{"id":18915,"date":"2011-10-27T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18915"},"modified":"2011-10-27T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:06:48","slug":"big-ten-football-preview-michigan-state-spartans-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-ten-football-preview-michigan-state-spartans-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers-18915\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Football Preview: Michigan State Spartans vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan State Spartans at Nebraska Cornhuskers
\nSaturday, 10\/29\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers have never lost to the Michigan State Spartans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan is enjoying a four-game winning streak that includes a miraculous 37-31 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers as seven-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Spartans were out-gained in that particular contest by 44 yards, but have won the statistical battle in every other game.\u00a0 \u201cAs you go into this last week of October and then into November, certainly there\u2019s going to be a lot of things to play for,\u201d commented Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio.\u00a0 \u201cOur goals are going to remain in front of us as we continue.\u201d\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s game marks just the sixth meeting between the two schools, with Michigan State losing all five previous meetings.\u00a0 Michigan State is 3-0 ATS versus conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Spartans are looking to defeat three ranked opponents in consecutive games for the first time in school history.\u00a0 Michigan State has won four of its last six games against AP Top 25 schools, while also capturing victories in 17 of its last 20 games overall.\u00a0 Everything starts at the defensive end, leading the Big Ten Conference in rushing defense, holding opponents to just 88.9 yards per game.\u00a0 Fifth-year senior quarterback Kirk Cousins became the winningest quarterback in school history with last week\u2019s win, posting a 22-10 record in his 32 career starts.<\/p>\n

Nebraska carries a seven-game home wining streak into Saturday\u2019s game and has won eight consecutive games against Big Ten opponents since a 1981 defeat.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers have won consecutive games since suffering a 48-17 loss to the Badgers on Oct. 1, including a 41-14 victory over the Minnesota Gophers as 24-point road favorites.\u00a0 The team hasn\u2019t covered back-to-back games as favorites since Oct. 30, 2010.\u00a0 Nebraska is 6-12 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018under\u2019 is 9-7 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers gained a season-high 515 yards of total offense last week, as quarterback Taylor Martinez completed 13-of-22 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 He now has 2,807 career passing yards. \u00a0 Nebraska has tallied a 7-6 record against ranked opponents in Lincoln since the 2000 season.\u00a0 The program has enjoyed great success in the second half of campaigns under head coach Bo Pelini, going 17-7 in the first half, compared to 16-3 down the final stretch.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cornhuskers due to their 20-4-1 ATS mark at home versus teams with a winning road record, while the Spartans are 1-6 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 10 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":"

Michigan State Spartans at Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday, 10\/29\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan is enjoying a four-game winning streak that includes a miraculous 37-31 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers as seven-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":8730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,3990,500,1143,3375],"class_list":["post-18915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-kirk-cousins","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-taylor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915","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=18915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18916,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915\/revisions\/18916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}