{"id":9628,"date":"2010-10-22T16:46:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9628"},"modified":"2010-10-22T16:46:57","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:46:57","slug":"ncaa-football-picks-washington-huskies-at-arizona-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-football-picks-washington-huskies-at-arizona-wildcats-9628\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Picks: Washington Huskies at Arizona Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Huskies at Arizona Wildcats
\nSaturday, 10\/23\/2010, 10:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 53
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 53
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Arizona -255 \/ Washington +215<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jake<\/a>
Washington QB Jake Locker heads to Tucson as a 6.5-point road underdog after capturing a double-overtime win over Oregon State last week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington travels to Tucson with an even 3-3 overall record and 2-1 mark in conference to take on the Arizona Wildcats in a nationally-televised contest.\u00a0 The Huskies are looking to break a pattern of alternating wins and losses over the course of the season, especially since the squad captured a 35-34 double-overtime win over Oregon State last time out.\u00a0 \u201cObviously we\u2019ve analyzed it and looked at it and trying to find out why,\u201d said Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s because our guys think they are the greatest thing ever after a win.\u201d\u00a0 The program holds a 17-8-1 edge in the series against Arizona, with the Huskies winning 10 of the last 15 matchups overall.\u00a0 The team is 6-15\u00a0against the college football spreads\u00a0versus conference opponents and the total is 9-11 O\/U in that span.<\/p>\n

The Huskies are led by senior quarterback Jake Locker and that was never more evident in his career-best five touchdown performance against Oregon State last week.\u00a0 \u201cHe is continuing to grown and mature every time we go out and that\u2019s what you want out of your players,\u201d said Sarkisian.\u00a0 Locker has tossed 13 touchdowns and just four interceptions this season and looks to capture another victory over the Wildcats after last year\u2019s 36-33 comeback win.\u00a0 The offense will need some help from Washington\u2019s defense in this contest, but the unit ranks 98th nationally in total defense, surrendering 416.8 yards per game.\u00a0 The Huskies have also allowed an average of 36.3 points in their last four games.<\/p>\n

Arizona is set to host Washington for the school\u2019s 125th Homecoming and also break its current tie with the Huskies for second place in the Pac-10 Conference standings.\u00a0 The Wildcats own a solid home field advantage in winning eight of its last 10 games at Arizona Stadium and the school is expecting the third sellout crowd of the season.\u00a0 With the squad\u2019s 2-1 conference start this season, the Wildcats have 16 victories in their last 25 Pac-10 games.\u00a0 Six of those nine losses have been by three points or less and by a total of 39 points altogether.\u00a0 Arizona is 0-2 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points this season and 11-26 ATS in this situation over its last 37 tries.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats will be playing this contest without starting quarterback Nick Foles, who injured his knee in last week\u2019s 24-7 win at Washington State.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019ll be back when he\u2019s ready,\u201d head coach Mike Stoops said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not a season-ending injury.\u00a0 We anticipate him back.\u201d\u00a0 He was ranked second nationally in completion percentage (75.3) and entered last week\u2019s game leading the conference with an average of 305.8 yards passing.\u00a0 Backup Matt Scott will now lead the offense and he completed 14 of 20 passes for 139 yards against the Cougars.\u00a0 The junior signal caller has three career starts under his belt and compiled a 2-1 record last year with wins over Central Michigan and Northern Arizona before a loss at Iowa.<\/p>\n

Bettors may back off in playing the Huskies in this matchup due to their 4-10 ATS record as a road underdog, but the Wildcats are difficult to trust with a 2-10 ATS mark in their last 12 games as a home favorite of 3.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

At the current line we have no opinion on this game but we do have 7 strong plays lined up for Saturday including our 20 unit game of the year.\u00a0 This will be another easy winner and anyone looking to boost their sports betting bankroll or just stuff some extra cash in your pocket this week should be getting on this play now.\u00a0 Visit the NCAA football picks page to get our 20 unit winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Huskies at Arizona Wildcats Saturday, 10\/23\/2010, 10:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 53 Current Total:\u00a0 53 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Arizona -255 \/ Washington +215 Washington travels to Tucson with an even 3-3 overall record and 2-1 mark in conference to take on the Arizona […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3585,578,2041,3587,3586,2250,3584,3315,567,563],"class_list":["post-9628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arizona-stadium","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-jake-locker","tag-matt-scott","tag-mike-stoops","tag-ncaa-football-picks","tag-nick-foles","tag-pac-10-conference","tag-steve-sarkisian","tag-washington-huskies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628","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=9628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9660,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628\/revisions\/9660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}