Interesting Spread

[bUAkronG]

I find it interesting to see that Temple is only favored by 4 points for this weeks contest. They've won seven straight and are (as gozips.com says) red-hot.It should also be noted that Can't was 4 point favorites over us as well.I don't know about you guys, but I expected the spread to be greater for this one.

[tbozeglav]

Does anyone have a list of what the spreads were for all of the Zips games so far this season? Id be interested to see how large they were for the games against the West and how they compare to our games against the East so far.

[GoZips88]

Date Opponent Closing Line Over/Under Total Result Against The SpreadSep 5 @ Penn State Nittany Lions 29.5 58 Lost 7 - 31 Win / Under Sep 12 Morgan State Bears Won 41 - 0 Sep 19 Indiana Hoosiers -3 46 Lost 21 - 38 Loss / Over Sep 26 @ Central Michigan Chippewas 15.5 54 Lost 21 - 48 Loss / Over Oct 10 Ohio Bobcats 3 52 Lost 7 - 19 Loss / Under Oct 17 @ Buffalo Bulls 7.5 46 Lost 17 - 21 Win / Under Oct 24 @ Syracuse Orangemen 11 47 Lost 14 - 28 Loss / Under Oct 31 @ Northern Illinois Huskies 12.5 40 Lost 10 - 27 Loss / Under Nov 7 Can't State Golden flushes 4 43 Won 28 - 20 Win / Over Nov 13 Temple Owls 4

[johnnyzip84]

I agree this is a little less than I expected. We'll see if it moves much during the week. If it doesn't, Vegas and others picked a good one from THEIR perspective.

[Zipmeister]

I agree this is a little less than I expected. We'll see if it moves much during the week. If it doesn't, Vegas and others picked a good one from THEIR perspective.

Smart money would dictate that one give the points and take Temple, but I have a feeling the Zips will win by 14.

[Dr Z]

"I like Temple by more than a touchdown"

[Captain Kangaroo]

Keeping with the sunglasses theme...ESTRADATemple by 1. Zips miss 3 field goals.

[MDZip]

I prefer these kind of sunglasses. The future's so bright I gotta wear shades kind. Oops, I forgot we were talking about the football team. Temple by 10.

[Lee Adams]

I prefer these kind of sunglasses. The future's so bright I gotta wear shades kind. Oops, I forgot we were talking about the football team. Temple by 10.

temple beat navy,who beat charlie's boys saturday...no matter what you think of ol' nd temple has played a good schedule...they can run straight ahead and play D...hope i'm wrong...owls 21-10...oh yes those ARE beautiful...sunglasses

[johnnyzip84]

Maybe I'm just a boob, but I have a feeling the Zips will roll in this one with absolutely nothing to lose.Zips 31Owls 20

[Bleacher Bum]

Maybe I'm just a boob, but I have a feeling the Zips will roll in this one with absolutely nothing to lose.Zips 31Owls 20

With a prediction like that, you are most certainly a boob. A pretty big boob, in fact. Maybe even as big a boob as those pictured with the sunglasses.

[RootforRoo44]

I have alot of confidence right now as well, i see the Zips winning 19-14 (2 TD, missed PAT, 2 FG)

[johnnyzip84]

Maybe I'm just a boob, but I have a feeling the Zips will roll in this one with absolutely nothing to lose.Zips 31Owls 20

With a prediction like that, you are most certainly a boob. A pretty big boob, in fact. Maybe even as big a boob as those pictured with the sunglasses.

And I thought I was being subtle

[GP1]

Maybe I'm just a boob

If you are a boob like those above, I'll take two.You know what they say about boobs....If you've seen one boob, you want to see them all.I hate this prediction, but here it goes.Temple 35Akron 17

[MDZip]

Maybe I'm just a boob, but I have a feeling the Zips will roll in this one with absolutely nothing to lose.Zips 31Owls 20

With a prediction like that, you are most certainly a boob. A pretty big boob, in fact. Maybe even as big a boob as those pictured with the sunglasses.

And I thought I was being subtle

I thought your comment was clever and understated and could have stood on its own merit. ;)If Temple wins tonight they are pretty well assured of winning a MAC division title. If they do, that will mean every team in the East will have played in the MACC in from 2003 except, that's right, Can't State (we can at least enjoy the fact we've extended their championship-less game appearance once again). Miami has appeared twice and its a little trickier for BGSU since they were in it in 2003 but were a west division member then (let's send them back).

[jaycevs]

We are not giving up 35 points. Look at their wins as being so impressive if you want, they did beat Army and Navy(WOW), but also have not blown most of these teams out or really dominated. They have no passing game, we need to stuff that back and make the QB make just a few mistakes, I think we capitalize on them and win this game. This team has not played Can't, OU, Northern Ill, CMU, WMU, or BG, so who have they played, since those are 6 of the top 7 in the MAC power rankings. We played 4 of them, with BG still coming up, and played them all well besides CMU.

[eguins]

We are not giving up 35 points. Look at their wins as being so impressive if you want, they did beat Army and Navy(WOW), but also have not blown most of these teams out or really dominated. They have no passing game, we need to stuff that back and make the QB make just a few mistakes, I think we capitalize on them and win this game. This team has not played Can't, OU, Northern Ill, CMU, WMU, or BG, so who have they played, since those are 6 of the top 7 in the MAC power rankings. We played 4 of them, with BG still coming up, and played them all well besides CMU.

Temple's two losses:Penn Stateand Villanova (#2 FCS)

[Blue & Gold]

Temple's loss to Villanove was shameful. They had an embarrassing collapse to end the game. If Pierce were playing back then, Temple would only have one loss - to Penn State. However, due to their weak strength of schedule, I think they're overrated and are in for a rude awakening at the Info tonight!Go Zips!

[Lee Adams]

Temple's loss to Villanove was shameful. They had an embarrassing collapse to end the game. If Pierce were playing back then, Temple would only have one loss - to Penn State. However, due to their weak strength of schedule, I think they're overrated and are in for a rude awakening at the Info tonight!Go Zips!

they beat navy...who as we all know by now beat ol' ND...these guys will slam it at an akron D that is shaky against the run when healthy...unless the akron secondary can go man to man and give up no big plays i don't see akron moving the ball enough to win...

[ZachTheZip]

Temple is 1-dimensional. They're living on borrowed time. With an offense like that, they're going to lose a few games.

[Lee Adams]

Temple is 1-dimensional. They're living on borrowed time. With an offense like that, they're going to lose a few games.

in the mac you can do that...especially if you can run and play D

[dreal1scout]

Temple is 1-dimensional. They're living on borrowed time. With an offense like that, they're going to lose a few games.

Agreed. And one of those losses will be tonight.

[MDZip]

We are not giving up 35 points.

Even if you only meant in a half, we still lose. The only thing we're "violently defending" at home is the urge to vomit!

[ziptrumpet87]

We are not giving up 35 points.

Even if you only meant in a half, we still lose. The only thing we're "violently defending" at home is the urge to vomit!

and the wagon wheel

[Blue & Gold]

Man, anyone else remember how one of Alex Allen's goals for the season was to go undefeated @ home? Poor Double-A. For that matter, poor anyone even remotely interested in Zips football.