{"id":19417,"date":"2011-11-16T19:38:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T00:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19417"},"modified":"2011-11-16T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T00:38:36","slug":"michigan-football-wolverines-host-the-nebraska-cornhuskers-big-ten-conference-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/michigan-football-wolverines-host-the-nebraska-cornhuskers-big-ten-conference-preview-19417\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Football: Wolverines Host the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Big Ten Conference Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 16 Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 18 Michigan Wolverines
\nSaturday, 11\/19\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 50.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Michigan Wolverines are led by the exploits of quarterback Denard Robinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nebraska heads out on the road for a second consecutive week and came away with a 17-14 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions as three-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers weren\u2019t sure about what to expect inside Beaver Stadium during that contest, as the circus surrounding the program was national news due to a scandal surrounding former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.\u00a0 Head coach Bo Pelini knows his squad has plenty to play for down the stretch.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going into a tough environment against a good football team,\u201d he commented in practice this week.\u00a0 Nebraska is 3-6 ATS in November the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers have tallied a solid 11-3 record in November in Pelini\u2019s four seasons in Lincoln, as they prepare for just the sixth all-time meeting with the Wolverines.\u00a0 Nebraska has tallied a 2-3 record in the series, tallying a 32-28 win as 10-point underdogs in the last meeting on Dec. 28, 2005.\u00a0 Quarterback Taylor Martinez is going to need to make some throws Saturday, as he ranks seventh in the Big Ten Conference in completion percentage.<\/p>\n

Michigan has alternated wins and losses over the past five weeks, coming off a 31-14 win over the Illinois Fighting Illini as one-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Wolverines rank 13th nationally in averaging 231.3 rushing yards per game, which could give them a major edge when facing a Cornhuskers stop unit that allows 161.3.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that the program has outscored its opponents by a significant 263-99 margin from the second quarter on this season.\u00a0 Michigan has tallied a 5-1 ATS mark at home this season, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 4-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines have totaled 500-plus yards of offense in three conference games this year, while ranking second with a plus-93 point differential when taking on Big Ten foes.\u00a0 Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson ranks eight in school history with 4,467 passing yards, while checking in ninth with 2,963 rushing yards.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team limited Illinois to just 214 total yards last week.\u00a0 Turnovers have also been a key to the program\u2019s success, forcing opponents to commit 23 miscues, which is first among all teams in the Big Ten Conference.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wolverines due to their 4-1 ATS mark as a home favorite, while the Cornhuskers are 3-7-1 ATS in their last 11 contests.<\/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. 16 Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 18 Michigan Wolverines Saturday, 11\/19\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 50.5 Current Total:\u00a0 51 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Nebraska heads out on the road for a second consecutive week and came away with a 17-14 win over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,3314,468,1143,3375],"class_list":["post-19417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-denard-robinson","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-taylor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19417","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=19417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19418,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19417\/revisions\/19418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}