In Big 12 conference action the Nebraska Cornhuskers will travel to face the Northwestern Wildcats in a week eight NCAA college football game on Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time from Northwestern is scheduled for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC.
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The point spread came out with the road team Nebraska Cornhuskers favored by -5 points with an over under lined at 62 ½ points.
Early money from the bettors has landed on the side of the home underdog Wildcats as Northwestern is now lined as a -4 ½ point favorite. The total in the game has not moved off the opener of 62 ½ points.
Nebraska Cornhuskers money line bettors will lay -200 odds with the home underdog Northwestern Wildcats returning +170 odds to earn the outright win with no need for the points on their side.
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When Nebraska and Northwestern met last season it was the Cornhuskers coming away with the 28-25 road win as a -17 ½ point betting favorite. The total came under 62 ½ points.
The Cornhuskers enters playoff a bye week. They are coming off the week six 63-38 road defeat to the Ohio St Buckeyes as a +2 ½ point underdog to fall to 4-2 on the season. The game went well over the closing total of 58 points.
Nebraska gives up 35 first half points to Ohio St in the loss. The Cornhuskers offense produced 437 yards with 233 coming on the ground for nearly 5 yards a carry. They had four turnovers and took one from Ohio St.
Quarterback Taylor Martinez hit on 15 of 25 passes for 214 yards with a touchdown and three picks. Martinez had two rushing touchdowns as he ran for 49 yards on 18 carries. Rex Burkhead ran it 14 times for 119 yards. Kenny Bell caught five passes for 133 yards.
Nebraska gave up 498 yards to the Ohio St offense with 371 coming from their run game for over 7 ½ yards a carry.
Northwestern improved to 6-1 on the season and bowl eligible as they defeat the Northwestern Wildcats last week 21-13 as a -3 point road favorite. The total came in at under 54 points.
The Wildcats had just 275 yards of offense with 208 coming from their run attack for 6 yards a carry. They converted on just 1 of 9 on third down yet still came away victorious. Kain Colter hit on 10 of 10 passes for 63 yards. Venric Mark ran it 20 times for 182 yards with two touchdowns. Rashad Lawrence caught four passes for 24 yards.
Northwestern allowed Minnesota 327 offensive yards with 158 from their run game for nearly 4 yards a carry.
CFB Trend: Northwestern Wildcats are 6-1 ATS in their past seven games.
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