{"id":5862,"date":"2009-10-01T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/ncaa-football-handicapping-michigan-vs-michigan-state\/"},"modified":"2009-10-01T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T01:35:00","slug":"ncaa-football-handicapping-michigan-vs-michigan-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/ncaa-football-handicapping-michigan-vs-michigan-state\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Handicapping: Michigan vs Michigan State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Spartan Stadium will be treated to a game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State Spartans when they take their seats on Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wolverines, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tate Forcier’s 26-yard pass to Martavious Odoms with 2:29<\/st1:time> left lifted Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to a 36-33 win over Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 4. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Wolverines failed to cover as heavy 18-point favorites, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 53.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Both Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol threw two touchdown passes for Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in a 38-30 loss to Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 4. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Spartans did not cover the 1.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 52.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 4-0 SU, 3-1 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 1-3 SU, 1-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michigan most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on grass are 5-5
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing within the conference are 3-7<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Michigan’s last 8 games on the road
Michigan is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Michigan State
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Michigan’s last 5 games
Michigan is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Michigan State’s last 5 games when playing Michigan
Michigan State is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home
Michigan State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Michigan
Michigan State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Michigan<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 10
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Spartan Stadium will be treated to a game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State Spartans when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Wolverines, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Tate Forcier’s 26-yard pass to Martavious Odoms … Continue reading NCAA Football Handicapping: Michigan vs Michigan State<\/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-5862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5862","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=5862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}