{"id":6039,"date":"2009-10-16T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn2-ncaa-football-odds-northwestern-vs-michigan-state\/"},"modified":"2009-10-16T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T15:07:00","slug":"espn2-ncaa-football-odds-northwestern-vs-michigan-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn2-ncaa-football-odds-northwestern-vs-michigan-state\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN2 NCAA Football Odds: Northwestern vs Michigan State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Northwestern Wildcats and the Michigan State Spartans will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Spartan Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 14-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Quarterback Mike Kafka ran for two touchdowns and Northwestern’s defense came up with four turnovers as they beat Miami of Ohio 16-6 in Week 6. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Wildcats did not cover the 17-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 55. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> jumped out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and never looked back, beating Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 24-14 in Week 6. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Spartans covered the 4-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 55. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Northwestern has won 2 straight games.
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Northwestern: 4-2 SU, 1-4 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 3-3 SU, 3-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Northwestern most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Northwestern’s last 8 games on the road
Northwestern is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Michigan State
Northwestern is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Northwestern is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Michigan State
Michigan State is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
Michigan State is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games
Michigan State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Northwestern
Michigan State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Northwestern<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Northwestern home to Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 24
Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State home to Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Northwestern Wildcats and the Michigan State Spartans will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Spartan Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Spartans listed as 14-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Quarterback Mike Kafka ran for two touchdowns and Northwestern’s … Continue reading ESPN2 NCAA Football Odds: Northwestern 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-6039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039","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=6039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}