Arkansas St Red Wolves versus Kent St Golden Flashes Pick Prediction GoDaddy.Com Bowl NCAA College Football Odds Preview 1-6-2013

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The Kent St Golden Flashes from the MAC conference will battle the Arkansas St Red Wolves from the Sun Belt conference in the GoDaddy.com Bowl on Sunday January 6th. Kick off time from Mobile Alabama is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The point spread from the GoDaddy.com bowl opened with the Arkansas St Red Wolves favored by -4 points with an over under line of 61 points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the underdog side as Arkansas St is now favored by -3 ½ points. The over under has moved up a ½ point to a current line of 61 ½ points.
There have been no recent head to head meetings between these two college football programs. CFB Trend: Kent St Golden Flashes are 9-1-1 ATS in their past 11 games.
Kent St will play in the GoDaddy.com bowl with a record of 11-2 on the season. The team is 6-1 away from home and had a very good against the spread record of 10-2-1. They were riding a ten game win streak as they faced Northern Illinois in the MAC conference champions. The Golden Flashes fall 44-37 in overtime as a +7 point underdog. They only other loss by Kent St this year came in week two in a 47-14 road defeat at a bad Kentucky team. Notable wins came at Rutgers by a 35-23 score and home to Ball St and Ohio. The Golden Flashes are a running team as they accumulate 228 rushing yards per game ranking 16th in college football. They put up 34 points a game and allow 25. They did not defend the pass very well as opposing teams threw for 276 yards against them ranking 109th in the nation. Senior quarterback Spencer Keith threw for 55% completion percentage with 12 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.
The Arkansas St Red Wolves will play in their bowl contest on Sunday night with a record of 9-3. The team went 4-2 on the highway. They had a spread record of 8-4 on the 2012 campaign. The Red Wolves are riding a seven game win streak and are champions of the Sun Belt conference. Their losses this season came at Oregon and Nebraska and a 26-13 home loss to Western Kentucky. Notable wins came at bowl bound Louisiana Lafayette. Arkansas St was a good offense team as they averaged 481 yards a game good for 16th in college football. The team was well balanced running for 262 yards and passing for 219. They put up 36 points per game and allow 25. The Red Wolves are a middle of the pack defense both in run and pass defense. Senior quarterback Ryan Apin completed 67% of his throws with 23 touchdowns and 4 picks.

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