Wisconsin vs. Nebraska Betting Odds
Carrie Stroup here and I have your Wisconsin vs. Nebraska betting odds for Saturday’s Week 5 College Football games. All odds courtesy of Sportsbook.com where you can receive up to $250 in FREE CASH when joining here today. Mobile wagering is available.
Sportsbook.ag Line & Total: Nebraska -11.5 & 50.5
Opening Line & Total: Cornhuskers -12.5 & 50.5
Big Ten powers trying to improve to 4-1 on the season clash on Saturday night when No. 22 Nebraska hosts Wisconsin.
The all-time series is split at three games apiece between these two teams. Last season, Nebraska jumped out on Wisconsin early, but turnovers paved the way for a 48-17 Badgers win-and-cover. Wisconsin’s Montee Ball rushed for 151 yards and 4 TD in that meeting of top-10 teams, but Ball exited the last game (37-26 win over UTEP) with concussion symptoms, leaving his status for Saturday in question. Huskers QB Taylor Martinez threw 3 INT versus the Badgers last year, but has thrown 9 TD with just 1 INT in 2012. Ball insists that he will play in this game, and if that’s the case, the spread will drop a couple of points. However, underdogs of 10.5 to 21 points with a win percentage between 60% and 80% are 30-6 ATS (83%) in the past 10 seasons when coming off a no-cover where the team won as a favorite and was facing a team with a winning record. Expect this to be a one-possession game.
Ball has not found the wide holes he has been so accustomed to in his Wisconsin career. Last season, he averaged 137 rushing YPG, 6.3 YPC and 2.8 total touchdowns per game. This season, those numbers have fallen to 120 YPG, 3.9 YPC and 1.0 total TD per game. If Ball can’t play on Saturday, Melvin Gordon and James White will fill in, trying to duplicate their success against UTEP last week. Gordon compiled 112 yards and a touchdown on just eight rushing attempts while White rushed for 65 yards and two scores on 15 carries. The running game also benefits from the insertion of freshman QB Joel Stave under center. Stave played well after taking over for Danny O’Brien two games ago against Utah State, and performed admirably in his first career start against the Miners last week, completing 12-of-17 passes for 210 yards. Junior WR Jared Abbrederis gained 147 of those yards, a career-high. On the other side of the ball, Wisconsin has stuffed the run consistently (81 YPG, 13th in nation), but the secondary has been exposed, allowing 245 passing YPG (83rd in FBS).
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Nebraska also has a star running back that is operating at less than 100 percent. Rex Burkhead has missed two games with a sprained knee, but he returned to action last week and ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns on just eight carries in the 73-7 blowout of Idaho State. He was solid against the Badgers last year with 18 carries for 96 yards (5.3 YPC) and a touchdown. For the Huskers to win this game, Martinez needs to keep piling up the yardage. He already has 1,069 total yards (267 YPG), but has just 69 rushing yards on 18 carries (3.8 YPC) in his past two games. Defensively, the Huskers front four has the ability to create big problems for a lackluster Wisconsin offensive line. Nebraska has 16 sacks (T-3rd in nation) and 33 Tackles for Loss (T-8th in FBS). Eleven different players on the Blackshirts defense already have at least ½ sack this year.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
