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Western Michigan (6-3) visits Akron (1-8) at 7:00 PM ET at InfoCision Stadium, laying 14 points to a team that has lost seven straight. The Broncos win by running the ball and shortening games, and they have beaten only one FBS opponent by more than 14 all season. Akron's offense is thin. When it does score, Jordan Gant is usually the one carrying it in. The picture here is a Broncos win that never gets away from Akron, with Gant finding the end zone along the way. The public is mostly on Western Michigan: 94% of spread bets and 81% of spread money, with 78% of bets and money on the Over at 48.5.
Western Michigan vs. Akron Predictions
Pick #1Jordan Gant Anytime Touchdown−120
Akron has five rushing touchdowns in MAC play, and Gant has all five, two of them at Kent State. He took over as the lead back four games into the season. In the six FBS games since, he has carried 15 to 28 times and scored in five of them. He's at 730 rushing yards and seven touchdowns for the season, with 100-yard games in four of five conference games.
The quarterback change hasn't touched his role. Brayden Roggow started five straight while Cibastian Broughton was out with a leg injury, and Gant scored in four of those five. Broughton returned against Ohio last week and is projected to start again. Gant ran 16 times for 112 yards in that game, and his 1-yard run was Akron's only touchdown in a 28-20 loss.
The price implies 54.5%. What could stop him is Western Michigan's pass rush, which leads the MAC with 20 sacks in five league games. If Broughton keeps getting sacked, Akron settles for field goals, as it did four times against Ohio. His one blank in MAC play came against Eastern Michigan, when Akron threw for all three of its touchdowns. Still, the Broncos can be run on: Toledo's CJ Miller had 183 yards and a score on 33 carries against them two weeks ago. Gant is expected to handle his usual load. If he doesn't play, most books void the bet.
Pick #2Akron +14−112
Western Michigan doesn't blow teams out. Its FBS wins came by 7 at Rice, 3 at Buffalo, 31 over Kent State, 7 at Central Michigan and 13 over Bowling Green, so its biggest road win over an FBS team is 7. Broc Lowry threw only 8 passes at Central Michigan and 18 against Bowling Green. Once the Broncos get a lead they run, which drains the clock and leaves fewer possessions to stretch the margin.
Akron has played closer lately, too. After a 41-17 loss at Central Michigan, its four losses since have come by 2, 20, 15 and 8 points. The 8-point loss to Ohio was Broughton's first start back. Give us a slow Broncos game and a Gant touchdown or two, and Akron should stay inside the number.
At -112, the implied probability is 52.8%, and Akron's record is the reason to be careful. The Zips are 0-8 against FBS teams and have stayed within 14 only twice. The computer models average Western Michigan by about 16. Most of the lopsided losses came early in the season, against Wake Forest, Minnesota and UNLV. The biggest threat is the Broncos' pass rush against a quarterback playing his second game back from a leg injury. The spread tickets are one-sided: only 5% of bets are on Akron, but those bets carry 18% of the money, so the larger tickets tilt more toward the Zips than the ticket count shows.
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