{"id":10403,"date":"2010-11-09T15:57:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T20:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10403"},"modified":"2010-11-09T15:58:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T20:58:42","slug":"ncaa-football-picks-toledo-rockets-at-northern-illinois-huskies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-football-picks-toledo-rockets-at-northern-illinois-huskies-10403\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Picks: Toledo Rockets at Northern Illinois Huskies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toledo Rockets at Northern Illinois Huskies
\nTuesday, 11\/9\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Northern Illinois -12
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Northern Illinois -11
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Northern Illinois -425 \/ Toledo +355<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toledo has won three straight games coming into their big MAC West showdown with Northern Illinois, with its most recent victory a convincing 42-7 win at Eastern Michigan on October 30.\u00a0 The Rockets suffered a severe loss in that game, losing starting quarterback Austin Dantin, who damaged his non-throwing shoulder on a designed running play.\u00a0 He is expected to miss the remaining three games and head coach Tim Beckman remains confident that he\u2019ll be available for a possible bowl appearance.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a fast healer, so we\u2019ll just have to see,\u201d said Beckman.\u00a0 Redshirt freshman Terrance Owens stepped in and threw for 234 yards and four touchdowns in the contest.\u00a0 Toledo is 5-4 ATS this season and 4-1 ATS on the road.\u00a0 The college football lines page has them listed as a double-digit underdog.<\/p>\n

The Rockets will be playing with the Huskies for the 38th time tonight and hold a 29-8 series advantage.\u00a0 Toledo has won 14 of the last 16 meetings and holds an 11-6 edge in DeKalb.\u00a0 \u00a0 The winner of tonight\u2019s matchup will control its own destiny in the MAC West Division race, with the Rockets being 5-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2004 campaign.\u00a0 One of the main reasons for the team\u2019s recent success is turnover margin, ranking third in the nation in turnovers forced (26) and tied for ninth in turnover margin (+1.0).\u00a0 This game will be played on nationally-televised setting and the program has posted a 22-25 overall record in these games.\u00a0 Toledo is also 9-10 on ESPN2 and 2-0 on television at Northern Illinois.<\/p>\n

Northern Illinois puts its six-game winning streak on the line Tuesday night with both teams entering the game with an undefeated mark in league play.\u00a0 The Huskies have had extra time to prepare for the game, but would have preferred not to take time off at all after winning six games in a row.\u00a0 \u201cWe know it\u2019s going to be a huge game,\u201d tailback Chad Spann commented.\u00a0 \u201cThey have aspirations for the MAC title game just like we do.\u201d\u00a0 The school is promoting this game as a \u201cBlack Out\u201d and encouraging all fans to wear black.\u00a0 Northern Illinois will be looking to win seven straight games for the first time since the 2003 team opened with seven consecutive wins, as its current 7-2 start matches the team\u2019s record through nine games in 2004.\u00a0 The team is 6-2 ATS this season and 2-5 ATS in November the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Huskies hold a 139-97-2 all-time record at Huskie Stadium, which opened in 1965.\u00a0 Under head coach Jerry Kill, Northern Illinois is 13-3 on this field, including a 5-1 record last year and 4-0 mark in 2010.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s no question it\u2019s a big game, but so are the last two,\u201d said Kill.\u00a0 The team is led by a rushing attack that ranks 11th nationally, averaging 243.3 yards per game, which has helped them rank 38th in total offense at 416.8 yards a contest.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let those numbers overshadow what the defense has done this year, giving up just 18.6 points per game, ranking 21st in the nation.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Rockets are 1-5 ATS following a bye week, while the Huskies are 1-8 ATS versus a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports are ready for another big week of gridiron action and there\u2019s no better time to join them in the winners circle!\u00a0 We are passing on tonights game as the line looks about right in our opinion but we expect another wallet stuffing week on the gridiron so dont miss any of this weeks picks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toledo Rockets at Northern Illinois Huskies Tuesday, 11\/9\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Northern Illinois -12 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Northern Illinois -11 Opening Total:\u00a0 48.5 Current Total:\u00a0 49.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Northern Illinois -425 \/ Toledo +355 Toledo has won three straight games coming into their big MAC West showdown with Northern Illinois, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3740,3742,3743,3689,2667,3741,2756],"class_list":["post-10403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-austin-dantin","tag-chad-spann","tag-jerry-kill","tag-mac","tag-northern-illinois-huskies","tag-terrance-owens","tag-toledo-rockets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403","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=10403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10427,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403\/revisions\/10427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}