{"id":9481,"date":"2010-10-21T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9481"},"modified":"2010-10-21T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T20:42:14","slug":"ncaa-football-picks-nebraska-at-oklahoma-state-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-football-picks-nebraska-at-oklahoma-state-predictions-9481\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Picks: Nebraska at Oklahoma State Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Oklahoma State Cowboys
\nSaturday, 10\/23\/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 61.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 60
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Nebraska -230 \/ Oklahoma State +190<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oklahoma State is a home underdog and faces a Nebraska team that no longer has national title aspirations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nebraska looks to rebound from its first loss of the season on Saturday afternoon at Oklahoma State, coming off a 20-13 defeat to the Texas Longhorns in Lincoln last week. \u00a0The Cornhuskers are also seeking their seventh consecutive road win, but it will not come easy against the 17th-ranked team in the country.\u00a0 \u201cI honestly think there\u2019s less distraction on the road, whatever it may be,\u201d head coach Bo Pelini said.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re looking into why that is and trying to think outside of the box a little bit about maybe handling home games a little bit differently.\u201d\u00a0 The team holds a commanding 36-5-1 edge in the all-time series between the two schools, including a 15-3-1 advantage in Stillwater.\u00a0 Nebraska is 4-2 ATS off a loss against a conference rival and 9-10 ATS versus Big Ten opponents over the past three years.\u00a0 Nebraska is currently a 5.5 point road favorite on the college football lines for week 8.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers were held to 202 yards last week versus the Longhorns, which was much lower than the 494.4 yards it averaged in the first five weeks.\u00a0 Nebraska also won its first five games by an average of 28.8 points and relied heavily on the play of its freshman quarterback.\u00a0 Taylor Martinez was receiving a lot of Heisman until last week\u2019s game when he managed just 21 yards on 13 carries.\u00a0 He has a good chance of bouncing back due to averaging 189 yards and scoring seven touchdowns in two road games this year.\u00a0 Defensively, the team has been impressive throughout, ranking ninth-nationally in total yards allowed (274.3) and points (14) allowed.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State has garnered a 6-0 record and 2-0 mark in conference play this season by going through a schedule that\u2019s gotten tougher as the years gone on.\u00a0 The level of competition certainly ratchets up in hosting the Huskers.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re probably the most athletic back seven I\u2019ve seen from linebackers, safeties and corners.\u00a0 Without question, the most athletic group of seven guys collectively that I\u2019ve seen,\u201d offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen said of Nebraska\u2019s defense.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re obviously good.\u201d\u00a0 The Cowboys will be playing their only home game in the month of October and will be hosting its homecoming.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 47-34-7 all-time in Homecoming games and has won its last six games against the Big 12 North.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will be facing their first ranked opponent of the season on Saturday and just the third since the start of the 2009 campaign.\u00a0 Oklahoma State picked up a win over No. 13 Georgia and a loss to No. 3 Texas last year.\u00a0 Offensively, the club is led by the exploits of wide receiver Justin Blackmon and quarterback Brandon Weeden.\u00a0 Blackmon leads the country in scoring (13 ppg), total receiving yards (159.2) and touchdown receptions (12).\u00a0 Weeden steps in second in passing yards per game (327.67), second in touchdown passes with 19 and fifth in total passing yards (1,966).\u00a0 The Total is 5-1 Over\/Under this year in their games, but an even 15-15 over the past three seasons.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Cornhuskers are 1-5 ATS in the last six meetings, while the Cowboys are 0-6 ATS as a home underdog.\u00a0 Maddux Sports feels they have a good feel on this game and should have another easy winner.\u00a0 Currently followers of Maddux Sports are up over $11,000 this season and we should be adding some profit this weekend with our NCAA football picks Saturday package.\u00a0 We have 7 winners and the prediction of this game.\u00a0 Dont miss anymore winning plays and start turning a profit with Maddux’s advice this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Oklahoma State Cowboys Saturday, 10\/23\/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Nebraska -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Nebraska -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 61.5 Current Total:\u00a0 60 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Nebraska -230 \/ Oklahoma State +190 Nebraska looks to rebound from its first loss of the season on Saturday afternoon at Oklahoma State, coming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[738,475,3187,3548,2250,1143,1141,3375],"class_list":["post-9481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12","tag-bo-pelini","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-justin-blackmon","tag-ncaa-football-picks","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-taylor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9481","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=9481"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9586,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9481\/revisions\/9586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}