{"id":19061,"date":"2011-11-02T10:41:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T15:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19061"},"modified":"2011-11-02T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T15:42:24","slug":"college-football-picks-against-the-spread-northwestern-wildcats-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-against-the-spread-northwestern-wildcats-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers-19061\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Against the Spread: Northwestern Wildcats vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northwestern Wildcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers
\nSaturday, 11\/5\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -16
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -17.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers have won nine consecutive games versus Big Ten Conference teams in Lincoln<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northwestern snapped a five-game losing streak with a 59-38 win over the Indiana Hoosiers as 8.5-point road favorites, going over the total for a fifth consecutive week.\u00a0 The Wildcats have normally been quite successful during this time of year, posting a 7-4 mark in the final month of the regular season since the start of the 2008 season.\u00a0 The passing attack is one of the best in the country, led by the quarterback duo of Dan Persa and Kain Colter, leading the Big Ten in averaging 288.8 yards per game.\u00a0 Northwestern is 3-5 ATS on the year and the \u2018over\u2019 is 6-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats 59 points last week against the Hoosiers were the most during the Pat Fitzgerald era.\u00a0 Persa has overcome a ruptured Achilles tendon from a year ago, completing 76 percent of his passes for 1,251 yards and nine touchdowns since returning to the field after missing the first three games of the season.\u00a0 The offense is averaging 32 points a game, but also surrendering the same amount.<\/p>\n

Nebraska enters on a three-game winning streak and comes off an impressive 24-3 win over the Michigan State Spartans as four-point home favorites last week.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers are now 7-1 overall and 3-1 in Big Ten Conference play.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to be ready to play our best football because we will be challenged,\u201d commented head coach Bo Pelini.\u00a0 \u201cYou see that across the board in the Big Ten.\u201d\u00a0 The program owns a 3-1 advantage in the all-time series with Northwestern, including wins in both games played in Lincoln.\u00a0 Nebraska is 1-10-1 ATS as a home favorite of 10.5 or more points, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 19-7 in November in its games.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers have won their last nine games in Lincoln against current members of the Big Ten, dating back to a 30-24 loss to the Penn State Nittany Lions in 1981.\u00a0 Overall, the program is 48-17-4 in such contests.\u00a0 Nebraska\u2019s defense has really stepped up its game, ranking 29th nationally in allowing 335 yards per game, limiting the Spartans to just 187 yards last week.\u00a0 Quarterback Taylor Martinez will have a chance to put together a break out game, facing a defense that allows 238 passing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 12-3 ATS mark as a road underdog, while the Cornhuskers are 1-5 ATS at home.<\/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":"

Northwestern Wildcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday, 11\/5\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -16 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -17.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 63.5 Current Total:\u00a0 63.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Northwestern snapped a five-game losing streak with a 59-38 win over the Indiana Hoosiers as 8.5-point road favorites, going over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,3445,1143,3119,3375],"class_list":["post-19061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-dan-persa","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-taylor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19061","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=19061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19063,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19061\/revisions\/19063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}