{"id":2430,"date":"2008-10-24T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/michigan-state-michigan-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-24T21:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:11:00","slug":"michigan-state-michigan-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/michigan-state-michigan-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State-Michigan 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 fans at Michigan Stadium will be treated to a game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Michigan Wolverines when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wolverines, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kirk Cousins was 17-of-24 for 161 yards with a TD, interception and fumble for <?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> as they lost 45-7 to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 8. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Spartans did not cover the 3-point spread, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 42.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> was defeated 46-17 by <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> last time out, as 2-point underdogs. The 63 points made it OVER the posted total of 48. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Brandon Minor ran for 117 yards with two touchdowns in the loss for <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 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>: 6-2 SU, 4-4 ATS <br \/>Michigan: 2-5 SU, 1-6 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 October are 4-6<br \/>When playing on turf are 3-7<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Michigan most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<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 \/>Michigan State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Michigan State&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Michigan State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Michigan State&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Michigan<br \/>Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Michigan State<br \/>Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Michigan State<br \/>Michigan is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Michigan State<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Michigan&#8217;s last 7 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>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 1<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Purdue, Saturday, November 1<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 fans at Michigan Stadium will be treated to a game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Michigan Wolverines when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wolverines, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. Kirk Cousins was 17-of-24 for 161 yards with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/michigan-state-michigan-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michigan State-Michigan 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-2430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430","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=2430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}