{"id":119150,"date":"2024-10-10T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=119150"},"modified":"2024-10-10T13:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T20:35:56","slug":"fbs-cfb-betting-g5-underdog-of-week-kent-state-ball-state-rmrm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fbs-cfb-betting-g5-underdog-of-week-kent-state-ball-state-rmrm\/","title":{"rendered":"CFB Betting: The Group Of Five Underdog Of The Week Is Kent State +7 vs. Ball State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the second consecutive week, our Group of Five<\/a> Underdog of the Week gave up a two-possession lead and made critical mistakes down the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Dominion was leading Coastal Carolina by 10 points before a pair of turnovers helped the Chanticleers take the lead. The Monarchs trailed by five in the fourth quarter, but mental mistakes in ODU\u2019s secondary were key in CCU pulling ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monarchs ultimately fell 45-37 and didn\u2019t cover the spread. College football betting odds<\/a> had them as a six-point underdog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We already saw one G5 Underdog cash this week with FIU almost knocking off Liberty. Hopefully there are more to come.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kent State (Spread +7, Moneyline +205) vs. Ball State<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s always a good thing when you can find a home underdog in a conference matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe it\u2019s not so great when it\u2019s one of the worst teams in the FBS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, I\u2019m the kind of guy that doesn\u2019t want to see a team go winless during the season, and that\u2019s the path that the Golden Flashes are on. Unless they pick up a win here, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this might be the best opportunity for Kent State to get a win this season. Some may think that will be against Akron, but the Zips have been better than Ball State. KSU suffered season-ending injuries to its top two quarterbacks in a loss to Penn State three weeks ago, but Tommy Ulatowski started two weeks ago against Eastern Michigan and passed for 345 yards and three touchdowns as the KSU offense looked the best it has all season. The junior started three games for the Golden Flashes last season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Ulatowski gets a Ball State defense that\u2019s allowing 48 points and 516 yards per game. Unfortunately, KSU is the only team in the MAC<\/a> that allows more. Much of that production allowed came against Penn State and Tennessee, however, which set program records in total offense in those contests. Ulatowski also has two all-conference wideouts in Luke Floriea and Chrishon McCray who should thrive against this pass defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Golden Flashes\u2019 defense looked a little better against EMU, but the turnovers were crucial. They coughed the ball up four times despite not turning it over once against two top 10 teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kent State is coming off a bye week, so it should be refreshed and hopefully a little more polished and prepared. The home team has won six of these last seven meetings and has gone 5-2 against the spread.<\/p>\n\n\n

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