{"id":24972,"date":"2012-09-14T11:18:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24972"},"modified":"2012-09-14T11:18:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:18:56","slug":"college-football-week-3-predictions-arizona-state-sun-devils-vs-missouri-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-3-predictions-arizona-state-sun-devils-vs-missouri-tigers-24972\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 3 Predictions: Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Missouri Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona State Sun Devils at Missouri Tigers
\nSaturday, 9\/15\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Missouri Tigers have won 17 straight home games against non-conference opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona State will go on the road for the first time this season, as it travels to Columbia, MO, to snap a 3-3 series tie between these two teams.\u00a0 \u201cThe Tigers are very good,\u201d commented Sun Devils first-year head coach Todd Graham.\u00a0 \u201cI haven\u2019t seen a lot of people stop them.\u201d\u00a0 The Sun Devils are 0-5 all-time against SEC schools, as their opponent Saturday moved from the Big 12 into college football\u2019s elite conference.\u00a0 Arizona State is 3-0 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points the last two-plus seasons, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 2-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Sun Devils lucked out in last week\u2019s 45-14 win over the Illinois Fighting Illini as 5.5-point home favorites, as they didn\u2019t have to face an injured Nathan Scheelhaase.\u00a0 Arizona State scored touchdowns on four of its six first-half possessions.\u00a0 With 108 points through two games, the program ranks seventh nationally in scoring offense.\u00a0 Graham has brought discipline to the program, something it lacked under Dennis Erickson, as it\u2019s been penalized just five times for 35 yards this season.<\/p>\n

Missouri will end its three-game homestand in this contest, coming off a disappointing 41-20 setback to the Georgia Bulldogs as one-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Tigers actually one the statistical battle by 16 yards in that contest, but the offensive line is in shambles.\u00a0 A group that came into the 2012 college football season with 69 career starts, will enter this contest with just 21.\u00a0 Quarterback James Franklin is still an offensive force, throwing for 269 yards and two touchdowns versus the Bulldogs.\u00a0 Missouri is 8-6 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will take to Faurot Field Saturday night looking to defend their 17-game win streak against non-conference opponents at home.\u00a0 Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel has tallied an impressive 24-2 record in that situation.\u00a0 Defensively, the unit ranks 26th nationally in total defense, allowing just 289 yards per game.\u00a0 This is definitely a proud program under Pinkel\u2019s direction, tallying the 10th-most wins in college football since 2007.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Tigers due to their 14-6 ATS mark in September, while the Sun Devils are 0-2 ATS when the total is 63 or greater.<\/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":"

Arizona State Sun Devils at Missouri Tigers Saturday, 9\/15\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Missouri -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Missouri -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 63.5 Current Total:\u00a0 63.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arizona State will go on the road for the first time this season, as it travels to Columbia, MO, to snap […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":24007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[439,6993,3566,5406,433,739,3639],"class_list":["post-24972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","tag-faurot-field","tag-gary-pinkel","tag-james-franklin","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-sec","tag-todd-graham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972","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=24972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24974,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972\/revisions\/24974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}