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Published: November 4, 2009
The Oklahoma Sooners will hit the highway to face Big 12 conference rival the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a college football game on Saturday night in prime time. Kick off time in Nebraska is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by ABC. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Oklahoma Sooners opened as a 6-½ point road favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home underdog Nebraska Cornhuskers, as the Oklahoma Sooners are currently a 5-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 42 for the bettors to play into. College football money line bettors who would like to make a play on the favored Oklahoma Sooners will find them lined at –230 with the home underdog Nebraska Cornhuskers returning +190 to win without the points on their side.
In their meeting last season the Oklahoma Sooners pounded Nebraska 62-28. Oklahoma posted 508 total yards on Nebraska’s defense to post a big win. Nebraska plays in the Big 12 North and at 2-2 in conference play is even in the loss column with Kansas St. The winner of the Big 12 North will most likely meet Texas in the Big 12 Title game. Nebraska defeated a struggling Baylor squad last week 20-10. The Cornhuskers continued their struggles on offense as freshman quarterback Cody Green was just 12 of 21 for 128 yards no touchdowns and an interception. Nebraska was just 5 of 15 on third downs with the freshman under center. Zac Lee is a possibility to start on Saturday and has been often criticized by his poor play by head coach Bo Pelini. Robinson has hit on 59% of his passes with only 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Robinson has had some really bad games against Virginia Tech, Missouri against Iowa St in the team’s 9-7 loss. Running back Roy Helu Jr. has seen his numbers dip the past two games with a shoulder ailment. Nebraska has huge ball security issues as the team has turned the ball over 14 times over their past 4 games. Nebraska has been solid defensively allowing just 11.3 points per game on the season. Nebraska is hard to run on as the team allows just 2.65 per rushing attempt. Oklahoma enters this game at 5-3 on the season and comes in with consecutive wins against Kansas and Kansas St. Freshman quarterback Landry Jones has put solid games together with 69% passing accuracy with 6 touchdowns and only 1 interception during the winning streak. The Sooners have not got their running game going this season as the team only averages just 3.9 yards per rush this season. The key match up in this game will be the Sooners resurgent passing game against the solid pass defense for Nebraska. The Cornhuskers only allows 171 yards per game through the air and have only allowed 3-touchdown passes all season.
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CFB Trend: Nebraska Cornhuskers are 7-1 to the under this season
The Wagerline consensus has 76.3% of the CFB bettors on Oklahoma -5
