{"id":17801,"date":"2011-09-16T20:45:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T01:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17801"},"modified":"2011-09-16T20:12:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T01:12:57","slug":"arizona-state-sun-devils-at-illinois-fighting-illini-ncaa-football-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/arizona-state-sun-devils-at-illinois-fighting-illini-ncaa-football-betting-preview-17801\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona State Sun Devils at Illinois Fighting Illini NCAA Football Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 22 Arizona State Sun Devils at Illinois Fighting Illini
\nSaturday, 9\/17\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona State -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Illinois -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 59
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 57
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arizona State has moved from a road favorite to underdog in traveling to Illinois Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona State comes in off a thrilling 37-30 overtime win over Missouri as 10-point home favorites in a prime-time matchup last week.\u00a0 The Sun Devils were led by quarterback Brock Osweiler, who threw for 353 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score.\u00a0 He has completed 43 of 58 passes for 615 yards, with five touchdowns and one interception through two games this year.\u00a0 The offense is averaging a staggering 504.5 yards.\u00a0 Attention around the program turns to facing a Big Ten opponent, as the team is 15-13 all-time against such competition.\u00a0 Arizona State is 9-1 ATS versus the conference and the \u2018under\u2019 is 6-4 in those games.<\/p>\n

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The Sun Devils have relied heavily on wide receiver Aaron Pflugrad to be Osweiler\u2019s main target, as he tied a career-high with eight catches and set a new mark with 180 receiving yards versus the Tigers.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Arizona State continues to showcase a pressuring defense, making 14 plays of negative or no gain.\u00a0 The entire unit will be focused on stopping Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, as she rushed for 868 yards last season.<\/p>\n

Illinois dominated South Dakota, 56-3, last weekend to improve to 2-0 for the first time since 2005.\u00a0 The Fighting Illini are seeking their first 3-0 start since 2001 and their first four-game winning streak since 2007.\u00a0 Playing at home is something the program is getting use to, starting the season with five straight inside Memorial Stadium.\u00a0 Fans have seen their beloved team walk away with a 249-209-14 mark at the venue. One of the early strengths for the team is third-down efficiency, converting 21-of-29 opportunities through two weeks.\u00a0 Illinois is 6-7 ATS at home the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Illini lead the Big Ten in scoring 44.5 points per game and also total offense in racking up 496 yards a contest.\u00a0 Scheelhaase has completed 22-of-31 passes for 369 yards and two touchdowns, while also gaining 117 yards and two rushing scores on the ground.\u00a0 His main target is senior A.J. Jenkins, who is leading the conference in receptions per game and also receiving yards.\u00a0 Running the ball has been a strength under head coach Ron Zook, as the team has ranked in the top 20 nationally in four of the last five years.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Sun Devils due to their 19-9 ATS mark in September, while the Fighting Illini are 4-14 ATS in non-conference action.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 22 Arizona State Sun Devils at Illinois Fighting Illini Saturday, 9\/17\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona State -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Illinois -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 59 Current Total:\u00a0 57 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arizona State comes in off a thrilling 37-30 overtime win over Missouri as 10-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[439,737,4031,697,5168],"class_list":["post-17801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","tag-big-ten","tag-brock-osweiler","tag-illinois-fighting-illini","tag-nathan-scheelhaase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17801","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=17801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17802,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17801\/revisions\/17802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}