{"id":7381,"date":"2010-08-25T13:07:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2010-08-25T13:07:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:07:06","slug":"ncaa-football-previews-michigan-state-destined-for-big-ten-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/ncaa-football-previews-michigan-state-destined-for-big-ten-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Previews: Michigan State Destined For Big Ten Middle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\">Sensational online sportsbook Bodog <\/a>continues a look at the BCS conference teams. In this case the Big Ten.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan State Spartans have 15\/1 Big Ten odds after a disappointing campaign in 2009. They\u2019re next up in today\u2019s college football preview.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans offense is more bland than watching Al Gore paint his garage. It will employ a tight end, work in a few running backs, and keep things nice and simple. A lack of creativity doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s poor, though, as Kirk Cousins developed into a pretty solid passer last year (19 touchdowns, nine interceptions). He\u2019ll need to improve further, as the line is looking for three new starters and the ground game could suffer.<\/p>\n<p>The linebackers will lead the defense. Greg Jones might be the best in the nation after averaging nearly 12 tackles per game last year; luckily for MSU, he declined a chance to be drafted to the pros and returned for another tour. The pass \u201cD\u201d leaves much to be desired, though.<\/p>\n<p>Get your <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sports-betting\/ncaa-college-football.jsp\">NCAA Football Odds<\/a> in the Bodog Sportsbook! <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=140\">Grandmaster Sports Handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy\u2019s expert take: The Spartans are smack in the middle of the pack. We have them fifth, well below No. 4 Penn State, but much better than Northwestern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sensational online sportsbook Bodog continues a look at the BCS conference teams. In this case the Big Ten. The Michigan State Spartans have 15\/1 Big Ten odds after a disappointing campaign in 2009. They\u2019re next up in today\u2019s college football preview. The Spartans offense is more bland than watching Al Gore paint his garage. It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/ncaa-football-previews-michigan-state-destined-for-big-ten-middle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NCAA Football Previews: Michigan State Destined For Big Ten Middle<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381","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=7381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7383,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381\/revisions\/7383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}