{"id":17888,"date":"2011-09-21T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T19:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17888"},"modified":"2011-09-21T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T19:32:00","slug":"florida-state-seminoles-at-clemson-tigers-acc-college-football-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/florida-state-seminoles-at-clemson-tigers-acc-college-football-betting-preview-17888\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State Seminoles at Clemson Tigers ACC College Football Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 11 Florida State Seminoles at No. 21 Clemson Tigers
\nSaturday, 9\/24\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida State -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Clemson -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Week<\/a>
The Florida State Seminoles and Clemson Tigers are set to open up their ACC schedules Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Florida State dropped its prime-time matchup with Oklahoma, 23-13, failing to cover as 3.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Seminoles must now try and bounce back without the services of starting quarterback EJ Manuel, who injured his non-throwing shoulder in the loss.\u00a0 Injuries have ravaged this team up and down the roster and second-year head coach Jimbo Fisher knows it comes with the territory.\u00a0 \u201cIt affects you,\u201d Fisher stated this week during practice.\u00a0 \u201cInjuries are part of football.\u201d\u00a0 The program had just four scholarship receivers on the practice field in Tallahassee in the first practice this week.\u00a0 Florida State is 6-5 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Seminoles lead the all-time series, 17-7, but have lost their last four games at Clemson.\u00a0 Florida State\u2019s last win at Death Valley came in 2001.\u00a0 The team will now get its second opportunity to post its first win over a ranked opponent, but both of its wins in such games came on the road last year.\u00a0 Defensively, the unit has been incredible, ranking fifth nationally in total defense.\u00a0 The pass defense has allowed fewer than 200 yards passing in each of the first three games.<\/p>\n

Clemson came away with a 38-24 come-from-behind win last week against the Auburn Tigers, led by the passing exploits of quarterback Tajh Boyd as four-point home favorites.\u00a0 He completed 30 of 42 passes for 386 yards and four touchdowns, giving him 10 scores through the air in three games.\u00a0 The offense has been great the entire 2011 campaign thus far, ranking ninth with 522.7 yards of total offense a game.\u00a0 In each of the last two contests, the Tigers have had at least 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing.\u00a0 Clemson is 0-5 ATS when the line is between plus-three and minus-three.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have unquestionably been a second half team this year, outscoring opponents by a 61-12 margin.\u00a0 Clemson held Auburn to just three points and 150 yards in the final 30 minutes last week.\u00a0 Don\u2019t expect the high-scoring to continue against one of the top defensive clubs in the nation, while the program has scored 35 or more points in its first three games for only the second time in school history.\u00a0 Running back Andre Ellington has gained 300 rushing yards in three games thus far, ranking 36th in the nation in the category.\u00a0 Clemson will be looking to start a season 4-0 for the sixth time since the 1971 campaign.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Tigers due to the home team being 11-2 ATS in the last 13 meetings, while the Seminoles are 0-7 ATS in Clemson.<\/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. 11 Florida State Seminoles at No. 21 Clemson Tigers Saturday, 9\/24\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida State -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Clemson -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 49.5 Current Total:\u00a0 50.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Florida State dropped its prime-time matchup with Oklahoma, 23-13, failing to cover as 3.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3590,634,3992,5388,1112,3324,5458],"class_list":["post-17888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-andre-ellington","tag-clemson-tigers","tag-death-valley","tag-ej-manuel","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-jimbo-fisher","tag-tajh-boyd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17888","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=17888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17891,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17888\/revisions\/17891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}