{"id":24637,"date":"2012-08-29T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T23:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24637"},"modified":"2012-08-29T18:57:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T23:57:58","slug":"college-football-picks-week-1-buffalo-bulls-vs-georgia-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-1-buffalo-bulls-vs-georgia-bulldogs-24637\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 1: Buffalo Bulls vs. Georgia Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo Bulls at No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs
\nSaturday, 9\/1\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Gameplan
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgia -37.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgia -37.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 52.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 53.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Georgia Bulldogs have some lofty goals this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Buffalo will open the 2012 campaign and its 99th season of football on Saturday at Sanford Stadium, as it gets set to face its highest-ranked opponent since 2006.\u00a0 The Bulls have been outscored 121-38 in their three losses to current SEC members, which doesn\u2019t translate into starting a new season in the win column.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the team\u2019s strength could be the offensive line, returning five players who started in at least six games in 2011.\u00a0 Buffalo s 3-9 as a road underdog the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bulls improved on the offensive end in a major way last year, averaging eight points more per game, while averaging 68 yards per game more than the 2010 campaign.\u00a0 Running back Branden Oliver is a player to watch, running for a school-record 1,395 yards and hitting pay dirt 13 times.\u00a0 On the other side of the football, Buffalo will be missing first-team Mid-American Conference linebacker Khalil Mack, who is suspended one game after violating an unspecified team rule.<\/p>\n

Georgia has won 13 of its last 15 seasons openers, including a 9-2 mark under head coach Mark Richt.\u00a0 Sports bettors will take notice that the Bulldogs have won all nine such games when playing in front of the home fans under his direction.\u00a0 During the 2011 season, the program went on a 10-game win streak, which was its longest since 1982.\u00a0 Richt has thrived in non-conference play since arriving in Athens, posting a 44-8 record in that situation.\u00a0 Georgia is 3-0 ATS as a favorite of 31 or more points the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs will be led under center by Aaron Murray for a third straight year, as the junior is the Southeastern Conference\u2019s leading active player in total offensive yards and touchdown passes.\u00a0 \u201cWe want to score 40 or 50 points or more per game,\u201d commented Murray.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s our goal.\u201d\u00a0 Georgia should run the table if that occurs, considering its defense is one of the best units in the country.\u00a0 Nine of the 11 starters return, including 12 of the 14 leading tacklers.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bulldogs due to their 8-3 ATS mark as a home favorite,\u00a0 while the Bulls are 3-9 ATS on the road.<\/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

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Buffalo Bulls at No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs Saturday, 9\/1\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Gameplan Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgia -37.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Georgia -37.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 52.5 Current Total:\u00a0 53.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Buffalo will open the 2012 campaign and its 99th season of football on Saturday at Sanford Stadium, as it gets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":24011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1409,376,461,2559,6937,3875],"class_list":["post-24637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-aaron-murray","tag-buffalo-bulls","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-mid-american-conference","tag-sanford-stadium","tag-southeastern-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24637","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=24637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24638,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24637\/revisions\/24638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}