{"id":35940,"date":"2014-10-24T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35940"},"modified":"2014-10-24T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T16:15:15","slug":"college-football-week-9-picks-rutgers-scarlet-knights-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-9-picks-rutgers-scarlet-knights-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers-35940\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 9 Picks: Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers
\nSaturday, 10\/25\/14, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -17
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -20
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 57
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 60.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers have a Heisman Trophy candidate in Ameer Abdullah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rutgers had its three-game win streak snapped last time out, as it dropped a 56-17 decision to the Ohio State Buckeyes as 20.5-point road underdogs last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive affair.\u00a0 The Scarlet Knights are aiming to become bowl eligible for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons, which is important to consider when making your Week 9 college football betting picks, as they also try to capture their first victory over a ranked opponent since 2009.\u00a0 Rutgers is 0-5 SU and 3-2 ATS as underdogs of 10.5 to 21 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Scarlet Knights need to try and win the ground game, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football odds page, as they\u2019ve compiled a 21-4 SU record over the last four seasons when attempting 35 or more rushes.\u00a0 Rutgers is also 18-2 SU when scoring 20 points or more under head coach Kyle Flood, and has gone on to secure a win in 16 of 19 opportunities when leading after three quarters of action.<\/p>\n

Nebraska returns home after picking up a 38-17 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats as 6.5-point road favorites last week, while winning the statistical battle by a 181-yard margin.\u00a0 The Cornhuskers will take to the ground offensively, with senior running back Ameer Abdullah becoming the first player in school history to have three 1,000-yard rushing seasons.\u00a0 The team is capable of moving the ball through the air, as signal-caller Tommy Armstrong Jr. has accumulated 2,028 yards of total offense in 2014.\u00a0 Nebraska is 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS as favorites this year.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers have one of the top secondaries in the country from a statistical standpoint, as opposing quarterbacks have completed just 48.3 percent of their passes this season\u2014ranking third nationally.\u00a0 Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten to have a winning conference record each of the past three seasons.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 11-1 in the Scarlet Knights last 12 games following a SU loss.<\/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. Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday, 10\/25\/14, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -17 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -20 Opening Total:\u00a0 57 Current Total:\u00a0 60.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Rutgers had its three-game win streak snapped last time out, as it dropped a 56-17 decision to the Ohio State Buckeyes as 20.5-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[7783,3442,1143,2500,8477],"class_list":["post-35940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-ameer-abdullah","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-tommy-armstrong-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35940","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=35940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35941,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35940\/revisions\/35941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}