Northern Illinois opened the season with an impressive 27-24 overtime win over Boston College before slipping back and losing 14-11 to Southern Illinois, an FCS school even while outgaining the Salukis 348-222. This brought back memories of last season when Northern Illinois lost four conference games in which it outyarded its opponent. Rocky Lombardi completed 23 of 38 for 297 yards and a touchdown, but he threw three interceptions. Nevertheless, Nebraska shouldn't be laying this many points as it is already 0-2 under new coach Matt Ruhle following a 36-14 loss to rejuvenated Colorado last week. The defense yielded 454 yards while Nebraska QB Jeff Sims was only 9 of 15 for 106 yards and no TDs with an interception. The Cornhuskers are 10-24 since 2020 and they have scored only 27 points their first two games. Nebraska is 8-2 UNDER its past 10 games and Northern Illinois stayed UNDER by 33.5 points last week. The Huskers are 0-8 ATS as favorites and 0-4-1 ATS their past five September games and they have gone UNDER five straight at home. Take the points with Northern Illinois, and bet the UNDER.
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Who was the public on? 66% of the public bets were on Nebraska Cornhuskers on the -11.5 ATS. And, 51% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Nebraska would win by a score of 29.1 to 15.9 with Nebraska winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Northern Illinois at Nebraska
7:00 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 64% of the public bets were on Nebraska Cornhuskers on the -14 ATS. And, 63% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Nebraska would win by a score of 31.3 to 22.2 with Nebraska winning on the moneyline, Northern Illinois winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 75% of the public bets were on Nebraska Cornhuskers on the -10.5 ATS. 77% of the public money was on Nebraska Cornhuskers to win on the moneyline. And, 50% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Nebraska would win by a score of 30.1 to 22.8 with Nebraska winning on the moneyline, Northern Illinois winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Northern Illinois at Nebraska
12:00 PM Eastern
Northern Illinois has stayed UNDER its first two games against Boston College and Eastern Illinois and the Huskies have now gone UNDER six of their last seven games dating to last season. The Huskies held Eastern Illinois to just 60 net rushing yards on 1.3 yards per carry and 187 total offense yards. NIU returns nine starters on defense, but just five on offense. Quarterback Ryan Graham started against Boston College and was only 15-of-38 and now he's out for two to four weeks with an elbow injury. Nebraska lost to Oregon 42-35 and was outgained by 205 yards and averaged 3.8 yards per rush. Tanner Lee was only 19-of-41 for the Cornhuskers and was picked off four times. Nebraska has stayed UNDER five of its last six home games and the Huskies have gone UNDER four straight times after recording at least 450 total offense yards their previous game. Also, Northern Illinois is 6-2 UNDER after allowing fewer than 20 points. Take this matchup to stay UNDER the total.
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