Kent State +14.5 3.3% play
I almost go to the window with Kent State last week, but wanted a +24, that never came. They lost at Iowa 30-7, but it was 16-7 at the half, and Kent State had a 1st and goal in the 3rd quarter to cust the game to 16-14 and they fumbled. They were also down 10-3 in week 1 at Texas A&M, so playing on the road against Maryland is not going to phase this team. Iowa and Texas A&M have top 10 coaches, and while Maryland is 3-0, I just don’t think they are as well coached to pull away from a solid MAC team, when they have Iowa coming to town next.
Maryland’s defense is also not nearly as good as A&M or Iowa, and they certainly don’t have the home field advantage that those two teams have so I expect Kent State to get the offense going here a bit. Maryland ranks 37th in YPP allowed, but the offenses they have faced are Illinois ranking 92nd, West Virginia ranking 61st, and Howard. Kent State defensively have some ball hawking corners, and are +7 in TO margin so far this season. I could see Kent State sticking around, and Maryland looking ahead to a massive game against Iowa thinking they’ll be 4-0.
