{"id":9548,"date":"2010-10-22T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9548"},"modified":"2010-10-22T03:10:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T08:10:04","slug":"friday-college-football-picks-south-florida-vs-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/friday-college-football-picks-south-florida-vs-cincinnati-9548\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday College Football Picks: South Florida Vs Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Florida Bulls at Cincinnati Bearcats
\nFriday, 10\/22\/2010, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Cincinnati -300 \/ South Florida +250<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cincinnati is a 8 point favorite and looks to win its 15th straight game at Nippert Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Florida heads out on the road for a second consecutive week and lands in Cincinnati for a Big East Conference matchup.\u00a0 The Bulls have struggled offensively in its first two conference games, especially on third downs and lack of big plays.\u00a0 \u201cWhat we\u2019ve go to do is we have to find a way to move the ball consistently and put it in the end zone,\u201d coach Skip Holtz said.\u00a0 Going into this contest, the team is converting third downs at a 26.6 percent rate, which is last in the Big East and 117th nationally.\u00a0 The squad is coming off a 20-6 loss at No. 25 West Virginia, but the program has gone 35-20 after a loss in its 14-year history.\u00a0 As a head coach, Holtz has posted a 29-17 record in games following a defeat.\u00a0 South Florida is 5-5 ATS in its last 10 games off a loss versus a conference rival.\u00a0 You can compare betting odds on our college football lines page which features 10 quality online sportsbooks.<\/p>\n

The Bulls have dealt with two-game road trips nine times in the program\u2019s history and gone 9-9 in those games.\u00a0 South Florida has won both games twice, lost both twice and split five times.\u00a0 Undoubtedly the team has a good chance of being in this contest due to allowing just one opponent to score more than 20 points this season.\u00a0 Florida tallied 38 in its 24-point win over the Bulls.\u00a0 The defensive unit is third in the league in total defense (300.7 ypg) and second against the pass (165.7 ypg).\u00a0 Defensive end Craig Marshall is leads the defense in sacks with 4.0 and will be a key component in getting to the quarterback, as the Bearcats have given up 19 sacks this season.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati returns to Nippert Stadium on Friday night for a conference contest and enter on a two-game winning streak after a 45-3 home victory over Miami (OH) and 35-27 road win against Louisville last week.\u00a0 The Bearcats own a 14-game winning streak at home and appear to have two winnable games ahead on its home turf.\u00a0 \u201cIt does help knowing that you\u2019ve got some games at home,\u201d said head coach Butch Jones.\u00a0 \u201cNow we\u2019ve got to take advantage of it.\u201d\u00a0 The team has evened up its record at 3-3 after suffering a tough 31-29 defeat to Oklahoma on September 25 at Paul Brown Stadium, which has given the team confidence knowing it nearly beat the BCS\u2019s current top team.<\/p>\n

The Bearcats have won 13-straight Big East Conference games and are led by running back Isaiah Pead.\u00a0 He has logged 511 yards in the past three games, gaining at least 100 yards in each contest.\u00a0 Optimism has also been created by the play of the offensive line last week, surrendering zero sacks against an aggressive Louisville defense, after giving up 15 sacks in its first three games.\u00a0 Defensively, the team will be looking for a better performance, giving up 434 total yards of offense to Louisville.\u00a0 Despite all the yards, Cincinnati gave up just three points in the second half.\u00a0 \u201cWe practice to finish.\u00a0 We play to finish,\u201d defensive back Reuben Johnson said after the game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be quick to notice that the Bulls are 0-6 ATS in the last six meetings in this series, but the Bearcats are 3-8 ATS in their last eight games overall.\u00a0 Maddux Sports has crushed the bookmakers this college football season and has released their\u00a0Friday college football picks which figures to be another solid winner.\u00a0 You can get this easy winner via our college football betting picks page of the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Florida Bulls at Cincinnati Bearcats Friday, 10\/22\/2010, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 46 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Cincinnati -300 \/ South Florida +250 South Florida heads out on the road for a second consecutive week and lands in Cincinnati for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2497,3359,1152,3019,2098,3582,3360,3558,1299,1155],"class_list":["post-9548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-butch-jones","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-college-football-betting-picks","tag-college-football-picks","tag-friday-college-football-picks","tag-isaiah-pead","tag-nippert-stadium","tag-skip-holtz","tag-south-florida-bulls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9548","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=9548"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9619,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9548\/revisions\/9619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}