{"id":24845,"date":"2012-09-07T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24845"},"modified":"2012-09-07T17:00:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T22:00:50","slug":"vanderbilt-commodores-vs-northwestern-wildcats-week-2-college-football-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/vanderbilt-commodores-vs-northwestern-wildcats-week-2-college-football-predictions-24845\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Northwestern Wildcats: Week 2 College Football Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vanderbilt Commodores at Northwestern Wildcats
\nSaturday, 9\/8\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 53
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Vanderbilt Commodores head to Big Ten country on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vanderbilt suffered a 17-13 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks last week as 6.5-point home underdogs, as the program was supported by one of its largest crowds in history.\u00a0 The Commodores now head to Big Ten country, looking to improve upon its 7-18-2 all-time mark against the conference, but are 7-8-1 when not playing the Michigan Wolverines.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is 5-2 ATS as a favorite over the last two years, but none of those seven games were on the road, while the \u201cover\u201d is 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Commodores need a major performance out of running back Zac Stacy, as the senior ran 13 times for 48 yards in the season opener.\u00a0 He current ranks seventh on the school\u2019s all-time rushing list.\u00a0 Vanderbilt came into the campaign with very high expectations, considering the offense averaged nearly 10 points more in 2011 than the previous year.\u00a0 Quarterback Jordan Rodgers should have a breakout game in facing a defensive unit that allowed 596 yards of total offense last week.<\/p>\n

Northwestern earned a dramatic one-point win last week against Syracuse as two-point road underdogs, while the game flew over the posted total of 53.5.\u00a0 The Wildcats are off to a 1-0 start for the seventh time in as many seasons under head coach Pat Fitzgerald, while he\u2019s gone 20-5 versus non-conference opponents.\u00a0 A key to this game is the offensive line going against a Southeastern Conference defense, as the group has combined for just 69 starts.\u00a0 Northwestern is 1-4 ATS as a home underdog the last two-plus seasons, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 4-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have one of the deepest wide receiver units in the nation, which was on full display in the Carrier Dome, with eight different players catching a pass.\u00a0 Quarterback Kain Colter will continue to get better as the season progresses, but may be slowed a bit this week due to a rib injury, which could limit the amount of production the team\u2019s most important player is able to contribute.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Commodores due to their 20-6-1 ATS mark in September, while the Wildcats are 6-15 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

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Vanderbilt Commodores at Northwestern Wildcats Saturday, 9\/8\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Vanderbilt -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 53 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Vanderbilt suffered a 17-13 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks last week as 6.5-point home underdogs, as the program was supported […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":24006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,5574,3119,3875,456,5459],"class_list":["post-24845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-jordan-rodgers","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-vanderbilt-commodores","tag-zac-stacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24845","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=24845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24846,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24845\/revisions\/24846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}