The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles opens up the 2012 college football season as they face the Nebraska Cornhuskers in an NCAA college football week one game on Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time from Nebraska is slated for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC.
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The current college football odds has the home team Nebraska Cornhuskers favored by -20 points with an over under of 52 ½ points.
Early money from the NCAA college football bettors has landed on the side of the home team as Nebraska has been bet up to a -20 ½ point betting favorite. The over under has moved up a notch to a current line of 53 points.
Nebraska Cornhuskers money line bettors will lay -1200 odds with the road underdog Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles bringing back +775 odds to post the upset victory with no need for points.
Golden Eagles head coach Ellis Johnson makes his debut with Southern Miss on Saturday. He has no prior head coaching experience in major college football. He inherits six starters back on offense and four to his defense. The team finished 12-2 last season and were champions of Conference USA. They defeated the Nevada Wolfpack in the Hawaii Bowl 24-27 as a -9 point favorite.
Southern Miss will go with a first year starting quarterback in 2012 as junior Chris Campbell has been penciled int. The teams top four rushers are all back for the Golden Eagles. They must replace their top two pass receiving threats.
Head coach Bo Pelini returns for his fifth season with Nebraska. The Cornhusker head coach has a career record of 39-16. He returns seven starters on offense and seven to his defense. The team finished the 2011 year at 9-4 and the team earned a bowl berth into the Capital One Bowl. In their bowl game the Cornhuskers were soundly defeated by South Carolina Gamecocks of the SEC conference 30-13 as a +2 ½ point underdog.
Junior quarterback Taylor Martinez is back for Nebraska. The run threat hit on just 56.2% of his passes for 2089 yards with 13 touchdowns and 8 picks.
The team returns their top four rushers from a year ago. There top three receivers also return in 2012 to the program.
CFB Trend: Nebraska Cornhuskers are 6-1 to the under in their past seven games.
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