{"id":17990,"date":"2011-09-24T08:54:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T13:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17990"},"modified":"2011-09-24T08:54:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T13:54:38","slug":"college-football-predictions-colorado-buffaloes-at-ohio-state-buckeyes-sports-handicapping-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-predictions-colorado-buffaloes-at-ohio-state-buckeyes-sports-handicapping-preview-17990\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Predictions: Colorado Buffaloes at Ohio State Buckeyes Sports Handicapping Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado Buffaloes at Ohio State Buckeyes
\nSaturday, 9\/24\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -15.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -16.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes were bounced out of the AP Top 25 poll for the first time in seven years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colorado picked up its first win of the season last week with a 28-14 victory over Colorado State has seven-point favorites.\u00a0 The Buffaloes have actually out-gained their last two opponents by a combined 229 yards, but was unable to hand the Cal Bears a loss in their Pac-12 opener, falling 36-33 in overtime as 6.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The team is just one of nine in the country that has committed just one turnover so far in 2011.\u00a0 Last year, Colorado was outscored in the last two minutes of each half by a combined 60-26 score, but that has changed in just three games this year, holding an early edge of 17-14.\u00a0 Colorado is 14-12 ATS and 2-0 ATS as a road underdog of 14.5 to 17 points.<\/p>\n

The Buffaloes have lost a school-record 18 consecutive road games.\u00a0 Five of those losses have been by a touchdown or less.\u00a0 Colorado has some players that hail from the state of Ohio, including running back Rodney Stewart, which will make Saturday an exciting experience.\u00a0 \u201cI just have to keep my head straight,\u201d commented Stewart during the week.\u00a0 \u201cI might cut my phone off this week but it\u2019s going to be a big game.\u201d\u00a0 Colorado exceeded 100 yards on the ground for the first time last week, running for 145 yards.<\/p>\n

Ohio State is 3-1 all-time against Colorado and 55-26-2 all-time against current member from the Pac-12 Conference.\u00a0 The Buckeyes will be looking to bounce back from a 24-6 loss to the Miami Hurricanes as two-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The biggest news around the program this week was falling out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since Nov. 20, 2004.\u00a0 Dominating opponents at Ohio Stadium has been the case for the program since 2002, posting a 54-5 home record over that span.\u00a0 Ohio State is 21-7 ATS over the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes have been very efficient in the red zone, scoring on 9 of 11 opportunities.\u00a0 Ohio State\u2019s offensive line also gave up its first sack of the season against Miami, which ended the nation\u2019s third-longest active streak with 95 consecutive pass attempts without allowing a sack.\u00a0 Quarterback problems ultimately sank the team last week, as neither Joe Bauserman or Braxton Miller were successful under center, completing just four passes for 35 yards.\u00a0 Until the loss at Miami, the Buckeyes had not allowed consecutive foes to put up 300 yards of offense in seven years.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back\u00a0 the Buffaloes due to their 5-2 ATS mark in September, while the Buckeyes are 1-2 ATS in 2011.<\/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":"

Colorado Buffaloes at Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday, 9\/24\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -15.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -16.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Colorado picked up its first win of the season last week with a 28-14 victory over Colorado State has seven-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5475,451,5370,3853,463,5303],"class_list":["post-17990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-braxton-miller","tag-colorado-buffaloes","tag-joe-bauserman","tag-ohio-stadium","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-rodney-stewart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17990","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=17990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17991,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17990\/revisions\/17991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}