{"id":8828,"date":"2010-10-09T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=8828"},"modified":"2010-10-09T01:58:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T06:58:39","slug":"florida-state-at-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/florida-state-at-miami-8828\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State at Miami Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida State Seminoles at Miami Hurricanes
\nSaturday, 10\/9\/10, 8:00 PM EDT; TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread: Miami -7
\nCurrent Betting Line: Miami -6
\nOpening Total: 48.5
\nCurrent Total: 48.5
\nCurrent Moneyline: Miami -250\/FSU +210<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ponder and the Noles travel to Miami as 6 point underdogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Florida State heads out on the road with a 4-1 record and 2-0 mark in conference play to tangle with the in-state rival Hurricanes in a major contest.\u00a0 \u201cThis is the reason you come to Florida State,\u201d said coach Jimbo Fisher.\u00a0 \u201cTo play in these games.\u201d\u00a0 Nine straight meetings between the two have been decided by fewer than 10 points, with an average of 4.1 points deciding things.\u00a0 This is the first time both teams have been ranked since 2006 when the Seminoles captured a 13-10 win.\u00a0 The Seminoles have won three of the last five meetings, but still trail the all-time series 31-23.\u00a0 A 24th victory would be the most for the program against any opponent.\u00a0 Fisher\u2019s team was embarrassed in its first game against a Top 25 opponent this season, losing 47-17 to Oklahoma on September 11.\u00a0 FSU has won three in a row since that disaster by a combined 99-24 score.\u00a0 The team is 6-6 ATS in its last 12 road games and the total is 8-4 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Seminoles are led into battle by fifth-year senior Christian Ponder, who currently ranks eight in school history with 5,672 career passing yards.\u00a0 He has completed 63 percent of his passes for 564 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions since the loss to the Sooners. FSU\u2019s offensive line is a major strength for the team, as each member has started at his respective position for at least three years.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Florida State leads the nation in sacks and ranks second nationally in tackles for loss.\u00a0 The revitalized defense enters the Miami game with the country\u2019s 21st-ranked defense, allowing just 291 yards per game through five contests.\u00a0 Florida Sate ranked 108th nationally in the same category last year.\u00a0 Over the last three years, FSU has posted a 2-8 ATS mark off a win against a conference rival.<\/p>\n

Miami is fresh off an impressive 30-21 win over Clemson in Death Valley and will play at home for the first time in 37 days in hosting the Seminoles.\u00a0 For the second straight year, the Hurricanes have won three of their first four games, with the last two coming on the road.\u00a0 Head coach Randy Shannon knows the importance of this game for his program and recruiting.\u00a0 \u201cYou throw everything out the window when you play Florida State,\u201d Shannon commented.\u00a0 \u201cBoth teams are going to go after each other.\u00a0 It\u2019s a respect factor.\u201d\u00a0 His team is facing its second ranked opponent of the year, having lost 36-24 to Ohio State on September 11.\u00a0 The squad is 10-10 ATS as a favorite over the last three years and the total is 9-10 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes are once again led by a stingy defense, leading the Atlantic Coast Conference in total defense and scoring defense, holding its opposition to an average of 266.8 yards per game and 15.0 points per game.\u00a0 Miami leads the nation in tackles for loss (10.50 pg) and ranks second in sacks (4.25).\u00a0 \u201cOur defensive line has been doing a tremendous job and our linebackers have been wiping out the run,\u201d cornerback Brandon Harris said.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is scoring 32.5 points per game and tallying 370.2 yards per contest.\u00a0 Quarterback Jacory Harris has a pension for throwing interceptions, but is still dangerous in throwing six touchdowns in his last two games and threw for 386 yards against the Seminoles last year.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in playing the Seminoles due to their 2-0 ATS mark against conference opponents, while the Hurricanes are 2-0 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points.\u00a0 We dont have a strong opinion on this game but we do have 7 strong winners for the Saturday card.\u00a0 You can get these easy winners by visiting the college football sports picks page of the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida State Seminoles at Miami Hurricanes Saturday, 10\/9\/10, 8:00 PM EDT; TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread: Miami -7 Current Betting Line: Miami -6 Opening Total: 48.5 Current Total: 48.5 Current Moneyline: Miami -250\/FSU +210 Florida State heads out on the road with a 4-1 record and 2-0 mark in conference play to tangle with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3326,1112,2962,3324,1083,3325],"class_list":["post-8828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-christian-ponder","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-jacory-harris","tag-jimbo-fisher","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-randy-shannon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8828","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=8828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8871,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8828\/revisions\/8871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}