The Marshall Thundering Herd will hit the road in week nine to battle the Middle Tennessee St Blue Raiders in an NCAA college football game set for Thursday night. <br /> <br />Kick off time from Middle Tennessee St is set for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Fox Sports 1. <br /> <br />The college football betting odds from this week nine game have the road side Marshall Thundering Herd favored by –10 1/2 points with the total coming in at 61 points. <br /> <br />Marshall has won two straight to improve to 4-2 on the season after a 24-23 road victory two weeks ago against the Florida Atlantic Owls as a -10 point betting favorite. The game total landed at under 56 points. Marshall gets a game winning field goal with six seconds left for the win and are coming off the bye. <br /> <br />The Thundering Herd put up 355 yards of offense with 139 running for 4 yards a carry. Rakeem Cato hit on 18 of 34 passes for 216 yards with a touchdown and pick. The team had a punt return for a touchdown on special teams. They converted 9 of 18 on third down. Defensively the club surrendered 395 yards to Florida Atlantic with 208 running for 4 ½ yards per carry. Each team turned it over once. <br /> <br />Middle Tennessee St will be coming off their bye week. They drop to 3-4 this season after a 34-7 road defeat two weeks ago to the North Texas Mean Green as a +6 ½ point betting odds underdog. The game total finished at under 54 points. The Blue Raiders fell behind 24-7 at the half and get shut out in the second. <br /> <br />Their offense generated just 205 yards with 139 running for 5 yards per carry. Austin Grammer hits on 6 of 22 throws for 36 yards and an interception that was returned for a Mean Green touchdown. Grammer ran 15 times for 106 yards and a touchdown. Each team turned it over three times. Middle Tennessee St converts 5 of 15 on third down. On defense the team allowed North Texas to put up 416 yards with 303 to their ground game for 5 yards per attempt.
