College Football Week 1 Thursday 8/28: Nebraska vs Cincinnati

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Nebraska vs Cincinnati: Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO.

Thursday Aug 28 9 Pm EST ESPN

Opening Line: Nebraska -6.5 O/U 50.5

Current Line: Nebraska -6.5 O/U 52.5

Nebraska: 82% Bets, 92% Handle    Cincinnati: 18% Bets, 8% Handle

O/U:  OVER - 61% Bets, 58% Handle    UNDER - 39% Bets, 42% Handle

Quick Hitter Notes:

Nebraska: 15 returning starters - 10 offense / 5 defense including Starting QB Dylan Raiola.  Nebraska is picked to finish 9th in the Big 10 out of 18 teams and are 31st nationally according to Steve Makinen.  Their season win total is 7.5. Will year 3 for Matt Ruhle be like year 3 at Temple and Baylor as Nebraska is coming off a 7-6 SU season.

• Nebraska hasn't beaten a Power 5 Conference team in Wk1 since 2008
• L2 years under Ruhle Nebraska has covered the Week 1 spread
• Nebraska has hit the Game Total UNDER 9 of the last 13: +4.60 units / 32% ROI
• Nebraska is 8-5 ATS L13: +3.60 units / 25% ROI
• Nebraska has hit he 1st Half Moneyline their L3 games: +3.25 units / 86% ROI
• Nebraska has went UNDER the Game Total 10 of their L14
• Nebraska has went UNDER the Game Total 6 of their last 7 vs the Big 12
• Nebraska is 12-3 SU L15 August games
• Cincinnati: 15 returning starters - 7 offense / 8 defense including returning QB Brendan Sorsby. Cincinnnati is picked to finish 11 out of 16 in the Big 12 and 56th Nationally.  Year 3 for Head Coach Scott Satterfield coming off a 5-7 SU record LY.  Their season win total is set at 6.5.
• Cincinnati is 4-1 ATS L5 vs Big 10
• Cincinnati is 0-5 ATS L5: -5.50 units / -100% ROI
• Cincinnati has hit the Game Total UNDER 7 of the last 11: +3.70 units / 31% ROI
• Cincinnati has covered the 1st Half Spread 7 of 11: +2.20 units / 17% ROI