{"id":2048,"date":"2008-09-19T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/notre-dame-michigan-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:10:00","slug":"notre-dame-michigan-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/notre-dame-michigan-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame-Michigan State Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Michigan State Spartans will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Spartan Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 9-point favorites versus the Fighting Irish, while the game’s total is sitting at 49. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
A Brian Smith fumble return for a touchdown at the start of the fourth quarter helped seal a 35-17 Notre Dame win over Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 3. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Irish pulled off that upset by covering the 1.5-point spread, while the combined score played over the posted total of 37. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Javon Ringer was the story in Week 3 as he ran for two touchdowns to lead Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to a 17-0 victory against the Florida Atlantic Owls. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Despite the win the Spartans failed to cover the 18-point spread, and the points played well UNDER the posted total of 61. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Notre Dame has won 2 straight games.
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Notre Dame: 2-0 SU, 1-1 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Notre Dame most recently:
When playing in September are 4-6
When playing on grass are 5-5
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing outside the conference are 5-5<\/p>\n

Michigan State most recently:
When playing in September are 7-3
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Notre Dame’s last 5 games on the road
Notre Dame is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Notre Dame’s last 5 games when playing Michigan State
Notre Dame is 14-7 SU in its last 21 games on the road
Michigan State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Michigan State’s last 5 games when playing Notre Dame
Michigan State is 8-2-1 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Notre Dame
Michigan State is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Notre Dame<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Notre Dame home to Purdue, Saturday, September 27
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Michigan State Spartans will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Spartan Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 9-point favorites versus the Fighting Irish, while the game’s total is sitting at 49. A Brian Smith fumble return for a touchdown at … Continue reading Notre Dame-Michigan State Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048","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=2048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}