{"id":43218,"date":"2011-09-14T20:49:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T03:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=43218"},"modified":"2011-09-14T20:49:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T03:49:32","slug":"odds-wk3-huskies-vs-cornhuskers-free-pick-14911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/odds-wk3-huskies-vs-cornhuskers-free-pick-14911\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3: Washington vs. Nebraska Preview & Free Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington (2-0) vs No. 10 Nebraska (2-0) Gambling Preview + Predictions<\/h2>\n

When Washington and Nebraska meet this coming Saturday in Lincoln, it will be the third time these teams have met in the last year. <\/p>\n

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Kyle Hunter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Early last year the Huskers stomped the Huskies in Seattle, but Washington exacted revenge by shocking Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl last year. Which team will come out on top this Saturday afternoon?<\/p>\n

Washington vs. Nebraska<\/strong>
\nMemorial Stadium<\/strong>
\nSaturday September 17, 3:30 PM EST<\/strong>
\nNCAA Football Odds from BetOnline<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: <\/strong>Off
\nCollege Football Spread: <\/strong>Nebraska -16.5 (-110) Washington +16.5 (-110)
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>54.5
\nUW vs. Nebraska ATS Gambling Stats –><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jake Locker is in the NFL, so this year\u2019s Huskies team looks quite a bit different. Chris Polk is still in the backfield, and he is one more of the more talented runners in the country. Polk has picked up 5.2 yards per carry so far this year. Keith Price has taken over as the starting quarterback for the Huskies. Price has completed 70% of his passes and thrown seven touchdowns in just two games, so he is definitely off to a great start. Nebraska\u2019s combination of an impressive pass rush as well as a strong secondary will make this a real test for Price and the Huskies offense.<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s defense allowed Nebraska to run for 385 yards (they picked 535 total yards) in the first meeting last year. Amazingly, the same defense only allowed the Cornhuskers to run for 94 yards and pick up 192 total yards in their bowl meeting last December. The Huskies defense has allowed more than 800 passing yards in just two games so far this season! Nebraska can\u2019t throw it too well, but they\u2019ll definitely need to shore up the secondary as the season moves along.<\/p>\n

Nebraska<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taylor Martinez started last year so well that he was actually mentioned as a Heisman candidate several times, but after an ankle injury in the middle of the season he was never the same. Martinez has rushed for 301 yards in the team\u2019s first two games this year, so it appears the ankle is feeling quite a bit better. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers have another very good runner in the backfield in tailback Rex Burkhead. Burkhead is averaging five yards per carry so far this season. While the running game is great, Nebraska\u2019s passing game is normally non-existent. In order to be one of the top teams in the land, Nebraska will need to get a little more balance on offense.<\/p>\n

The Nebraska defense was expected to be tremendous this year, but the Blackshirts have gotten off to a slow start in 2011. Fresno State put up 29 points on Nebraska last weekend. The Bulldogs actually outgained the Cornhuskers last weekend, and the lack of a pass rush from Nebraska was a real surprise. Jared Crick is a great defensive tackle and Lavonte David is a very good linebacker, but there are some youngsters on this defense.<\/p>\n

Nebraska hasn\u2019t looked very impressive so far this year, but I believe they\u2019ll show up for this one. The Cornhuskers were embarrassed by their performance last December, and I think we\u2019ll be able to tell this weekend. Washington has some talent, but they have far more holes on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n

NCAA Gambling Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over is 6-2 in WASH last 8 non-conference games.
\nUnder is 6-2 in NEB last 8 home games.
\nNEB are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall.<\/p>\n

Free College Football Pick: <\/strong>Nebraska -16.5
\nScore Prediction: <\/strong>Nebraska 38 Washington 14<\/p>\n

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On Saturday September 17th its the Washington Huskies vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers. Odds have the Cornhuskers listed as 16.5-point favorites. The game\u2019s total is currently set at 54.5, here is a preview, free pick plus the college football betting angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":29246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[28750,287,324,548,41712,41714,763,1168,1294,41716,41715,41718,1340,17598],"class_list":["post-43218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-28750","tag-cfb-picks","tag-college-football-odds","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-huskies-cornhuskers-lines","tag-huskies-vs-cornhuskers-predictions","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-sportsbook","tag-vegas-picks","tag-washington-huskies-vs-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-washington-nebraska-spread","tag-washington-vs-nebraska-free-pick","tag-week-3","tag-week-3-free-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43305,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218\/revisions\/43305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}