Boca Raton Bowl: Thundering Herd vs Huskies
College bowl action sees the Marshall Thundering Herd taking on the Northern Illinois Huskies in Boca Raton, Florida. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA football handicapping tips all season long.
College bowl action sees the Marshall Thundering Herd taking on the Northern Illinois Huskies in Boca Raton, Florida. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA football handicapping tips all season long.
Marshall was stuck in the 5-7 win range for quite a while before last year’s breakout season. The Thundering Herd went 10-4 in 2013. Marshall picked up a nice 31-20 win in a bowl game over Maryland (who is now a part of the Big Ten Conference).
Marshall is 9-15-1 ATS with an O/U record of 10-15 and Florida Atlantic is 12-14 ATS with an O/U record of 12-14. This game I being held at a neutral site in El Paso, Texas.
Marshall was a surprise loser in the Conference USA championship game. They were touchdown favourites but lost by 17 against Rice and now have to bounce back if they want to beat a Maryland team that should be pretty hungry for the first bowl win of the Randy Edsall era.
The Marshall Thundering Herd are no surprise to be in the Conference USA Championship this season. They outdueled East Carolina to get here but find a surprising opponent in Rice.
There is an SEC tilt on Thursday night but this may be the better of the two games to catch that evening. Marshall is the top dog in the Conference USA East division but East Carolina is breathing down their neck.
This is going to be a tough week for Marshall, especially on the road, but thanks to a home upset of Southern Miss, they are currently at the top of the Conference USA East division standings.
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The Blazers of Alabama-Birmingham (1-6 SU, 2-3-1 ATS) will try to end a three-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon when they play host to the Thundering Herd of Marshall (3-3 SU, 1-4 ATS) in NCAA college football action that is scheduled for a 4 PM ET kickoff at Legion Field (artificial turf) in Birmingham, AL.
Southern Mississippi is an 8 point favorite the over under is 51.5