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The Redhawks visit the Hurricanes in the battle of the Miami's. Everything went wrong for the Hurricanes in their first season under HC Mario Cristobal. They went 1-10 ATS vs FBS teams including 0-6 ATS at home vs FBS teams. The Redhawks are 37-23-1 ATS (61.7%) as underdog under HC Chuck Martin. This is too many points to lay with the Hurricanes. Take the points with Miami-Ohio.
Miami (OH) has been an under-cashing machine recently under Chuck Martin, who himself has been excellent against the number as an underdog. The under has hit in 11 of the last 14 RedHawks games, including 5 of the last 6 road games. Miami slows the game down, runs the ball effectively and tries to give themselves a chance late in a close game. Combine that trend with a Hurricanes team that will be defense-first and great at the line of scrimmage -- but maybe not up to speed offensively yet -- and I see an under in this Miami-Miami battle.
I love the confidence shown by Miami OH's QB Brett Gabbert in saying that his team will show the Hurricanes who the real Miami is on Friday night. Way to fire up your opponent, Brett! With nine offensive starters back and a new offensive 'Air Raid' system, I'd be surprised if Miami FLA scores less than five times. In addition, the first Redhawks game against an FBS team has cleared 50+ total points in every season since 2012.