The Nebraska Cornhuskers will hit the road in Big Ten conference play as they meet the Minnesota Golden Gophers in an NCAA college football game scheduled for Saturday afternoon. <br /> <br />Kick off time from Minnesota is set for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN. <br /> <br />The betting odds from this college football game have the road side Nebraska Cornhuskers favored by -10 ½ points with the total released in a few days. <br /> <br />Nebraska is 5-1 on the season as they win their third straight game after a 44-7 road victory two weeks ago against the Purdue Boilermakers. The game total finished at under 58 points. The Cornhuskers went up 21-0 at the half and will come off a bye week. <br /> <br />They gained 435 offensive yards with 251 running for 4 ½ yards a carry. Ron Kellogg hit on 10 of 13 throws for 141 yards and a touchdown. Ameer Abdullah had 20 rushes for 126 yards and a touchdown. The Cornhuskers survived three turnovers as they take two from Purdue. On defense Nebraska allowed just 216 yards to the Boilermakers offense with 32 running on 25 carries. <br /> <br />Minnesota is improved to 5-2 after a 20-17 road victory last week to the Northwestern Wildcats as a +12 ½ point betting odds underdog. The total landed at under 52 points. <br /> <br />The Golden Gophers put up 299 yards with 176 running for 3 ½ yards a carry. Phillip Nelson hit on 8 of 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. The team had no turnovers and forced three away from the Wildcats. The Golden Gophers returned an interception for a touchdown. On defense they give up 328 yards of offense to Northwestern with 94 on the ground for 3 ½ yards a carry. Minnesota held the Wildcats to just 6 of 16 conversions on third down.
