{"id":2359,"date":"2008-10-17T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T01:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/ohio-state-michigan-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T20:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T01:33:00","slug":"ohio-state-michigan-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/ohio-state-michigan-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State-Michigan State 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 Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan State Spartans will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Spartan 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 Buckeyes listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Spartans, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 42. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Beanie Wells ran for 95 yards on 22 carries, as <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> handled Purdue 16-3 in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> couldn&#8217;t cash as 18-point home favorites as the game played under the 43.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Javon Ringer ran for 124 yards on 35 carries with two touchdowns to lead <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> past Northwestern 37-20 in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> covered as 3-point road favorites as the game played over the 44-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 6 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 6-1 SU, 1-5 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 6-1 SU, 4-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ohio State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 10-0<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 9-1<br \/>When playing within the conference are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Michigan State<br \/>Ohio State is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games on the road<br \/>Ohio State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ohio State&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Michigan State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Michigan State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Michigan State&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Michigan State is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, October 25<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div 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Oddsmakers currently have the Buckeyes listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Spartans, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 42. Beanie Wells ran for 95 yards on 22 carries, as Ohio &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/ohio-state-michigan-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ohio State-Michigan State 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-2359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359","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=2359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}