{"id":18429,"date":"2011-10-08T09:26:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T14:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18429"},"modified":"2011-10-08T09:26:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T14:26:49","slug":"college-football-picks-against-the-spread-iowa-state-cyclones-vs-baylor-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-against-the-spread-iowa-state-cyclones-vs-baylor-bears-18429\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Against the Spread: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Baylor Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa State Cyclones at No. 25 Baylor Bears
\nSaturday, 10\/8\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -16.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -15.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 61
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baylor Bears are searching for their second consecutive 4-0 start at home Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa State is 3-1 after a 37-14 loss to Texas last week, as the team will now play its second straight games against a ranked opponent.\u00a0 The Cyclones are known for coming back in games this season, as all three of their victories have come in comeback fashion.\u00a0 \u201cIt was more like a baseball bat hitting them and the realization of the fact that you can\u2019t play the 11th-ranked team in the country that way,\u201d stated Cyclones head coach Paul Rhoads about turning over the ball three times in the first quarter.\u00a0 The team returned 16 starters from a squad that finished 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big 12.\u00a0 Iowa State is 9-9 ATS as an underdog and the \u2018under\u2019 is 11-7 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones magic number defensively is 24 points, as Rhoads has led his team to a 13-1 mark when holding opponents under that number.\u00a0 Iowa State\u2019s junior quarterback Steele Jantz is having a solid season, throwing for seven touchdowns and running for two more.\u00a0 He has also led the team to go-ahead touchdowns in the fourth quarter of all three victories.<\/p>\n

Baylor is coming off its first loss of the season and failed to deliver as 3.5-point road favorites in a 36-35 defeat against Kansas State.\u00a0 The Bears have out-gained all four of their opponents this year, which has been led by talented quarterback Robert Griffin III, completing 82 percent of his passes for 1,308 yards.\u00a0 Offensively, Baylor is the only college football team nationally that is averaging 300 yards passing and 200 yards rushing.\u00a0 Griffin III leads the nation in pass efficiency and has thrown an NCAA-leading 18 touchdown passes.\u00a0 Baylor is 13-14 ATS over the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018under\u2019 is 14-13 over that span.<\/p>\n

The Bears have an incredible option on the outside in wide receiver Kendall Wright, who leads the nation in receiving yards per game and ranks fourth in receptions per game.\u00a0 Baylor leads the Big 12 in scoring offense and ranks third in total offense.\u00a0 Saturday is the 10th meeting between these two schools, trailing 5-4 in the series, including a 2-2 tie in four meetings at Floyd Casey Stadium.\u00a0 Baylor has opened the 2011 season with three straight home wins and will be searching for its second consecutive 4-0 home start in the 62-year history of its home venue.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cyclones due to their 20-9 ATS mark as an underdog of 10.5 or more points, while the Bears are 0-4 ATS versus winning teams.<\/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":"

Iowa State Cyclones at No. 25 Baylor Bears Saturday, 10\/8\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -16.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -15.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 61 Current Total:\u00a0 63.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Iowa State is 3-1 after a 37-14 loss to Texas last week, as the team will now play its second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3288,5517,2666,5132,3697],"class_list":["post-18429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-floyd-casey-stadium","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-paul-rhoads","tag-robert-griffin-iii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18429","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=18429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18430,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18429\/revisions\/18430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}