{"id":17896,"date":"2011-09-22T09:35:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17896"},"modified":"2011-09-22T09:35:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T14:35:11","slug":"college-football-thursday-night-nc-state-wolfpack-at-cincinnati-bearcats-picks-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-thursday-night-nc-state-wolfpack-at-cincinnati-bearcats-picks-predictions-17896\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Thursday Night: NC State Wolfpack at Cincinnati Bearcats Picks & Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

NC State Wolfpack at Cincinnati Bearcats
\nThursday, 9\/22\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 60.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cincinnati Bearcats aim for revenge from last year's 30-19 loss in Raleigh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NC State finishes a home-and-home series with Cincinnati tonight, as the program picked up a 30-19 win as two-point home favorites in Raleigh a year ago.\u00a0 The Wolf Pack have been led by the offensive play of redshirt junior quarterback Mike Glennon, who has completed over 70 percent of his passes and thrown for seven touchdowns in his last three halves of play.\u00a0 He\u2019s filled in nicely for transfer Russell Wilson, who is now in Madison and playing for the Wisconsin Badgers.\u00a0 NC State is 4-2 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points and 3-0 ATS when playing Big East opponents.<\/p>\n

The Wolfpack defense has been forcing opponents into mistakes early on, ranking third nationally in interceptions with seven in its first three contests.\u00a0 NC State\u2019s rushing game is just starting to get going, as it has really missed Mustafa Green, who has been wearing a boot on his foot and Wilson\u2019s departure.\u00a0 Curtis Underwood is the team\u2019s leading rusher with 73.3 yard per game average.\u00a0 It\u2019s still a concern moving forward this season due to gaining just 95 rushing yards and averaging 2.6 yards per carry against South Alabama.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati is preparing for a \u201cBlack Out\u201d at Nippert Stadium in a nationally-televised contest, as the team will go 71 days without playing at the venue after tonight.\u00a0 The Bearcats will be seeking revenge from last year\u2019s loss, as quarterback Zach Collaros was 19-of-31 for 310 yards.\u00a0 His main target that night was DJ Woods, who caught six passes for 146 yards and a pair of touchdowns.\u00a0 Running back Isaiah Pead was limited in the contest due to injury.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 9-8 ATS as a favorite over the last two-plus years, but 0-2 when laying 7.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Bearcats lead the nation in takeaways and are tied for first in terms of turnover margin.\u00a0 Cincinnati finished last year with a minus-15 turnover margin, but that has turned around in a big way in 2011.\u00a0 The team is also getting out to fast starts in front of its home fans, outscoring opponents by a 90-0 margin in the first half.\u00a0 Cincinnati is use to playing in this prime-time event, posting a 3-1 record in ESPN Thursday Night contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve had great balance in the first three games,\u201d commented second-year head coach Butch Jones.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve invested a lot of time, effort and energy into our run game.\u201d\u00a0 Pead has been saved for later games in the schedule, gaining 257 yards and four touchdowns this season, averaging 9.5 yards per carry, which paces the Big East.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wolfpack due to their 22-8-1 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Bearcats are 1-9 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/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":"

NC State Wolfpack at Cincinnati Bearcats Thursday, 9\/22\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 56 Current Total:\u00a0 60.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker NC State finishes a home-and-home series with Cincinnati tonight, as the program picked up a 30-19 win as two-point home favorites in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1152,5205,3360,5460,4550,3558,1159],"class_list":["post-17896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-dj-woods","tag-isaiah-pead","tag-mike-glennon","tag-nc-state-wolfpack","tag-nippert-stadium","tag-zach-collaros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896","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=17896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17897,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896\/revisions\/17897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}