{"id":35089,"date":"2014-08-26T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35089"},"modified":"2014-08-25T21:02:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T02:02:23","slug":"college-football-week-1-predictions-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-navy-midshipmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-1-predictions-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-navy-midshipmen-35089\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 1 Predictions: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Navy Midshipmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Navy Midshipmen
\nSaturday, 8\/30\/14, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -12.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -14.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 57.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 55.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Navy Midshipmen are dangerous underdogs in Week 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio State enters Saturday afternoon with the nation\u2019s longest regular-season winning streak at 24 games, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA football lines, especially since it has won all four all-time meetings in this particular series.\u00a0 The Buckeyes have also captured 33 of their last 35 season openers, while Urban Meyer hasn\u2019t received a blemish in 12 lid lifters as a major collegiate head coach.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that No. 1 quarterback Braxton Miller has been lost for the season with a injury to his throwing shoulder, which means that redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett will take over under center.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes have an inexperienced offensive line, with the group having a combined 20 starts\u2014the second fewest in the country behind only the Tennessee Volunteers.\u00a0 Ohio State\u2019s roster now includes 37 returning lettermen from last season\u2019s 12-2 team that played in the Big Ten championship game and the Discover Orange Bowl.\u00a0 Defensive coordinator Luke Fickell has some major playmakers to work with, including first-team All-Big Ten performer Noah Spence, who racked up 14.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks.<\/p>\n

Navy\u2019s last victory over a team ranked in the top 25 came on Nov. 7, 2009, as it prepares for this high-profile matchup at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.\u00a0 The Midshipmen are 8-4 SU in season openers during the triple-option era, including a 3-3 mark under head coach Ken Niumatalolo.\u00a0 All eyes will be on starting quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who has registered a 15-6 SU mark in that situation.\u00a0 One of his four losses in 2013 was when he was injured in the second quarter at Western Kentucky.<\/p>\n

The Midshipmen have never finished lower than sixth in the country in rushing yards per game over the last 12 years, which is important to consider when making your Week 1 college football predictions.\u00a0 Navy scored on 53 of its 61 possessions in the red zone last year, with Reynolds being the main reason for that success.\u00a0 It also took great care of the football in finishing tied for first nationally in committing just 10 turnovers.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Midshipmen due to the Buckeyes being 2-6 ATS as favorites of 10.5 to 21 points since 2012.<\/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":"

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Navy Midshipmen Saturday, 8\/30\/14, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -14.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 57.5 Current Total:\u00a0 55.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio State enters Saturday afternoon with the nation\u2019s longest regular-season winning streak at 24 games, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[8441,7737,2835,463,557],"class_list":["post-35089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-j-t-barrett","tag-keenan-reynolds","tag-navy-midshipmen","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-urban-meyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35089","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=35089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35090,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35089\/revisions\/35090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}