{"id":25274,"date":"2012-10-02T22:06:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T03:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25274"},"modified":"2012-10-02T22:06:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T03:06:53","slug":"college-football-week-6-predictions-northwestern-wildcats-vs-penn-state-nittany-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-6-predictions-northwestern-wildcats-vs-penn-state-nittany-lions-25274\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 6 Predictions: Northwestern Wildcats vs. Penn State Nittany Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northwestern Wildcats at Penn State Nittany Lions
\nSaturday, 10\/8\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Penn State -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Penn State -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 49
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Penn State Nittany Lions have won their last three games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northwestern is set to hit the road for the first time since its season opener on Sept. 1, as it debuted in the national rankings this week, which was caused due to the program\u2019s third 5-0 start in the last five years.\u00a0 The Wildcats are coming off a 44-29 win over the Indiana Hoosiers as 12.5-point home favorites, as they racked up a school record 704 total yards on offense.\u00a0 \u201cI thought we had a good plan,\u201d commented Wildcats head coach Pat Fitzgerald.\u00a0 Quarterback Kain Colter continues to impress as a playmaker, finishing with 294 all-purpose yards.\u00a0 Northwestern is 2-7 ATS in October the last two-plus years, with the \u201cover\u201d going 7-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are aiming for their first 6-0 start since the 1962 season, which is certainly possible with their 15-8 record in true road games since 2008.\u00a0 Northwestern\u2019s 394 rushing yards against Indiana was the school\u2019s highest total since 2003, as it ranks second in the Big Ten Conference and ninth nationally in averaging 255.8 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 The program will be focused on snapping a five-game losing streak in this series, considering its held a half-time lead in the last three meetings.<\/p>\n

Penn State brings a three-game win streak into its Big Ten home opener and 93rd Homecoming game, as it comes off a convincing 35-7 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini as three-point road underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cIt was an intense environment,\u201d stated Nittany Lions senior linebacker Michael Mauti.\u00a0 \u201cOur pregame locker room is always intense.\u201d\u00a0 There\u2019s no doubt that the defense will need to continue creating turnovers, as it has 11 takeaways on the season.\u00a0 Penn State is 4-9 ATS when playing a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Nittany Lions got a solid performance out of quarterback Matt McGloin in his last outing, completing 18 of 30 passes for 211 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 Penn State has been starting fast this season, outscoring opponents by a sizable 49-0 margin in the first quarter.\u00a0 The team is tied with Iowa for the No. 1 spot in the conference with a plus-1.40 turnover margin.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this contest, as the OVER is 4-1 in the last five meetings in this series.<\/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":"

Northwestern Wildcats at Penn State Nittany Lions Saturday, 10\/8\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Penn State -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Penn State -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 49 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Northwestern is set to hit the road for the first time since its season opener on Sept. 1, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,6982,3852,5161,3119,497],"class_list":["post-25274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-kain-colter","tag-matt-mcgloin","tag-michael-mauti","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25274","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=25274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25275,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25274\/revisions\/25275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}