{"id":2120,"date":"2008-09-26T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T02:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/michigan-state-indiana-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-09-26T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T02:01:00","slug":"michigan-state-indiana-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/michigan-state-indiana-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State-Indiana Pointers"},"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 State Spartans and the Indiana Hoosiers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial 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 Spartans listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hoosiers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 51. <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:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> knocked off Notre Dame 23-7 in Week 4 thanks to two touchdowns by Javon Ringer. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Spartans covered the 9-point spread, while the combined score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 48. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> was upset 42-20 by <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> as a 2.5-point favorite in Week 4. The game&#8217;s 62 points made it OVER the posted total of 60. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kellen Lewis threw for 168 yards with two interceptions, and ran for 153 yards with a TD in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 3-1 SU, 2-2 ATS <br \/>Indiana: 2-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Michigan State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 2-8<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Indiana most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Michigan State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Indiana<br \/>Michigan State is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Indiana<br \/>Michigan State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana<br \/>Michigan State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana<br \/>Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Indiana is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Michigan State<br \/>Indiana is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Michigan State<br \/>Indiana is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Michigan State<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 4<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 4<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<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">The bookmakers continue to be scared by science and terrorized by technology. 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Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hoosiers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 51. Michigan State knocked off Notre Dame 23-7 in Week 4 thanks to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/michigan-state-indiana-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michigan State-Indiana Pointers<\/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-2120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120","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=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}