Ohio at Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois played its best game of the season so far by clobbering Akron 55-14 and Rocky Lombardi threw for 191 yards and two TDs and no picks and Antario Brown ran roughshod over the Zips finishing with 280 yards and four TDs on only 13 carries. The Huskies piled up 571 total yards of offense, including 380 on the ground and the Zips were held to 252 total yards. The Huskies have covered their past two games, including a 35-33 loss to Toledo as a 13.5-point underdog. Ohio comes off a 42-17 victory over Kent State and the Bobcats did not stay UNDER for the first time in six games. The Huskies are in revenge mode after losing the 2022 meeting 24-17 and it went UNDER by 24.5 points. The UNDER is 5-0-1 in the Bobcats' past six games as road favorites of 3.5-10.0 points. The teams combined allow only 35 points per game. Play Northern Illinois, and bet the UNDER as my Max Play Game of the Month.