{"id":4904,"date":"2018-12-18T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2018-12-19T03:24:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T03:24:58","slug":"san-diego-state-and-ohio-tangle-in-texas-as-college-football-bowl-season-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/ncaaf\/san-diego-state-and-ohio-tangle-in-texas-as-college-football-bowl-season-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego State and Ohio Tangle In Texas As College Football Bowl Season Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you weren\u2019t paying close attention you\u2019d be excused for thinking that this game is being held in the home state of the SDSU Aztecs. The \u2018Frisco Bowl\u2019 doesn\u2019t exactly evoke images of the \u2018Lone Star State\u2019 but that\u2019s exactly where it\u2019s being held. More specifically, it\u2019s in Frisco, Texas at Toyota Stadium. Frisco is a suburb 30 minutes North of Dallas that has the distinction of being named Money Magazine\u2019s \u2018Best Place to Live\u2019 for 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My doubts about Frisco being the \u2018best place to live\u2019 notwithstanding, there\u2019s a football game taking place here on Wednesday night. It\u2019s definitely a strange matchup for a bowl game held in the heart of Texas but the DXL Frisco Bowl will showcase Mountain West entrant San Diego State facing MAC member Ohio. This is the second annual Frisco Bowl and the local sports media is working hard to spin it into something exciting while highlighting the local ties of players from each team. Here\u2019s a great lesson in spin found in a quote from the Dallas News SportsDay<\/a>:<\/p>\n

San Diego boasts a two-headed QB monster of senior Christian Chapman and Ryan Agnew. The latter played QB for Southlake Carroll from 2012-14, passing for more than 6,900 yards and running for more than 2,200 more during that span.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s never a good sign when a game preview touts a college quarterback\u2019s high school stats. Hard to blame them because SDSU is a vintage Rocky Long coached team meaning a nasty defense combined with an offense bordering on inept. This year\u2019s SDSU team might be one of the best defenses he\u2019s ever coached particularly against the run where they rank #4 nationally. It also might be one of the most pitiful offenses he\u2019s ever coached which covers a lot of ground. The Aztecs are ranked #108 out of 129 FBS teams in total offense. The \u2018two headed monster\u2019 described in the previous quote is the \u2018catalyst\u2019 for the #98 passing attack in FBS. Keep in mind that the majority of the teams below SDSU are rush oriented teams. For example, they finished just ahead of Appalachian State ranking #15 in rushing offense. Unfortunately for the Aztecs they ranked #74 in rushing offense at 162.4 yards per game. If you\u2019re now surmising that a team which can\u2019t run the ball or pass the ball effectively doesn\u2019t score a lot of points go to the head of the class. SDSU is #112 in scoring offense putting up 22.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

The SDSU offensive ineptitude is a problem since it makes the job of a stout Aztec defense that much more difficult. They\u2019ll struggle to stay off the field and that could be deadly against a Bobcat team that ranked #10 in the country in scoring offense. Typically, in a \u2018contrast of styles\u2019 matchup I go with the defense. SDSU is something of a \u2018one trick pony\u2019 on defense\u2014they\u2019re physical and good at shutting down the run. That means that Ohio will focus on the passing attack and they\u2019ve got a fairly well balanced offense when they need it. They\u2019d prefer to run the ball (#9 rushing offense in FCS) but the game plan here is crystal clear\u2014pass in the first half and then start establishing the rush in the second when the Aztec defense is starting to tire. How else would you play a team that boasts the #4 rushing defense in FCS but ranks only #74 against the pass? For all of their defensive acumen the Aztecs have a negative turnover ratio (-3) so they\u2019re not a \u2018playmaking\u2019 unit.<\/p>\n

Ohio is well coached by veteran Frank Solich and a much better balanced team. That will be enough to win (and cover) this game. Statistically, SDSU is a nightmare averaging just \u00bd point more than they allowed and going 3-6 against the college football pointspread<\/a> this year. They went 1-4 SU\/ATS in their final five games and a couple of the teams the teams they lost to are ghastly\u2014they lost to Hawaii as a -18.5 favorite and even managed to lose at home to UNLV team as a -24 point chalk. Aside from their win in the rivalry game against Nevada the other teams UNLV beat this year? Try Prairie View and UTEP. As a rule, you just shouldn\u2019t bet on teams that can\u2019t beat UNLV on their home field.<\/p>\n

BET OHIO -2.5 OVER SAN DIEGO STATE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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