{"id":17832,"date":"2011-09-17T09:45:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T14:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17832"},"modified":"2011-09-17T09:38:55","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T14:38:55","slug":"college-football-against-the-spread-picks-ucf-knights-at-fiu-golden-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-against-the-spread-picks-ucf-knights-at-fiu-golden-panthers-17832\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Against the Spread Picks: UCF Knights at FIU Golden Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCF Knights at FIU Golden Panthers
\nSaturday, 9\/17\/11, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCF -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 UCF -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 53
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The UCF Knights have won six-straight games, including a masterful 30-3 win over Boston College last week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UCF has not allowed a touchdown in a school-record 12-straight quarters and has outscored its first two opponents by a sizeable 92-3 margin.\u00a0 The Knights have out-gained Charleston Southern and Boston College by an incredible 722 combined yards.\u00a0 The team currently leads Conference USA in rushing offense and scoring, averaging 275.5 yards and 46 points per game respectively.\u00a0 This is virtually a homecoming of sorts for the roster, as 27 players call the Miami area home.\u00a0 UCF is a dominating 21-6 ATS over the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018under\u2019 is 14-11 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Knights six-game winning streak has seen them outscore opponents by a 217-47 margin and they will look to even up their record against teams from Florida.\u00a0 UCF is 14-15 lifetime against programs from the Sunshine State and 16-11 when facing the Sun Belt Conference.\u00a0 Controlling the clock has been a major strength for this team, averaging 34:52 this year.\u00a0 Quarterback Jeff Godfrey has become a star, as the sophomore went 20-for-25 for 187 yards against Boston College.\u00a0 He is also dangerous on the ground in tallying 15 rushing touchdowns in 16 career games.<\/p>\n

Florida International is off to its best start in program history, tallying a 24-17 road win over the Louisville Cardinals in front of a national audience last time out.\u00a0 The Golden Panthers know this is a huge game that will be played in front of a packed house Saturday night.\u00a0 \u201cOur guys are extremely fired up,\u201d commented FIU head coach Mario Cristobal.\u00a0 The team has made great strides under his direction, picking up its first win over a Big East school in six tries last week.\u00a0 FIU is 12-14 ATS over the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Golden Panthers are guided by quarterback Wes Carroll, who broke nearly every school record last year, including passing yards, touchdowns and total offense.\u00a0 FIU also has a major playmaker in wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, who has scored on four plays of over 60 yards already this season.\u00a0 He is the school\u2019s all-time leader in all-purpose yards and racked up a record 201 receiving yards versus the Cardinals in front of a national audience last week.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Golden Panthers due to their 4-1 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Knights are just 3-5 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 7 points.<\/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":"

UCF Knights at FIU Golden Panthers Saturday, 9\/17\/11, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 UCF -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 UCF -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 53 Current Total:\u00a0 51 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker UCF has not allowed a touchdown in a school-record 12-straight quarters and has outscored its first two opponents by a sizeable 92-3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5455,3262,4261,4262,3261],"class_list":["post-17832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-fiu-golden-panthers","tag-jeff-godfrey","tag-mario-cristobal","tag-t-y-hilton","tag-ucf-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17832","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=17832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17833,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17832\/revisions\/17833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}