{"id":5742,"date":"2009-09-24T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/ncaa-football-handicapping-minnesota-vs-northwestern\/"},"modified":"2009-09-24T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T01:47:00","slug":"ncaa-football-handicapping-minnesota-vs-northwestern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/ncaa-football-handicapping-minnesota-vs-northwestern\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Handicapping: Minnesota vs Northwestern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ryan Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Golden Gophers listed as 1-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam Weber passed for 224 yards and two touchdowns in Minnesota’s 35-21 loss to California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 3. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Golden Bears managed to cover the 13.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (52.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Northwestern went down, 37-34, on a 41-yard field goal from Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Carrier Dome in Week 3. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as a 1.5-point home underdog while the final score played over the 46-point total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS
Northwestern: 2-1 SU, 0-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing in September are 5-5
When playing on grass are 2-8
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing within the conference are 3-7<\/p>\n

Northwestern most recently:
When playing in September are 6-4
When playing on grass are 8-2
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Northwestern
Minnesota is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Minnesota is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Northwestern
Minnesota is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games on the road
Northwestern is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Northwestern is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games
Northwestern is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Northwestern is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 3
Northwestern at Purdue, Saturday, October 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ryan Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Golden Gophers listed as 1-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Adam Weber passed for 224 yards and two … Continue reading NCAA Football Handicapping: Minnesota vs Northwestern<\/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-5742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5742","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=5742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}