{"id":24915,"date":"2012-09-11T23:45:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T04:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24915"},"modified":"2012-09-11T21:39:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T02:39:14","slug":"college-football-week-3-picks-boston-college-eagles-vs-northwestern-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-3-picks-boston-college-eagles-vs-northwestern-wildcats-24915\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 3 Picks: Boston College Eagles vs. Northwestern Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston College Eagles at Northwestern Wildcats
\nSaturday, 9\/15\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Northwestern -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Northwestern -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 52.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 53
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Boston College Eagles are 11-30 SU all-time against Big Ten Conference foes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boston College bounced back from its season-opening loss to the Miami Hurricanes to capture a 34-3 win over Maine in Week 2, as the school hits the road for the first time during the 2012 college football season.\u00a0 \u201cWe took some steps forward in areas, but to be perfectly frank, we have 10 tough games coming up,\u201d stated Eagles coach Frank Spaziani.\u00a0 The Eagles will be playing Saturday\u2019s opponent for the fifth time in school history, with just a single victory in the series.\u00a0 Boston College is 2-5 ATS after a two-game homestand the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Eagles were expected to take a step forward this year after returning 98.5 percent of their offensive yards from 2011, which definitely showed in racking up 537 total yards versus the Hurricanes in the season opener.\u00a0 Boston College ran 85 offensive plays in that contest, which was the most for the program since 2007.\u00a0 The team is a dismal 11-30 all-time against Big Ten Conference opponents, but has gone 49-12 in non-conference action since 2000.<\/p>\n

Northwestern is off to its sixth-straight 2-0 start, as it scored underdog victories against the Vanderbilt Commodores and Syracuse Orange.\u00a0 The Wildcats took a major step forward defensively in last week\u2019s contest, holding the Commodores to just a single touchdown in a 23-13 victory.\u00a0 \u201cI think the defense played outstanding,\u201d stated Wildcats running back Venric Mark.\u00a0 The program is the only one in the country to capture two wins over BCS-conference squads to start the season.\u00a0 Northwestern is 4-8 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are one of only 16 teams in major college football to keep its entire coaching staff intact from 2011 to 2012.\u00a0 Northwestern is hoping to continue to get great production out of Mark, as he\u2019s one of the best pound-for-pound options in the nation at the position.\u00a0 Quarterback Kain Colter has won four of his five career starts, completing 62.2 percent of his passes for eight touchdowns and two interceptions.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 4-0 ATS mark on the road, while the Wildcats are 16-35 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/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":"

Boston College Eagles at Northwestern Wildcats Saturday, 9\/15\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Northwestern -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Northwestern -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 52.5 Current Total:\u00a0 53 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Boston College bounced back from its season-opening loss to the Miami Hurricanes to capture a 34-3 win over Maine in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,3110,6982,3119,6981],"class_list":["post-24915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-boston-college-eagles","tag-kain-colter","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-venric-mark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24915","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=24915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24917,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24915\/revisions\/24917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}