{"id":35807,"date":"2014-10-17T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35807"},"modified":"2014-10-17T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T17:16:23","slug":"college-football-week-8-predictions-rutgers-scarlet-knights-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-8-predictions-rutgers-scarlet-knights-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes-35807\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 8 Predictions: Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Ohio State Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
\nSaturday, 10\/18\/14, 3:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -18.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -21.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 62
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are 3-1 ATS as underdogs of 10.5 to 21 points since 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rutgers has won three games in a row, including a 26-24 victory over the Michigan Wolverines as three-point home favorites on Oct. 4, while going\u00a0 OVER the betting total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 The Scarlet Knights are third nationally with 24 total sacks, which is important to consider when making your Week 8 college football predictions, as they matchup up against an offensive line that has allowed its quarterback to go down 2.6 times per game.\u00a0 Rutgers is 0-4 SU and 3-1 ATS as underdogs of 10.5 to 21 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Scarlet Knights are 18-2 when scoring 20 or more points under head coach Kyle Flood, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football odds page, while they\u2019ve scored in 19 of their 21 trips inside the red zone this year.\u00a0 Rutgers has a capable quarterback in Gary Nova, who leads the country in averaging 17.2 yards per completion, while the program has won 20 of his 24 starts where he throws zero or just a single interception.<\/p>\n

Ohio State is enjoying a 3-0 SUATS run, as it has won the statistical battle by a triple-digit margin in all of those affairs, which has led to the OVER cashing every single time. \u00a0 The Buckeyes have taken off with freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett continuing to gain experience, as he\u2019s thrown 14 touchdowns and just a single interception in his last three starts.\u00a0 He leads the Big Ten Conference and ranks 15th nationally in averaging 326.0 total yards of offense.\u00a0 Ohio State is 17-1 SU and 9-8 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes deserve to be high-priced favorites in this matchup, considering their head coach has compiled a 37-3 SU all-time record with more than a week to prepare for an opponent, while Urban Meyer also hasn\u2019t lost a game in the month of October since 2010.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that the school is 67-19-5 SU when its Homecoming in Columbus.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 11-1 in the Scarlet Knights\u2019 last 12 road games versus a team with a winning home 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

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday, 10\/18\/14, 3:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -18.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -21.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 58.5 Current Total:\u00a0 62 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Rutgers has won three games in a row, including a 26-24 victory over the Michigan Wolverines as three-point home favorites on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,7735,8441,463,2500,557],"class_list":["post-35807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-gary-nova","tag-j-t-barrett","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-urban-meyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35807","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=35807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35808,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35807\/revisions\/35808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}