#307/308 ASA 8* PLAY ON UNDER 48.5 Points – Ohio U @ San Diego State - Saturday at 7 PM ET - Two slow tempo teams here will lead to a lower scoring game. Ohio was ranked 103rd in seconds per play last season and SDSU was 119th. The Aztecs passing game was atrocious last season ranking outside the top 100 in passing YPG, completions per game, and attempts per game. New OC Lindley wants to pass more this season, however we’re not sure he has the horses to do that. They lost their top 2 WR’s and the SDSU QB Mayden, who was actually a safety last year before they transitioned him to QB mid-season, was OK at best (59% completions with 12 TD’s and 10 picks in his 8 starts). He faces an Ohio defense that was not good the first half of last season (allowed 40 PPG thru first 6 games) but played great the 2nd half of the season (allowed 19 PPG their final 8 games) after getting acclimated to new DC Nowinsky’s schemes. Now in their 2nd year under this system, we expect the Bobcat defense to play very well. On the other side, Ohio’s offense will struggle with this very good SDSU defense that finished in the top 15 nationally in both total defense and YPP allowed. Bobcat QB Rourke was solid last year but is coming off an ACL tear last November and will have to ease his way back into things. The 2 top tier defenses he faced last season (Penn St & Iowa St) held Ohio to 10 points each. Last year the Aztecs played host to Toledo, who beat Ohio in the MAC Championship game, and held the Rockets potent offense (averaged 31 PPG last year) to just 14 points (17-14 final score). San Diego State has played 48 games since the start of the 2019 season and only 8 of those games have topped 50 total points. Let’s go Under here.