Buffalo Bulls vs. Ohio Bobcats Preview and Free Pick

The Bulls have nothing to lose and absolutely everything to gain this week. They already know that their season is over with, and they are taking this opportunity to try everything they can to get some points on the board. Buffalo ranks No. 99 in the nation in total offense at just 319.9 yards per game, and it is only translating into 14.9 points per game, good enough for just No. 115 in the land. Over the L/3 weeks, things have really gotten just awful for UB, as it has only scored a total of 23 points. Quarterback play is the tremendous problem. QB Jerry Davis, just a sophomore, finally had the plug pulled after he completed just 45.4 percent of his passes for 1,224 yards with 12 TDs and 12 INTs. In his place comes QB Alex Zordich, who unfortunately, hasn’t done a heck of a lot better. Zordich threw three picks two weeks ago against the Temple Owls, and he really has done nothing productive since that point. He did throw for 210 yards and generated one TD drive against the Miami Redhawks last week, but this freshman has yet to complete even 50 percent of his passes in a game in his brief collegiate career.

Needless to say, this should be a walk in the park for the Bobcats, especially at home, and certainly in a nationally televised game. Since getting nipped at the wire by the Marshall Thundering Herd, Ohio has been a great team, going 5-0 SU and 4-1 ATS. The offense has woken up, and though it still only ranks No. 82 in the land in yardage at 341.8 yards per game, its scoring average is up to 29.4 points per game on the season. The unit has scored at least 30 points in five straight and at least 34 in each of its last four. QB Boo Jackson has stats that look a lot like those of the UB signal callers. The only upside is that Jackson is completing 62.3 percent of his passes, a very respectable number by MAC standards. The bad news is that he is coming off of a game in which he was picked off four times by a subpar Sun Belt defense, which raised his total to 12 for the season. There really isn’t much of a rushing game to speak of, and with QB Philip Bates out of the lineup and unable to run the Wildcat, it will be up to RB Vince Davidson to take charge. His problem? He is only averaging 3.6 yards per carry this year.

The Bobcats really should have put away the Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns last week, but failed miserably. Though this is the last home game of the season, we aren’t so certainly that it’s going to be the very predictable blowout. Ohio will probably put together a very similar performance to what we saw last week. It’ll be a win, but it won’t be a dominating one. Run with the Bulls for your NCAA football free pick.