The Miami (OH) RedHawks look to repeat as conference champions when they face the Ohio Bobcats in the 2024 MAC Championship Game on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. In the 101st edition of the “Battle of the Bricks,” both clubs go down in history with an impressive winning streak, as the RedHawks (8-4, 7-1) defeated Bowling Green 28-12 last weekend for their seventh Winning in a row, Ohio (9-3, 7-1) outlasted Ball State 42-21 for its fifth straight triumph. Miami (OH), which beat Toledo 23-14 in last year’s conference title game, is 56-42-2 in the all-time series between Ohio State’s two oldest universities after posting a 30-20 win at home Oct 19

Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET. The RedHawks are 2.5-point favorites in the latest Miami (OH) vs. Ohio odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 44. Before making any Ohio vs. Miami (OH) picks or CFB predictions, keep this in mind: I need to see what the SportsLine projection model has to say.

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The model knows Miami (OH) is looking to become just the fourth program in history and the first since Northern Illinois (2011-12) to win back-to-back MAC titles. The RedHawks will also try to beat the same opponent twice in a season, the first time since they accomplished the feat against Bowling Green in 2003, after quarterback Brett Gabbert threw three touchdown passes and running back Keyon Mozee threw for 111 yards and a score against Ohio ran in October. Mozee has rushed 159 times for 1,045 yards this year after gaining 151 yards on 34 carries in 2023.

The model also took into account that Ohio is 0-5 in MAC Championship Game appearances after suffering a 17-7 loss to Toledo in 2022. Each of the Bobcats’ wins during their current five-game streak have been by at least 17 points, including last Friday’s triumph over Ball State in which quarterback Parker Navarro threw three touchdowns and ran for two more while wideout Coleman Owen caught two touchdown passes . Navarro (110) and running back Anthony Tyus III (109) each ran for over 100 yards, while Owen recorded his sixth 100-yard performance of the year with 142 receiving yards.

The model has simulated Ohio vs. Miami (OH) 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model tends to trend in terms of the total, and it also says that one side of the range hits well over 50% of the time!

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