Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee State vs Western Michigan TV info, live stream, odds, prediction and more
Previewing The Bahamas Bowl with the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and Western Michigan Broncos playing on Christmas Eve from Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau.
Middle Tennessee and Western Michigan meet in the Bahamas Bowl for a matinée on Christmas Eve. Middle Tennessee went 7-5 and 6-2 in Conference USA to finish in a tie for second place.
The Blue Raiders enter the bowl on a four-game winning streak behind the throwing of quarterback Brent Stockstill who has thrown for 3,678 yards and 27 touchdowns while leading the nation’s No. 17 passing offense.
They don’t run it very often and have the nation’s No. 96 rushing offense, but Western Michigan loves to pound the rock and control the clock with their ball control offense.
P.J. Fleck’s Broncos are averaging just below 200 yards per game on the ground, ranking No. 34 in the nation with 197.2 rushing yards per game. The duo of Jamauri Bogan and Jarvion Franklin has kept teams off balance all year.
But it’s been the passing game that makes this matchup so dangerous for Middle Tennessee. Western Michigan is led by quarterback Zach Terrell and 1,000-yard receivers Daniel Braverman and Corey Davis beat teams through the air. Both receivers have at least 80 receptions and 11 touchdowns on the year and will be the toughest tandem Middle Tennessee has seen all year.
Here is the game day information you need for the Bahamas Bowl.
- Date: Thursday, December 24, 2015
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Location: Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: WatchESPN
- Spread: WMU – 4.5
Prediction
Middle Tennessee has allowed 21 passing touchdowns and have the nation’s No. 93 passing defense and they’re going against an experienced quarterback who is completing 67 percent of his passes and has 27 touchdowns to only eight interceptions. Terrell has Braverman and Davis who can’t be stopped with based on what Middle Tennessee has shown all year.
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It’s been a nice year for the Blue Raiders who made some noise in Conference USA this year, but their nice season ends with a loss as Western Michigan picks up his first bowl win in his second try with the Broncos.