Ball State vs. Western Michigan

Cardinals -10 1/2 vs. Broncos

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For another week, Ball State will put their undefeated status on the line as they play in a mid-week game against a powerful fellow Mid-American Conference foe. Last week it was traveling to a snowy and bitterly cold Mount Pleasant to play the fellow first place Central Michigan Chippewas. The Ball State Cardinals survived that game in a see-saw battle and came out on top 31-24. Ball State is now poised to claim their first 12-0 season and will battle in the MAC Championship game for a BSC berth. It will not be an easy task for the Cardinals as the second place Broncos travel to Muncie and will stand in the way of Ball States destiny on Tuesday night.

Nate Davis had a tremendous game for the Cardinals (11-0, 7-0) against the Chippewas. Despite only completing 12 passes on 22 throws for just over a 54 percent completion percentage, four of those completed passes went for touchdowns. The junior passed for 175 yards and rushed for another 42. MiQuale Lewis took some of the onus off of his quarterback as he rushed for 100 yards for the third straight time. The junior back has rushed for 100 yards in all but two of Ball States contests this year and ran for a season high 177 yards against Central Michigan.

Davis and Lewis lead a Ball State offense in the top 25 in many offensive categories, including total yards (462.5-13th), passing yards (264.8-23rd), rushing yards (197.6-24th) and total points (37-17th). But the Cardinals know they may be in a shootout with Western Michigans prolific passing attack which ranks 8th in the nation in passing yards with 318.5 and 22nd in total yards with 438.5.

The Broncos (9-2, 6-1) had last week off after a 27-17 victory over Toledo on November 15. They come in winners of three in a row and have won nine out of ten games after an opening loss at Nebraska. Tim Hiller has had an outstanding junior year in Kalamazoo. Hiller has thrown for 3382 yards with an incredible 33 touchdowns against an equally incredible six interceptions. The lack of interceptions is exceptional considering the Broncos have had to rely on the passing attack due to a lackluster and inconsistent rushing game.

The series has been very even in the last decade with both side winning five games. The teams have traded wins on each others home fields since 2005. Ball State was the last home team to win in 2004.

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