{"id":10320,"date":"2010-11-05T20:45:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T01:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10320"},"modified":"2010-11-05T20:57:53","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T01:57:53","slug":"washington-huskies-vs-oregon-ducks-college-football-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/washington-huskies-vs-oregon-ducks-college-football-picks-10320\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Huskies vs Oregon Ducks College Football Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Huskies at Oregon Ducks
\nSaturday, 11\/6\/2010, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oregon -27
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oregon -36
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 65.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 68<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oregon Ducks lead the nation in virtually every offensive category and host the Huskies as a five-touchdown favorite on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington will be facing its sixth ranked opponent in the last seven games when heading to Eugene, Oregon to battle the Ducks on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 The Huskies virtually hit rock bottom last week in a 41-0 home loss to the Stanford Cardinal, entering the fourth quarter with just 54 yards of offense.\u00a0 \u201cWe obviously hit rock bottom,\u201d said head coach Steve Sarkisian.\u00a0 To make matters worse in facing the top-ranked team in the country, Washington will be without starting quarterback Jake Locker, who has a broken rib and will be replaced by freshman Keith Price.\u00a0 The program has played 11 games against No. 1 teams, as ranked by the Associated Press, posting a 1-9-1 record in those contests.\u00a0 The Huskies do lead the all-time series against the Ducks, 58-39-5, but have lost 11 of the last 15 meetings.\u00a0 The squad is 10-22 ATS over the last three years and the college football lines page has them listed as a five touchdown underdog.<\/p>\n

The Huskies defense will be tested to their breaking point in this contest due to allowing 34.1 points per game, which ranks 106th in college football.\u00a0 Washington will be facing an offense that leads the nation with 54.9 points and 572.9 yards per game.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard, a great challenge,\u201d said Sarkisian.\u00a0 \u201cI think that type of approach is one that you really need going into Autzen Stadium.\u00a0 The last time Washington played the No. 1 team on the road it also had a first-time quarterback.\u00a0 That came in 2004 when Isaiah Stanback got the start at USC, dropping a 38-0 contest.<\/p>\n

Oregon has won a school-record six straight against the Huskies and all of the wins have come by 20 or more points.\u00a0 In fact, the Ducks have scored 43 or more points in four of the past five games versus today\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 \u201cWe have a tendency to wear people down,\u201d said head coach Chip Kelly.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not into statements.\u00a0 I\u2019m just into winning games.\u201d\u00a0 His team did just that in moving its record to a perfect 8-0 with a dominating 53-32 road win over Southern California.\u00a0 Oregon has won all five Pac-10 games this season and is 20-3 versus conference opponents since the start of the 2008 season.\u00a0 The team is 4-0 ATS as a home favorite.<\/p>\n

The Ducks mind-blowing offense is led by quarterback Darron Thomas and running back LaMichael James.\u00a0 Thomas has 21 touchdown passes this year and James is the NCAA\u2019s leading rusher by averaging 172.9 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 \u201cThe biggest thing is that you can never simulate their speed and things they do offensively,\u201d said Arizona State head coach Dennis Erickson.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re real physical, but they run so fast.\u201d\u00a0 Through eight games they have scored 439 points and are just 106 points of the school record set in 2008.<\/p>\n

Bettors will note that the line has gone crazy in this game and the Huskies are 0-6 ATS in the last six meetings.\u00a0 Oregon is 28-29 ATS in November in its last 57 opportunities.<\/p>\n

Another saturday of gridiron action is upon us and the team of college football handicappers at Maddux Sports has plenty of winners to offer, including a 20-Unit Game of the Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Huskies at Oregon Ducks Saturday, 11\/6\/2010, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oregon -27 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oregon -36 Opening Total:\u00a0 65.5 Current Total:\u00a0 68 Washington will be facing its sixth ranked opponent in the last seven games when heading to Eugene, Oregon to battle the Ducks on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 The Huskies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3242,1122,2041,3714,3713,457,740,563],"class_list":["post-10320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-autzen-stadium","tag-chip-kelly","tag-jake-locker","tag-keith-price","tag-lamichael-james","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-pac-10","tag-washington-huskies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10323,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10320\/revisions\/10323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}