{"id":6226,"date":"2009-10-30T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/ncaa-football-betting-michigan-vs-illinois\/"},"modified":"2009-10-30T21:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T02:34:00","slug":"ncaa-football-betting-michigan-vs-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/ncaa-football-betting-michigan-vs-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Betting: Michigan vs Illinois"},"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 Michigan Wolverines and the Illinois Fighting Illini will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Memorial Stadium.<?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 Wolverines listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 54.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> found out that <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is still the team to beat in the Big Ten, losing 35-10 at Michigan Stadium in Week 8.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">PSU covered as a 3.5-point road favorite while the final score played under the 48-point total.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mikel LeShoure led <st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> with 122 yards rushing but failed to make a score in a 24-14 loss to Purdue in Week 8.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Illini covered the 10.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 55.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 5-3 SU, 4-3 ATS <br \/>Illinois: 1-6 SU, 0-5-1 ATS <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> most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 3-7<br \/>When playing within the conference are 2-8<\/p>\n<p><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on turf are 2-8<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Michigan is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Illinois<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Michigan&#8217;s last 10 games on the road<br \/>Michigan is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Illinois<br \/>Michigan is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Illinois is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Michigan<br \/>Illinois is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Illinois is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Michigan<br \/>Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Purdue, Saturday, November 7<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/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 Michigan Wolverines and the Illinois Fighting Illini will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Memorial Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Wolverines listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 54. Michigan found out that Penn State is still the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/ncaa-football-betting-michigan-vs-illinois\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NCAA Football Betting: Michigan vs Illinois<\/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-6226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226","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=6226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}