{"id":25752,"date":"2012-10-30T17:05:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T22:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25752"},"modified":"2012-10-30T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T22:05:18","slug":"college-football-week-10-predictions-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-michigan-state-spartans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-10-predictions-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-michigan-state-spartans-25752\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 10 Predictions: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Michigan State Spartans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan State Spartans
\nSaturday, 11\/3\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers may be without RB Rex Burkhead on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nebraska returns to the road this Saturday after picking up a 23-9 win over the Michigan Wolverines as one-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total in the last two weeks.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers are starting to play some defense this year, which caused the unit\u2019s players to break out the Blackshirts in the locker room this week.\u00a0 \u201cThey didn\u2019t want them last week,\u201d stated Cornhuskers head coach Bo Pelini.\u00a0 \u201cI think they earned them.\u201d\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s game is the seventh all-time matchup between these two schools, with Nebraska winning the previous six meetings.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers rushed for a season-low 160 yards last week, ending a streak of seven straight games with at least 200 rushing yards to start the season.\u00a0 Nebraska won the turnover battle by a plus-one margin last week, but is still minus-eight in that category for the season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team may be without the services of running back Rex Burkhead, who is nursing a knee injury.\u00a0 Sophomore Ameer Abdullah and dual-thread quarterback Taylor Martinez may need to carry the load, combining for 1,177 rushing yards this season.<\/p>\n

Michigan State has played five consecutive games that have been decided by a single-score margin, as it came away with a 16-13 win over the Wisconsin Badgers as 4.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Spartans have gone UNDER the total in six of their last seven games, as they look to gain revenge from a 24-3 setback in last year\u2019s meeting in this series as 4.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Over the last three seasons, the program is 12-4 in games decided by 10 point or less, but three of those losses have come this year.\u00a0 Michigan State is 15-6 ATS in its last 21 games versus winning teams.<\/p>\n

The Spartans have surrendered just 10 offensive touchdowns this year, which is the third-fewest allowed in college football.\u00a0 Michigan State has allowed just 20 trips into the red zone, with opponents coming away with six points just six times.\u00a0 Under head coach Mark Dantonio, the team has tallied a 31-9 record in East Lansing, which includes wins in 16 of its last 19 games in that situation.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spartans due to their 4-1 ATS mark in November, while the Cornhuskers are 0-5-1 ATS on the road.<\/p>\n

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Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan State Spartans Saturday, 11\/3\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 46 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Nebraska returns to the road this Saturday after picking up a 23-9 win over the Michigan Wolverines as one-point home favorites, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3238,500,1143,3237,3375],"class_list":["post-25752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-mark-dantonio","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-spartan-stadium","tag-taylor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25752","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=25752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25753,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25752\/revisions\/25753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}