{"id":35409,"date":"2014-09-19T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35409"},"modified":"2014-09-19T11:16:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T16:16:37","slug":"college-football-week-4-picks-san-jose-state-spartans-vs-minnesota-golden-gophers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-4-picks-san-jose-state-spartans-vs-minnesota-golden-gophers-35409\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 4 Picks: San Jose State Spartans vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose State Spartans vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers
\nSaturday, 9\/20\/14, 4:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Minnesota -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Minnesota -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers are 14-9 SU at home under head coach Jerry Kill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Jose State split its first two games of the season before enjoying a bye in Week 3, as it looks to gain revenge from last year\u2019s 43-24 against Minnesota as four-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Spartans have wins over Big Ten Conference members Minnesota and Illinois, which is important to consider when making your Week 4 college football picks, while their 2-6 against original members in that situation overall.\u00a0 The program has dropped its last 10 road games following a bye week since 1993.\u00a0 San Jose State is 4-5 SU and 6-3 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Spartans have a chance of covering this number if they can create big plays in special teams, which is possible due to their No. 1 ranking in punt return average at 36.5 yards per return.\u00a0 San Jose State quarterback Blake Jurich is also the fifth-most accurate passer in the country, as he\u2019s completed 38 of 52 passes in 2014.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that Jurich is protected by an offensive line that began the season with just 23 combined starters.<\/p>\n

Minnesota is set to play its final non-conference game of the season, as it returns home after suffering a 30-7 setback to the TCU Horned Frogs as 17-point underdogs, while going UNDER the betting total for the second time in three opportunities.\u00a0 The Golden Gophers have compiled a respectable 14-9 SU home record under head coach Jerry Kill, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA football odds.\u00a0 Minnesota is 11-1 SU and 8-4 ATS as favorites over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 6-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Golden Gophers have 28 interceptions in their last 29 games, with Briean Boddy-Calhoun leading the way with three picks in his last five games played.\u00a0 Minnesota has been flagged just 12 times in three games, which ties it with Michigan for the fewest penalties by a Big Ten program.\u00a0 Keep an eye on the injury report, as quarterback Mitch Leidner is dealing with a toe injury, but he\u2019s rushed for nine career touchdowns in 13 games played\u2014producing a 5-2 record as a starter.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Golden Gophers due to their 10-6 ATS mark at home since the start of the 2012 campaign.<\/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":"

San Jose State Spartans vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Saturday, 9\/20\/14, 4:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Minnesota -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Minnesota -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 56.5 Current Total:\u00a0 51.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Jose State split its first two games of the season before enjoying a bye in Week 3, as it looks to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,8483,3743,464,8484,5541],"class_list":["post-35409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-blake-jurich","tag-jerry-kill","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-mitch-leidner","tag-san-jose-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35409","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=35409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35410,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35409\/revisions\/35410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}