NCAAF › Week 2 › Holy Cross at Miami (OH)
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Final
Sat, Sep 12, 1:00 PM ET
Yager Stadium · 78° · wind 7 mph
HOME · 2-3
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Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Holy Cross–Miami (OH))11–46–7–45
SpreadMiami (OH) −35.4Miami (OH) −30.5Miami (OH) −38
Total56.746.552
Miami (OH) win chance99%––

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Miami (OH) −30.5 Won★ Over 46.5 Won
Spread: 4.9 pts better than Vegas for Miami (OH) (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 10.2 pts above Vegas (51% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Miami (OH) by 35.4
0%
Holy Cross by 14+
1%
Holy Cross by 1–13
8%
Miami (OH) by 1–13
91%
Miami (OH) by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Holy Cross
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Miami (OH)
Efficiency
−0.377 Offense EPA / play−0.030 #78
+0.311 Defense EPA / play allowed+0.103 #106
−13.4% Offense success rate−3.5% #115
+10.3% Defense success rate allowed+2.2% #88
−0.312 Rushing EPA / play−0.049 #111
−0.380 Passing EPA / play−0.026 #69
+0.300 Rush defense EPA allowed+0.080 #106
+0.202 Pass defense EPA allowed+0.140 #107
−22.6 Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−4.9 #97
+15.5 Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+7.3 #119
Situational
−15.9% Passing-down success (3rd & long)−2.9% #90
+7.3% Passing-down success allowed+3.1% #103
−3.09 Points per drive−0.46 #90
+2.18 Points per drive allowed+0.82 #119
Trenches
−0.78 Line yards per rush−0.12 #111
+0.65 Line yards per rush allowed+0.14 #102
+7.7% Runs stuffed at the line−4.7% #26
−4.6% Opponent runs stuffed−0.2% #72
+7.0% Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−3.2% #27
−3.9% Havoc created−2.0% #106
Big plays
−0.135 Rushing explosiveness−0.138 #130
+0.283 Passing explosiveness+0.301 #9
−0.75 Open-field yards per rush−0.40 #113
+0.079 Pass explosiveness allowed+0.024 #75
Style and schedule
56% Run rate52% #115
n/a Strength of schedule (avg opponent)+11.4 #16

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
Holy CrossSeason to dateMiami (OH)
0-1Record2-3
0-0Conference0-1
0-0Home2-1
0-1Away0-2
0-1Against the spread3-2
1-0Over/under4-1
7.0 / 45.0Points for / against26.8 / 29.2
-38.0Avg margin-2.4
-7.5Avg vs. the spread-4.9
58.0Plays per game (excl. garbage time)50.0

Holy Cross: last games

No games yet.

Miami (OH): last 1 games

L14-59didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.74−0.54−0.34−0.14+0.06Entering week12Holy Cross · 1: −0.52Holy Cross · 2: −0.69Miami (OH) · 1: −0.11Miami (OH) · 2: −0.13
● Holy Cross● Miami (OH)