{"id":20753,"date":"2012-01-01T20:43:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T01:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20753"},"modified":"2012-01-01T20:43:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T01:43:31","slug":"college-bowl-picks-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-bowl-picks-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-south-carolina-gamecocks-20753\/","title":{"rendered":"College Bowl Picks: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. South Carolina Gamecocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 20 Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. No. 9 South Carolina Gamecocks
\nMonday, 1\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 3-0 SU all-time against the South Carolina Gamecocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nebraska makes its 48th all-time bowl appearance and will make its second trip to the Capital One Bowl.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers have alternated wins and losses over their past five games, coming off a 20-7 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes as nine-point home favorites.\u00a0 The entire locker room is focused on giving the program its third-straight 10-win campaign.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s the ultimate goal right now,\u201d stated Cornhuskers offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles.\u00a0 Monday will be the fourth all-time meeting between the two schools, with Nebraska capturing all three previous games.\u00a0 Nebraska is 11-6 ATS in bowl games.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers are 24-23 all-time in bowl games and will be facing an opponent that has registered a dismal 4-12 mark in the postseason.\u00a0 Nebraska is 8-10 all-time when playing bowl games in the Sunshine State.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the program is an impressive 12-5 when playing Southeastern Conference opponents in bowl games.\u00a0 Junior running back Rex Burkhead will have to do some heavy lifting offensively, running for career highs of 1,268 yards and 15 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

South Carolina is appearing in postseason play for the fourth consecutive game and enters the game with a 10-2 record.\u00a0 The Gamecocks are certainly aware of their problems during the postseason.\u00a0 \u201cSince I\u2019ve been here, we haven\u2019t won a bowl game and so we\u2019re trying to go out and change that,\u201d commented Gamecocks defensive end Melvin Ingram.\u00a0 Spurrier will definitely want to exact some revenge against Monday\u2019s opponent dropping a humiliating 62-24 affair in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl during his time at Florida.\u00a0 South Carolina is 0-4 ATS on a neutral field the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks finished the regular season with a top-10 national ranking despite losing quarterback Stephen Garcia and running back Marcus Lattimore in back-to-back weeks.\u00a0 Sophomore Connor Shaw has certainly grown into the role under center, completing 112 of 171 passes for 1,218 yards and 12 touchdowns.\u00a0 He has also managed to gain 483 yards on the ground and registered seven rushing touchdowns.\u00a0 On the other side of the field, Ingram has been a monster the entire year, posting a team-leading 8.5 sacks and tallying 13.5 tackles for loss.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gamecocks due to their 6-2 ATS mark as a favorite of three points or less, while the Cornhuskers are 19-20 ATS over the last three seasons.<\/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. 20 Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. No. 9 South Carolina Gamecocks Monday, 1\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 South Carolina -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 South Carolina -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 45.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Nebraska makes its 48th all-time bowl appearance and will make its second trip to the Capital […]<\/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":[1271,5508,1143,5812,3126,3875,2781],"class_list":["post-20753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-capital-one-bowl","tag-connor-shaw","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-rex-burkhead","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-steve-spurrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20753","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=20753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20754,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20753\/revisions\/20754"}],"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=20753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}