{"id":36239,"date":"2014-11-13T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T16:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=36239"},"modified":"2014-11-13T11:53:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T16:53:51","slug":"college-football-week-12-predictions-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-minnesota-golden-gophers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-12-predictions-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-minnesota-golden-gophers-36239\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 12 Predictions: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers
\nSaturday, 11\/15\/14, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -12.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 59.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes are one of the top offensive teams in the country heading into Week 12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio State has won seven consecutive games since suffering its only defeat to Virginia Tech on Sept. 6, as it comes off a 49-37 victory over the Michigan State Spartans as 3.5-point road underdogs last week, while going OVER the betting total for the eighth time in nine opportunities.\u00a0 The Buckeyes have won a Big Ten record 21 consecutive regular season conference games, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your Week 12 college football predictions, as they\u2019ve also captured 12 straight games on the road.\u00a0 Ohio State is 12-0 SU and 5-7 ATS as favorites of 10.5 to 21 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes have a legitimate Heisman Trophy contender in J.T. Barrett, which is important to consider when looking over the college football betting lines, as he\u2019s responsible for 34 touchdowns\u2014second most among FBS players.\u00a0 Ohio State is 10th in the country in total offense and tied for fourth in averaging 36.0 points per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the squad racked up an impressive 568 total yards against a top-flight defense last week in East Lansing.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has won five of its last six games, including a 51-14 blowout victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes as 1.5-point home underdogs last week, while capturing the statistical battle by 224 yards.\u00a0 The Golden Gophers are 8-3 SU in their last 11 conference games, while they\u2019ve put together a perfect 6-0 SU mark at TCF Bank Stadium during the 2014 campaign.\u00a0 Minnesota is 4-5 SU and 6-3 ATS in November the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 5-3-1 in those nine opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Golden Gophers have ran the ball 425 times this season, while they\u2019ve put the ball in the air just 165 times.\u00a0 Minnesota has scored 32 offensive touchdowns this year and 21 of them have come on the ground.\u00a0 That\u2019s the recipe for success under head coach Jerry Kill, as the program is 17-2 SU during his time on campus when eclipsing the 200-yard rushing mark.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to the favorite going 6-2 ATS in the last eight meetings.<\/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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Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Saturday, 11\/15\/14, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 59.5 Current Total:\u00a0 56.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio State has won seven consecutive games since suffering its only defeat to Virginia Tech on Sept. 6, as it comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,8441,3743,464,463,8420],"class_list":["post-36239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-j-t-barrett","tag-jerry-kill","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-tcf-bank-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36239","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=36239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36240,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36239\/revisions\/36240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}