{"id":5627,"date":"2009-09-18T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nbc-football-odds-michigan-state-vs-notre-dame\/"},"modified":"2009-09-18T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T12:41:00","slug":"nbc-football-odds-michigan-state-vs-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nbc-football-odds-michigan-state-vs-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Football Odds: Michigan State vs Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Notre Dame Stadium will be treated to a game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish when they take their seats on Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Fighting Irish listed as 10-point favorites versus the Spartans, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kirk Cousins threw for 157 yards on 12-of-16 pass attempts and one touchdown for Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in a 29-27 loss to Central Michigan<\/st1:place> in Week 2. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Spartans failed to cover the 14.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 49.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jimmy Clausen passed for 306 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions for Notre Dame but it was not enough as they lost 38-34 to Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 2. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Irish did not cover the 3-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 46.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 1-1 SU, 0-1 ATS
Notre Dame: 1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michigan State most recently:
When playing in September are 8-2
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

Notre Dame most recently:
When playing in September are 4-6
When playing on grass are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the conference are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Michigan State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Notre Dame
Michigan State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Notre Dame
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Michigan State’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Michigan State’s last 5 games when playing Notre Dame
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Notre Dame’s last 5 games when playing Michigan State
Notre Dame is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Notre Dame’s last 6 games at home
Notre Dame is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 26
Notre Dame at Purdue, Saturday, September 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Notre Dame Stadium will be treated to a game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Fighting Irish listed as 10-point favorites versus the Spartans, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Kirk Cousins threw … Continue reading NBC Football Odds: Michigan State vs Notre Dame<\/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-5627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627","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=5627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}