan (Shigeru Ishiba) have elected new leaders since Kent State last won a football game (September 26, 2023) and the USA will likely also have a new leader in the White House by the time the Golden Flashes win their next game.This team has gone almost 14 months winless and combined with this year’s 2-7-0 ATS mark, KSU is 5-15-1 ATS in its last 16 games. QB Tommy Ulatowski, RB Ky Thomas, and WR Chrishon McCrary are the key skill players on the Golden Flashes anemic and TO-prone offense, but it’s the defense that gives up the ghost, week-in and week-out and a unit that ranks last of all teams in FBS and regularly allows 400+ Total Yards games. It is always hard to define one team as the worst in DI College Football, but Kent State is that team and oddsmakers just haven’t been making their lines high enough.

Kent State Betting Trends

• Kent State has the worst Scoring Defense in FBS (46.0 ppg)
• The Golden Flashes are 3-11-0 in their last 14 games ATS 
• KSU has allowed the most Total Yards (4,742) and Yards Per Game (526.9)
• The Golden Flashes defense allows 7.06 Yards Per Play
• Kent State has a Turnover Margin of -1.11 per game (T-#125)

Miami (Ohio) Just Keeps On Keeping On… 

Miami (Ohio) has won four straight in the MAC, outscoring opponent’s (EMU, OHIO, CMU, BALL) by a combined 131-62 to climb to the top of the conference standings as the season slowly winds down. Leading the way for thee RedHawks has been QB Brett Gabbert (1,946 passing yards), RB Kenyon Moore (650 rushing yards), and WR Javon Tracy (514 receiving yards) on offense while LBs Matt Salopek (80 Tackles) and Corban Hondru (2 Interceptions) are the top guns on the RedHawks defense. When Miami faced Kent State last season, the RedHawks rolled to a 23-3 win on the Road in a game which saw the Golden Flashes jump out to a 3-0 lead before being outscored 23-0 the rest of the way in a game in which Kent State actually played pretty well.

Miami (Ohio) Betting Trends

• Miami (Ohio) has won 4 of the last 5 series meetings
• The RedHawks are 4-0 SU in the last 4 Home meetings
• The Under is 9-1 in the last 10 series meetings
• The most points Miami has vs KSU in the last 10 meetings is 47 (OT)
• The Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings at Yager Stadium (13, 32, 37, 51) 

Kent State vs Miami (Ohio) Pick and Prediction

Your free NCAAF pick and Kent State vs Miami (Ohio) prediction here is to bet against the worst team in Division I and lay the lumber and hope that the Miami (Ohio) offense can rack up the yards and run out to an early lead like other teams have against the Golden Flashes. It will be pretty cold in Oxford, Ohio on Wednesday night, so the RedHawks may not be able to connect on some passes they would in warmer weather, but this Week 12 MACtion game is at Home, against a team who turns the ball over a lot an a team whose last win came against Central Connecticut when we were all still young and would turn the lights out before we fell asleep. Expect Miami (Ohio) to score 35 to 40 here—and score in every quarter—and hold Kent State to 0, 3, or 7 in a result that may be very close to the Point Spread and Total. The hosts should be leading by 20 points at Halftime for those savvy First Half bettors.

Kevin’s Pick: Miami (Ohio) -30.5