{"id":17827,"date":"2011-09-17T08:17:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T13:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17827"},"modified":"2011-09-17T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T13:17:51","slug":"pac-12-conference-stanford-cardinal-at-arizona-wildcats-college-football-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pac-12-conference-stanford-cardinal-at-arizona-wildcats-college-football-predictions-17827\/","title":{"rendered":"Pac-12 Conference: Stanford Cardinal at Arizona Wildcats College Football Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 6 Stanford Cardinal at Arizona Wildcats
\nSaturday, 9\/17\/11, 10:45 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Stanford -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Stanford -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 53
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 56
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Arizona Wildcats are looking to spring the upset as 9-point home underdogs in welcoming in the Stanford Cardinal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stanford has outscored its first two opponents by a 101-17 margin and will now play its first ever Pac-12 Conference game.\u00a0 The Cardinal trail the all-time series with Arizona, 12-14-0, but have won three of the last four games in the series.\u00a0 The team dropped the last meeting in Tucson, 43-38, which has been a topic of discussion around the locker room all week.\u00a0 \u201cWe owe those guys in terms of playing there back in the Zoo,\u201d commented Cardinal wide receiver Chris Owusu.\u00a0 \u201cIt hurt losing there two years ago.\u00a0 We\u2019re playing for a lot this game.\u201d\u00a0 Stanford is 15-6 ATS as a favorite and the \u2018under\u2019 is 11-10 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Cardinal have won 10 straight games dating back to last season, which is the program\u2019s longest winning streak since 1939-41.\u00a0 Stanford is also fourth nationally in scoring offense, averaging 50.5 points per game.\u00a0 Getting out to a lead has been a huge part of the team\u2019s success, outscoring its last 15 opponents by a 345-100 margin in the first half.\u00a0 Quarterback Andrew Luck completed 20 of 28 passes for 290 yards and four touchdown passes last week in the 44-14 road win over Duke.\u00a0 He has directly led the team to score on 90.2 percent of its red zone opportunities the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

Arizona is set to play its first conference game after suffering a 37-14 loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys as 14-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Wildcats were out-gained by 155 yards in the contest.\u00a0 Through the first two games, the team is averaging just 58 yards per game on the ground, which is 115th in the nation.\u00a0 An improvement must be seen in this contest, as star wide receiver Juron Criner is questionable to return after missing last week with an appendectomy.\u00a0 Arizona is 8-9 ATS in its last 17 conference games and the \u2018over\u2019 is 10-8 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats possess one of the best passing games in the country, as senior quarterback Nick Foles is averaging 404 yards per game.\u00a0 Head coach Mike Stoops is always capable of knocking off a ranked team, as he\u2019s accomplished that feat in each of his seven seasons on campus.\u00a0 Overall, the Wildcats are 9-22 against ranked teams during his time, including 3-10 versus top 10 squads.\u00a0 The 2011 Wildcats are looking to earn a fourth straight bowl bid, which has never been done in the history of the school.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 5-1 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Cardinal are 41-44 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

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No. 6 Stanford Cardinal at Arizona Wildcats Saturday, 9\/17\/11, 10:45 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Stanford -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Stanford -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 53 Current Total:\u00a0 56 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Stanford has outscored its first two opponents by a 101-17 margin and will now play its first ever Pac-12 Conference game.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2046,578,3584,5263,2528],"class_list":["post-17827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-andrew-luck","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-nick-foles","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-stanford-cardinal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17827","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=17827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17828,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17827\/revisions\/17828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}