{"id":5630,"date":"2009-09-18T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/college-football-handicapping-nebraska-vs-virginia-tech\/"},"modified":"2009-09-18T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T12:52:00","slug":"college-football-handicapping-nebraska-vs-virginia-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/college-football-handicapping-nebraska-vs-virginia-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Handicapping: Nebraska vs Virginia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n
The Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Virginia Tech Hokies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Lane Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Hokies listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cornhuskers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Zac Lee had a big day for Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, throwing four touchdown passes in a 38-9 win over Arkansas<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 2. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cornhuskers covered the 21-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 45. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Freshman Ryan Williams ran for 164 yards and three touchdowns, and Virginia Tech more than tripled their offensive production from their opener in a 52-10 rout of Marshall<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 2. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hokies covered the 20-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 44.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 2-0 SU, 2-0 ATS
Virginia Tech: 1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nebraska most recently:
When playing in September are 8-2
When playing on grass are 4-6
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech most recently:
When playing in September are 8-2
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Nebraska is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nebraska’s last 6 games on the road
Nebraska is 4-8-1 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Nebraska is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Virginia Tech is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Virginia Tech is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Louisiana-Lafayette, Saturday, September 26
Virginia Tech home to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, September 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

 <\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Virginia Tech Hokies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Lane Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Hokies listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cornhuskers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Zac Lee had a big day for Nebraska, throwing … Continue reading College Football Handicapping: Nebraska vs Virginia Tech<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}