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Posted: Dec. 26, 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | 1 p.m. | Ford Field Breakdown and prediction for Ohio vs. Marshall By GEORGE SIPPLE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER Offense Edge: Ohio How much thunder is left in the Herd? Tight end Cody Slate (50 catches, 4 TDs) is out with a knee injury and running back Darius Marshall (1,054 yards, 11 TDs) is coming back from an ankle injury that caused him to miss the last two games. Ohio should put on a better showing than it did earlier this month when it lost the MAC title game to Central Michigan at Ford Field. QB Theo Scott and WR LaVon Brazill have recovered from injuries that limited them in the game against CMU. The Bobcats, led by receiver Taylor Price, will try to take advantage of a defense that has one interception in its last six games. Defense Edge: Ohio The Bobcats lead the nation with 36 takeaways (20 interceptions and 16 fumble recoveries). Marshall QB Brian Anderson has thrown 13 interceptions as the Thundering Herd has turned the ball o
The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (known as the Motor City Bowl until 2009) is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually since 1997. The first five games (1997–2001) were played at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Starting in 2002, the game was moved to 65,000-seat Ford Field in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Ford Field is home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions, and played host to Super Bowl XL. The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl features a bowl-eligible team from the Mid-American Conference (usually the winner of the MAC Championship Game, although that team is not required to accept the bid; prior to the formation of the bowl the MAC champion earned an automatic bid to the Las Vegas Bowl) playing a bowl-eligible team from the Big Ten Conference. If the Big Ten does not have an eligible team, the game will feature a team from the Big East that meets the NCAA requirement of at least six wins. In the event that the Big East does not have an av
