College Football Picks: Nebraska vs. Washington Odds: September 18th 2010

Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Washington Huskies
Pick: Washington Huskies +3.5 -110 odds
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An early season test at BYU has Washington more prepared for this contest than Nebraska, who has played two pushovers. Plus, Nebraska will be taking to the road for the first time with an inexperienced quarterback. I’ll gladly get behind the seasoned Jake Locker here on his home field. The Nebraska defense remains a respectable unit, but it doesn’t scare teams the way it did last season when Ndamukong Suh was dominating up front. Locker poses major problems for this Nebraska “D” because of his ability to beat you with his arm or his legs. The Huskies also showed a quick passing game against Syracuse that will be difficult for Nebraska to tame. Locker gets the ball out quickly on short routes to let his speedy, athletic receivers run after the catch. This will virtually take the Nebraska pass rush out of the game. The Huskers are already 0-2 ATS this season as the have been overvalued by odds makers. Plus, they are just 21-44-2 ATS in their last 67 games following a SU win of more than 20 points. Look for the Locker to make a nice case for the Heisman Trophy as he leads the Huskies to this minor upset.