{"id":35272,"date":"2014-09-09T12:55:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T17:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35272"},"modified":"2014-09-09T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T17:55:44","slug":"college-football-week-3-picks-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-fresno-state-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-3-picks-nebraska-cornhuskers-vs-fresno-state-bulldogs-35272\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 3 Picks: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Fresno State Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Fresno State Bulldogs<br \/>\nSaturday, 9\/13\/14, 10:30 PM EST<br \/>\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -10<br \/>\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -10<br \/>\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A<br \/>\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A<br \/>\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29315\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ameer-abdullah-nebraska-2013.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ameer-abdullah-nebraska-2013-300x168.png\" alt=\"The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 1-4 ATS as road favorites since 2012\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ameer-abdullah-nebraska-2013-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ameer-abdullah-nebraska-2013.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 1-4 ATS as road favorites since 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nebraska takes to the road for the first time in 2014, as it opened the year with a pair of home victories, including a 31-24 win over McNeese State as 35-point home favorites last Saturday.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers picked up a 42-28 victory over the Bulldogs as 28-point home favorites in the only previous meeting in this series in 2011, which is important to consider when making your Week 3 college football picks.\u00a0 Offensively, running back Ameer Abdullah is the main player to watch, as he sits just 66 rushing yards shy from the top five in school history in that statistical category.\u00a0 Nebraska is 3-2 SU and 1-4 ATS as road favorites since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Cornhuskers are one of three schools nationally to win at least nine games in each of the past six seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football lines, as they share that honor with the Alabama Crimson Tide and Oregon Ducks.\u00a0 Nebraska is 3-3 SU in road openers under head coach Bo Pelini, while it owns a 19-9 overall record away from home during his time in Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno State is 0-2 SUATS through its first two games of the season\u2014getting out-gained by a combined 572 yards against the USC Trojans and Utah Utes.\u00a0 The Bulldogs\u2019 13-game home winning streak is the second-longest active streak in the FBS, while they\u2019ve also compiled a perfect 13-0 SU record in night games over the previous two campaigns.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to point out that the program has dropped its last 17 games versus ranked opponents.\u00a0 Fresno State is 0-6 SU and 2-4 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last three quarters of the Utah game, Fresno State averaged 5.2 yards per play and picked up 334 yard and all 27 points after a slow start.\u00a0 During the team\u2019s current home winning streak under head coach Tim DeRuyter, the Bulldogs have captured those affairs by an average of 23 points.<\/p>\n<p>Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 3-0-1 in the Bulldogs last four non-conference games.<\/p>\n<p>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":"<p>Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Fresno State Bulldogs Saturday, 9\/13\/14, 10:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Nebraska takes to the road for the first time in 2014, as it opened the year with a pair of home victories, including a 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