{"id":2280,"date":"2008-10-10T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/michigan-state-northwestern-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2008-10-10T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T01:00:00","slug":"michigan-state-northwestern-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/michigan-state-northwestern-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State-Northwestern Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Michigan State Spartans and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Ryan Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Despite a late charge by Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> held on for a 16-13 win in Week 6. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Spartans failed to cover the 6.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 48. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
C.J. Bacher threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns and Northwestern rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 22-17 in Week 5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Wildcats pulled off the upset and covered the 8.5-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day’s posted total of 43. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 5 straight games.
Northwestern has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 5-1 SU, 3-3 ATS
Northwestern: 5-0 SU, 2-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michigan State most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on grass are 7-3
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/p>\n

Northwestern most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on grass are 8-2
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Michigan State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Michigan State’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Michigan State’s last 5 games on the road
Michigan State is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Northwestern is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Northwestern is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Michigan State
Northwestern is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Northwestern is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Michigan State<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, October 18
Northwestern home to Purdue, Saturday, October 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Michigan State Spartans and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Ryan Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. Despite a late charge by Iowa, Michigan State held on for a … Continue reading Michigan State-Northwestern 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-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280","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=2280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}