Maryland-Oregon State: Emerald Bowl Betting Preview

Maryland and Oregon State go at it in the Emerald Bowl.

Maryland snuck into the postseason with a 6-6 straight up and 4-7 against the spread record. Oregon State is 8-4 straight up and 7-4 to the number.

However, few teams enter the postseason hotter than the Beavers. They finished the regular season on a 6-1 spread and outright run, their only loss being to USC on the road.

However, the Terrapins will likely benefit from the time off, as injuries and a string of heart-breaking losses derailed hopes of a better season. Under head man Ralph Friedgen, Maryland has excelled in bowls, outscoring their last three postseason foes 96-17.

Keep in mind that his team is traveling across country to play a team from the West Coast.

The bowl previews told us Oregon State has slight total yards advantages on both sides of the ball, but not so much in all the yards per rush/pass/play categories.

OSU has a 20.3 yards per game upper hand on offense. However the Terps get a slight .2 yards per play edge. Maryland gets 1.8 more passing yards per attempt and 1.3 more passing yards per reception. The Terrapins also complete 8.8 more percent of the passes.

Oregon State allows 42.9 fewer yards per game and .8 fewer yards per play. Maryland allows 18.8 fewer passing yards.

The Beavers allow 1.8 fewer rushing yards per attempt, but Maryland allows .2 fewer passing yards per attempt and 1.9 less passing yards per reception.

Oregon State allows 7.4 less percent of their opponent’s passes to be completed. Maryland has a turnover ratio advantage of six.

Some betting records (all are against the spread): Maryland is 1-6 off straight up win, while OSU is 37-17 off a spread win. Totals players, note that the Terrapins have gone under seven straight following a win of 20 or more points.

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