{"id":30713,"date":"2013-10-17T16:14:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T21:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30713"},"modified":"2013-10-17T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T21:14:58","slug":"iowa-state-cyclones-vs-baylor-bears-college-football-week-8-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/iowa-state-cyclones-vs-baylor-bears-college-football-week-8-betting-odds-and-picks-30713\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa State Cyclones vs. Baylor Bears: College Football Week 8 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa State Cyclones vs. Baylor Bears
\nSaturday, 10\/19\/13, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -33
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -34
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 77
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 76.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baylor Bears are 15-2 ATS at home since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iowa State travels to Waco to take on the highest-scoring team in the nation, as it looks to bounce back from two consecutive losses, including a 42-35 setback to the Texas Tech Red Raiders as 14-point road underdogs last Saturday.\u00a0 The Cyclones have dropped four out of their first five games, but the average margin of defeat is just 5.5 points per game, which is important to consider when making your college football betting picks.\u00a0 The team has forced 11 turnovers and committed just five this year\u2014ranking second in the Big 12 Conference and 13th nationally in turnover margin.\u00a0 Iowa State is 6-7 SU and 9-4 ATS on the road the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones have had 20 players record their first career starts in 2013, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football odds page.\u00a0 Iowa State is still one of only three teams nationally that\u2019s still perfect in the red zone, as it has scored on all 17 of its trips inside the 20-yard line.\u00a0 The team is 17-167-2 all-time versus ranked opponents, including a 6-85-1 mark on the road.<\/p>\n

Baylor is set to celebrate its 90th Homecoming game, as it returns home after picking up a 35-25 victory over the Kansas State Wildcats as 17-point road favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 The Bears lead the country in total and scoring offense, averaging 715.4 yards and 63.4 points per game.\u00a0 The program has never started 3-0 in conference action in the 16-year history of the Big 12.\u00a0 Baylor is 16-1 SU and 15-2 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 13-3-1 in those 17 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Bears are one of two teams alongside the Florida State Seminoles that rank in the top five offensively and among the top 25 defensively.\u00a0 Baylor is one of the more explosive teams in the country, as it averages 20.71 yards per completion, with quarterback Bryce Petty leading the way in pass efficiency.\u00a0 Running back Lache Seastrunk is also an important player to keep an eye on in the backfield, as he averages 128.6 yards per game on the ground.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bears due to the home team being 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings.<\/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. Baylor Bears Saturday, 10\/19\/13, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -33 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -34 Opening Total:\u00a0 77 Current Total:\u00a0 76.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Iowa State travels to Waco to take on the highest-scoring team in the nation, as it looks to bounce back from two consecutive losses, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3288,3267,7613,2666,7558],"class_list":["post-30713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bryce-petty","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-lache-seastrunk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30713","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=30713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30714,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30713\/revisions\/30714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}