{"id":19276,"date":"2011-11-10T17:43:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T22:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19276"},"modified":"2011-11-10T17:46:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T22:46:40","slug":"penn-state-scandal-nittany-lions-host-the-nebraska-cornhuskers-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/penn-state-scandal-nittany-lions-host-the-nebraska-cornhuskers-saturday-19276\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Scandal: Nittany Lions Host the Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 19 Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 12 Penn State Nittany Lions
\nSaturday, 11\/12\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread: \u00a0Nebraska -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Penn State Nittany Lions begin life without head coach Joe Paterno Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nebraska travels to face Penn State this week and nobody knows what the atmosphere will be like in University Park, PA, with the firing of Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno.\u00a0 Even the school\u2019s chancellor is concerned about participating in the game, while head coach Bo Pelini is worried about his own team\u2019s problems heading into the contest.\u00a0 \u201cYou have to be living there and I\u2019ve got enough problems of my own,\u201d Pelini stated on Monday.\u00a0 \u201cIt seems to be an unfortunate situation and they\u2019re working through it the best they can.\u201d\u00a0 Nebraska is 3-6 ATS this season and the \u2018under\u2019 is 21-14 in the past two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers are coming off a disappointing 28-25 loss to the Northwestern Wildcats, snapping a three-game winning streak.\u00a0 Nebraska finished the game with a season-low 122 rushing yards, while sophomore quarterback Taylor Martinez completed 28-of-37 passes for 289 yards and two touchdowns.\u00a0 The program will be facing its third ranked opponent of the year, posting a 1-1 record in those games thus far, including a 24-3 win over the Michigan State Spartans on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n

Penn State will likely have a hard time focusing on football, with news breaking that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was charged with serious allegations involving eight young boys.\u00a0 Paterno had announced that he\u2019d retire at the end of the season, but the school\u2019s hierarchy ended his reign at the school Wednesday night.\u00a0 \u201cI am disappointed with the Board of Trustees\u2019 decision, but I have to accept it,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 \u00a0 He finishes with a 409-136-3 record during his 46 seasons at the school, which is the most wins for any FBS coach.\u00a0 Penn State is 13-19 ATS over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Nittany Lions will be celebrating the play of twenty seniors who will be playing their final game in Beaver Stadium.\u00a0 Penn State\u2019s current class has tallied a 37-11 record since the start of the 2008 season, which is actually one of the best marks nationally.\u00a0 The program has earned a 5-0 conference record for the fourth time since joining the Big Ten, while posting a perfect 6-0 mark in games decided by 10 points or less this year.\u00a0 Running back Silas Redd is the team\u2019s leader offensively, gaining 1,006 rushing yards, making him the 12th player in school history to run over the 1,000-yard mark.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cornhuskers due to their 5-1 ATS mark as a road favorite of 3.5 to 10 points, while the Nittany Lions are 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games.<\/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":"

No. 19 Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 12 Penn State Nittany Lions Saturday, 11\/12\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread: \u00a0Nebraska -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Nebraska travels to face Penn State this week and nobody knows what the atmosphere will be like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":8059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,584,1143,497,5159,3375],"class_list":["post-19276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-joe-paterno","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","tag-silas-redd","tag-taylor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276","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=19276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19278,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276\/revisions\/19278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}