{"id":19552,"date":"2011-11-22T11:03:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19552"},"modified":"2011-11-22T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:03:29","slug":"big-ten-football-predictions-iowa-hawkeyes-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-ten-football-predictions-iowa-hawkeyes-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers-19552\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Football Predictions: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa Hawkeyes at No. 21 Nebraska Cornhuskers
\nFriday, 11\/25\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 54
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 3-13-1 ATS as a home favorite in their last 17 tries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa has fallen into a pattern of alternating wins and losses, coming in off a 31-21 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers as 1.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Hawkeyes will be meeting the Cornhuskers for the first time as Big Ten Conference opponents, but comes in with a 12-26-3 record in the all-time series.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to go into a very tough environment against a very good football team,\u201d commented Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll see if we can put a good plan together and go over and play hard.\u201d\u00a0 Iowa is 7-3 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus years and the \u2018under\u2019 is 7-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes are already bowl eligible for the 11th straight season and will be looking to move their record to 7-3 in the postseason down the road.\u00a0 Iowa is 1-1 versus ranked opponents this year, handing the Michigan Wolverines a loss, while dropping a contest to the Michigan State Spartans.\u00a0 Offensively, wide receiver Marvin McNutt Jr. has been quite the story, establishing a single season record with 12 touchdown catches.\u00a0 The running game is still the bread and butter of the attack, led by running back Marcus Coker, who has ran for 1,297 yards and 14 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Nebraska will close out the regular season in traditional fashion in playing the day after Thanksgiving, but the move to a different conference brings a different opponent into Memorial Stadium.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers are coming off a 45-17 blowout loss to the Michigan Wolverines, but went over the total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe cant play that way on the road and win a football game,\u201d stated Cornhuskers coach Bo Pelini.\u00a0 The team ultimately lost three of four fumbles and was penalized eight times.\u00a0 Nebraska is 1-5 ATS at home this season and the \u2018over\u2019 has gone 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers have tallied an impressive 13-2-1 record when hosting the Hawkeyes in Lincoln, with the last meeting resulting in a 42-13 win as 42-point home favorites on Sept. 23, 2000.\u00a0 Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead may be showing signs of slowing down, failing to score a touchdown in a game for the first time last week.\u00a0 He finished the game with just 10 carries for a season-low 36 yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Hawkeyes due to their 8-3 ATS mark as a road underdog, while the Cornhuskers are 3-13-1 ATS as a home favorite.<\/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":"

Iowa Hawkeyes at No. 21 Nebraska Cornhuskers Friday, 11\/25\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 54 Current Total:\u00a0 54 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Iowa has fallen into a pattern of alternating wins and losses, coming in off a 31-21 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers […]<\/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":[3442,1281,5616,3319,1143,5812],"class_list":["post-19552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-marcus-coker","tag-memorial-stadium","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-rex-burkhead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552","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=19552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19553,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552\/revisions\/19553"}],"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=19552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}