{"id":2583,"date":"2008-11-08T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/michigan-minnesota-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-08T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T14:07:00","slug":"michigan-minnesota-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/michigan-minnesota-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan-Minnesota Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Michigan Wolverines and the Minnesota Golden Gophers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Golden Gophers listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wolverines, while the game’s total is sitting at 48. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon Minor ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns for Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> as they lost 48-42 to Purdue in Week 10. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Wolverines did not cover the 2.5-point spread, while the combined score easily played OVER the day’s posted total of 47.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam Weber threw for 330 yards, one TD and one pick for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> as they were upset 24-17 by Northwestern in Week 10. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Gophers failed to cover the 7.5-point spread, while the combined score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 48.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 2-7 SU, 1-8 ATS
Minnesota: 7-2 SU, 6-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michigan most recently:
When playing in November are 4-6
When playing on turf are 4-6
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing within the conference are 4-6<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing in November are 5-5
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the conference are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Michigan’s last 5 games on the road
Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Michigan is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Michigan’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Northwestern, Saturday, November 15
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 15<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Michigan Wolverines and the Minnesota Golden Gophers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at The Metrodome. Oddsmakers currently have the Golden Gophers listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wolverines, while the game’s total is sitting at 48. Brandon Minor ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns for Michigan … Continue reading Michigan-Minnesota 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-2583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583","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=2583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}