{"id":34394,"date":"2014-06-30T04:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34394"},"modified":"2014-06-28T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T15:53:27","slug":"college-football-week-1-preview-wake-forest-demon-deacons-vs-ulm-warhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-1-preview-wake-forest-demon-deacons-vs-ulm-warhawks-34394\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 1 Preview: Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. ULM Warhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
\nThursday, 8\/28\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wake Forest -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wake Forest -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are 5-20 SU in road openers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wake Forest is 5-20 SU in road openers, with five straight losses in that situation\u2014two of them coming in overtime.\u00a0 The Demon Deacons suffered a 21-19 setback to Louisiana-Monroe as 2.5-point home favorites last year\u2014getting outgained by a 424-325 margin in that affair.\u00a0 The program will have a new look this year, with former Bowling Green front man Dave Clawson taking over for the departed Jim Grobe.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to take note that the team is 0-4 in its last four Thursday games when looking over the college football odds page.<\/p>\n

The Demon Deacons will be replacing their No. 2 career passing leader under center, but their passing numbers were pedestrian at best in 2013\u2014averaging just 197 yards per game through the air and a 52.9 percent completion percentage.\u00a0 Wake Forest has very little returning at the skill positions, which will place a lot of pressure on the defense.\u00a0 The secondary will be the team\u2019s biggest strength, with an experienced group being led by Merrill Noel.<\/p>\n

ULM set a school record with 104 plays in last year\u2019s matchup, which is important to consider when making your college football betting picks, especially with the departure of quarterback Kolton Browning.\u00a0 The Warhawks welcome back 15 returning starters to a team that finished 6-6 in 2013\u2014just missing out on a chance of participating in the postseason.\u00a0 Keep an eye on the practice fields leading up to the season opener, as Colorado State transfer Pete Thomas is expected to be under center from the get go.\u00a0 ULM has failed to cover the number in its last four games in the month of August.<\/p>\n

The Warhawks play a 3-3-5 style on defense, which may lead to big things on that side of the football, with six of their top eight playmakers in the secondary coming back.\u00a0 ULM is known for taking on top-flight competition from the opening bell, as it has played the likes of Texas, Arkansas, Florida State and Oklahoma in Week 1 of its schedule.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Warhawks due to their experience at the quarterback position with Thomas transferring in.<\/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":"

Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks Thursday, 8\/28\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wake Forest -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wake Forest -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Wake Forest is 5-20 SU in road openers, with five straight losses in that situation\u2014two of them coming in overtime.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3776,8318,8319,6986,3028],"class_list":["post-34394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-dave-clawson","tag-merrill-noel","tag-pete-thomas","tag-ulm-warhawks","tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34394","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=34394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34397,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34394\/revisions\/34397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}