{"id":19206,"date":"2011-11-08T20:12:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T01:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19206"},"modified":"2011-11-08T20:12:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T01:12:01","slug":"college-football-week-11-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-minnesota-gophers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-11-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-minnesota-gophers-19206\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 11 Predictions: Wisconsin Badgers vs. Minnesota Gophers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers at Minnesota Gophers
\nSaturday, 11\/12\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -27.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -27
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin Badgers have won seven consecutive meetings with the Minnesota Gophers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin Badgers are the only team in the country to rank among the top 10 in both scoring offense and scoring defense.\u00a0 The Badgers tallied an impressive 62-17 win over the Purdue Boilermakers as 26-point home favorites last week, winning the statistical battle by 321 yards.\u00a0 It also served a purpose in snapping a two-game losing streak.\u00a0 \u201cTwo weeks that seemed like an eternity have just come to an end,\u201d stated Badgers head coach Bret Bielema.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 3-1 ATS as a favorite of 21.5 to 31 points, while the \u2018over\u2019 has cashed in all four of those games.<\/p>\n

The Badgers have a punishing running game that is led by Doak Walker Award candidate Montee Ball, who leads the Big Ten Conference in all-purpose yardage.\u00a0 Wisconsin is one of three teams nationally to average at least 240 yards rushing and receiving this season.\u00a0 Quarterback Russell Wilson leads the country and is on pace to break the NCAA record in pass efficiency at 196.7.\u00a0 On the defensive side of the ball, the team is fourth in the country in allowing just 156.9 yards per game, with Michigan State being the only one to throw for over 200 yards.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has covered two consecutive games since a four-game spread losing streak, including a 31-24 loss to the Michigan State Spartans as 28-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Gophers actually out-gained the Spartans by 13 yards in that particular contest, which served as their first statistical win of the year.\u00a0 That\u2019s not likely to happen here against one of the best teams in the country, while also being held to fewer than 100 yards rushing in each of the last three meetings in this series.\u00a0 Minnesota is 4-2 ATS as an underdog of 21.5 to 31 points the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Gophers will be meeting the Badgers for the 121st time Saturday, leading the all-time series with a 58-54-8 record.\u00a0 Minnesota has lost the last seven meetings, including a 41-23 defeat as 21.5-point road underdogs last year.\u00a0 The program has actually come from behind in each of its last 11 victories, with the most recent being a 22-21 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes as 14.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 Offensively, the team gained 415 yards against the nation\u2019s No. 2 defense last week, led by wide receiver Da\u2019Jon McKnight, who had nine receptions for 173 yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gophers due to their 6-0 ATS mark in November, while the Badgers are 3-10 ATS as a road favorite of 10.5 or more points.<\/p>\n

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No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers at Minnesota Gophers Saturday, 11\/12\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -27.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -27 Opening Total:\u00a0 63.5 Current Total:\u00a0 63.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wisconsin Badgers are the only team in the country to rank among the top 10 in both scoring offense and scoring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,3997,5407,3630,437],"class_list":["post-19206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-minnesota-gophers","tag-montee-ball","tag-russell-wilson","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19206","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=19206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19208,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19206\/revisions\/19208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}