Rutgers Scarlet Knights versus Connecticut Huskies Saturday College Football Odds Sports Betting Pick Preview

Published on October 30, 2009 by admin · No Comments

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will travel in Big East Conference play when they face the Connecticut Huskies in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off at Connecticut is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN Gameplan. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Connecticut Huskies opened as a 7-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the underdog Rutgers Scarlet Knights, as the Connecticut Huskies are currently a 6-½ point favorite. The over under is lined at 45 ½ for the betting public to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the Connecticut Huskies at –270 with the road underdog Rutgers Scarlet Knights returning +230 to win out right without the points.

In their meeting last year at Rutgers the Scarlet Knights squeaked out a 12-10 victory. Despite only 76 rushing yards the Scarlet Knights were able to earn a victory. Connecticut is looking to rebound after falling to West Virginia 28-24 as an 8-point underdog. Connecticut was able to move the ball as the team rushed for 123 yards and passed for 378 against the Mountaineer defense. The Huskies are 2-1 at home this season with a notable victory over Louisville and a 12-10 loss to North Carolina. Sophomore quarterback Cody Endres had a rough game passing last week with 3 interceptions last week despite 2 touchdown passes and 378 yards through the air. Connecticut has gotten good production from their two running backs as Andre Dixon averages 4.8 yards per carry and Jordan Todman 5.0 on the season. Connecticut is 6th in the Big East on defense allowing 323 yards per game and 5.0 yards per play against. Rutgers has had a disappointing season as the team sits at 5-2 this season. All 5 wins have come in their very weak non conference schedule and their 2 losses came in Big East play with a 47-15 home pounding by Cincinnati and falling 24-17 at home to Pittsburgh. In those losses the Scarlet Knights couldn’t run a lick with just a combined 88 yards on 53 carries for less than 2 yards a carry. Those two conference losses produced 5 Rutgers turnovers. Pittsburgh ran all over the Rutgers defense for 226 yards and Cincinnati threw all over the Scarlet Knights for 396 yards. All Rutgers has is an effective passing game led by starting quarterback Tom Savage, a freshman, who had hit on 56% of his passes with 5 touchdowns and 1 interception. Rutgers behind their freshman quarterback have struggle in the red zone as the team has only produced 12 touchdowns in 26 trips inside their opponent’s 20-yard line.

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CFB Trend: Connecticut Huskies are 5-0 ATS in their past 5 meetings with Rutgers Scarlet Knights

The Wagerline consensus has 64.9% of the CFB bettors on Connecticut –6 1/2

The Wagerline consensus has 51.2% of the CFB bettors playing under 45 1/2

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