{"id":1941,"date":"2008-09-12T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/michigan-notre-dame-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-12T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:12:00","slug":"michigan-notre-dame-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/michigan-notre-dame-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan-Notre Dame Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Michigan Wolverines and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Notre Dame Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Wolverines listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Irish, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> scored 10 points in the first quarter and then held Miami (OH) to just 49 yards rushing in a 16-6 win last time out. <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> failed to cover the 14.5-point spread, while the 22 points went UNDER the posted total of 40. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Steven Threet threw for just 63 yards, but ran for 26 yards and a touchdown to lead the way. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 1-1 SU, 0-2 ATS <br \/>Notre Dame: 1-0 SU, 0-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Michigan most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Notre Dame most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 3-7<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Michigan is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Michigan is 11-3 ATS in its last 14 games on the road<br \/>Michigan is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Michigan&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>Notre Dame is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Michigan<br \/>Notre Dame is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Notre Dame is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 27<br \/>Notre Dame at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, September 20<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Wolverines and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Notre Dame Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Wolverines listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Irish, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. Michigan scored 10 points in the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/michigan-notre-dame-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michigan-Notre Dame Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}