{"id":31063,"date":"2013-11-02T08:13:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31063"},"modified":"2013-11-02T08:13:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T13:13:56","slug":"college-football-week-10-picks-northwestern-wildcats-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-10-picks-northwestern-wildcats-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers-31063\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 10 Picks: Northwestern Wildcats vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northwestern Wildcats vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers
\nSaturday, 11\/2\/13, 3:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 57.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 10-8-1 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northwestern and Nebraska split meetings in 2011 and 2012, as the two games were decided by a combined four points, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college football betting picks in Week 10.\u00a0 The Wildcats have lost four games in a row, but they\u2019ve gone 12-6 in November since 2008, with five of those victories coming against top-20 opponents.\u00a0 Defensively, the team has kept the opposition out of the end zone in six of the last eight quarters played.\u00a0 Northwestern is 0-3 SUATS as an underdog this season, with the UNDER going 2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats sit atop the Big Ten Conference in red zone efficiency, as they\u2019ve come away with points on 30 of 31 trips inside the red zone\u2014scoring 18 touchdowns and converting 12-of-13 field goal tries.\u00a0 Northwestern redshirt freshman running back Stephen Buckley has seized the opportunity of leading the ground attack over the last two weeks, averaging 78.5 yards per game and 6.0 yards per carry.\u00a0 Senior quarterback Kain Colter returned to the lineup last week\u2014becoming the ninth player in conference history to reach 2,000 career yards in both rushing and passing.<\/p>\n

Nebraska had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 34-23 defeat to the Minnesota Golden Gophers as 10.5-point road favorites, while going OVER the betting total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers continue to field one of the nation\u2019s top rushing offenses, averaging better than 270 yards per game, with junior Ameer Abdullah just 19 yards from posting his second consecutive 1,000-yard rushing campaign.\u00a0 Nebraska is 17-2 SU and 10-8-1 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 9-7-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers hold a 4-2 edge in this series, including a 2-1 mark in games played in Lincoln, which is important to consider when looking over the college football odds page.\u00a0 Nebraska senior quarterback Taylor Martinez made his first start since Sept. 14 last week, as he completed 16-of-30 passes for 139 yards with a touchdown and interception.\u00a0 A victory in this spot would push its record to 6-2\u2014putting the program on track to gaining its 43rd bowl appearance in the past 45 seasons.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cornhuskers due to the Wildcats being 0-5 ATS versus teams with a winning record.<\/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 vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday, 11\/2\/13, 3:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 57.5 Current Total:\u00a0 58.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Northwestern and Nebraska split meetings in 2011 and 2012, as the two games were decided by a combined four points, which can\u2019t be ignored when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,6982,1143,3119,3375],"class_list":["post-31063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-kain-colter","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-taylor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31063","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=31063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31064,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31063\/revisions\/31064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}