{"id":30312,"date":"2013-09-24T13:46:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T18:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30312"},"modified":"2013-09-24T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T18:46:39","slug":"iowa-state-cyclones-vs-tulsa-golden-hurricane-college-football-week-5-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/iowa-state-cyclones-vs-tulsa-golden-hurricane-college-football-week-5-betting-odds-and-picks-30312\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa State Cyclones vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane: College Football Week 5 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa State Cyclones vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
\nThursday, 9\/26\/13, 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tulsa -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Tulsa -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 54
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Iowa State Cyclones are 2-5 ATS when the betting line is between +3 and -3 since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa State hits the road for the first time this season, as it will meet Tulsa for the third time in a matter of 391 days, which is important to consider when making your college football expert picks Thursday night.\u00a0 The Cyclones are 8-12 on the road during the five-year tenure of head coach Paul Rhoads, but they\u2019ve managed to win their opener in that situation in three of his first four years.\u00a0 Through two games, the program has had 15 players record their first starts.\u00a0 Iowa State is 2-5 SUATS when the betting line is between +3 and -3, with the UNDER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones are one of just seven teams nationally that has yet to lose a fumble this season, while they lead the Big 12 Conference and rank 12th nationally in fewest penalties per game.\u00a0 Iowa State has gone 22 games holding an opponent to under 40 points, which is the best such streak amongst conference members.\u00a0 The team is 20-10 SU all-time in Thursday games, which includes a 9-2 mark in its last 11 contests in that role.<\/p>\n

Tulsa has alternated wins and losses over its first three games, as it looks to bounce back from a 51-20 setback to the Oklahoma Sooners as 23-point road underdogs on Sept. 14, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Golden Hurricane will need a major performance out of running back Trey Watts, who has had 200-plus all-purpose years in his last two games, including 231 yards versus the Sooners.\u00a0 Tulsa is 3-0 SUATS as home favorites of three points or less the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 2-1 in those three opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Golden Hurricane are certainly youthful in terms of the roster this season, as 27 players are either freshmen or sophomores on their 44-man two-deep roster.\u00a0 Tulsa has had 13 players receiving their first career start during the 2013 campaign, which is important to consider when looking over the college football odds page.\u00a0 On the defensive end, linebacker Shawn Jackson holds the school record with 41.5 tackles for loss, while picking up five sacks this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 4-0 in the Golden Hurricane\u2019 last four games following a bye week.<\/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":"

Iowa State Cyclones vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane Thursday, 9\/26\/13, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tulsa -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Tulsa -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 54 Current Total:\u00a0 54 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Iowa State hits the road for the first time this season, as it will meet Tulsa for the third time in a matter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3267,2666,5132,7576,2825],"class_list":["post-30312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-paul-rhoads","tag-trey-watts","tag-tulsa-golden-hurricane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30312","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=30312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30313,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30312\/revisions\/30313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}