{"id":11321,"date":"2010-12-07T12:42:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11321"},"modified":"2010-12-07T12:42:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T17:42:14","slug":"ncaa-football-preview-army-black-knights-at-navy-midshipmen-free-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-football-preview-army-black-knights-at-navy-midshipmen-free-picks-11321\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Preview: Army Black Knights at Navy Midshipmen Free Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Army Black Knights vs Navy Midshipmen
\nSaturday, 12\/11\/10, 2:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Navy -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Navy -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 111th edition of the Army-Navy game is set to take place on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Army is already set to play in its first bowl game since the 1996 season and will now try to improve upon its 6-5 record in the 111th edition of the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the next challenge for us culturally,\u201d said coach Rich Ellerson.\u00a0 \u201cWe want to play Army football and find out whether we\u2019re good enough to beat Navy.\u201d\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s contest will be the first time since 1996 that both teams enter the annual showdown with a winning record.\u00a0 The Black Knights are looking to rebound from a disappointing 27-3 loss to Notre Dame at the new Yankee Stadium.\u00a0 Ellerson is concerned that his squad isn\u2019t preparing well in high-profile games this season.\u00a0 \u201cWe still have not performed wel on the big stage,\u201d he commented.\u00a0 The team is 4-0 ATS when playing a team with a winning record and the college football lines page has seen some early movement.<\/p>\n

The Black Knights enter Saturday\u2019s contest ranked ninth in the nation in rushing with 260.27 yards per game.\u00a0 Army has also rushed for 33 touchdowns through 11 games.\u00a0 It\u2019s a multi-player attack with four players rushing for at least 300 yards.\u00a0 An important statistic to analyze in this contest is turnovers, with the squad being tied for 12th in the country in turnover margin, a category the Knights once led.\u00a0 Defensively, the team enters the Navy game 50th in the country against the run, which could be a problem against the Midshipmen\u2019s vaunted ground game.<\/p>\n

Navy already knows its headed to the Poinsettia Bowl on December 23 in San Diego to take on the San Diego State Aztecs in its own stadium.\u00a0 The Midshipmen are looking to win their ninth straight meeting in this series, with the last three coming by a combined score of 89-6.\u00a0 In fact, the senior class has not surrendered a touchdown to Army and no team has ever kept the other out of the end zone in four-straight years.\u00a0 With the turnover battle being crucial in this matchup, Navy has forced at least one turnover in 15 of the last 17 games and has gone 7-0 this year when winning the turnover battle.\u00a0 The squad is 7-11 ATS as a favorite the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Midshipmen enter with the fifth-best rushing attack in the country, averaging 302.6 yards per game.\u00a0 Quarterback Ricky Dobbs is an integral part of the offense and has recorded 48 career rushing touchdowns.\u00a0 He has rushed for 40 touchdowns over the last two seasons, which is an NCAA record for a quarterback over two-consecutive years.\u00a0 With two remaining games, Navy\u2019s senior class has compiled a 34-17 record.\u00a0 If the team can win its final two games of the 2010 campaign, the group will be the first in school history to win 10 games in consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Black Knights are 2-6 ATS in December, while the Midshipmen are 6-2 ATS in the last eight meetings.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports have a huge bowl season planned and there\u2019s no better time than now to join in on the fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Army Black Knights vs Navy Midshipmen Saturday, 12\/11\/10, 2:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Navy -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Navy -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 56.5 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Army is already set to play in its first bowl game since the 1996 season and will now try to improve upon its 6-5 record in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3939,2835,4071,4070],"class_list":["post-11321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-army-black-knights","tag-navy-midshipmen","tag-rick-ellerson","tag-ricky-dobbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321","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=11321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}