Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Michigan Wolverines will travel to face in state Big 10 conference rival the Michigan St Spartans in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in Michigan St is set for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the Big 10 Network. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Michigan St Spartans opened as 2-point favorites. The early money from the college football sports bettors has come in on the home team, as the Michigan St Spartans are currently a 2-point favorite. Totals bettors can play into the current over under of 57 ½. College football money line players can make a money line bet on the favored Michigan St Spartans at –130 with the underdog Michigan Wolverines returning +110 to win straight up with out the point spread a factor in the sports bet.
Michigan is undefeated on the season this year with many come from behind fourth quarter victories. The Wolverines defense has allowed chunks of yardage and points to the opposition. Michigan is giving up an average of 385 yards per game this season on defense ranking the team 9th in the Big 10 conference. In the Wolverines conference game against Indiana last week the team allowed 467 yards on defense with a 6.6 yards per play average. After four straight home games the Michigan Wolverines will play their first road game of the season. Starting quarterback Tate Forcier has a sore shoulder but head coach Rich Rodriguez announced that Forcier would get the start. Forcier is completing 62% of his passes on the season for 7 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. The Wolverines are led on the ground by running back Carlos Brown who has gained 321 yards on 38 carries this season with 3 touchdowns and an 8.4 yards per carry average. The Michigan St Spartans are the top offense in the Big 10 with an average of 438 yards of offense per game. Michigan St is 1-3 on the season and is coming off three straight losses. Sophomore quarterback Kirk Cousins is hitting on 60% of his passes for 7 touchdowns and 2 interceptions this season. He did pass for over 300 yards in the teams 33-30 close defeat at Notre Dame. The Spartans have not replaced star running back Javon Ringer who has left for the NFL. The Spartans are just averaging 4.0 yards per carry on the ground in 117 rushing attempts ranking the team 10th of 11 teams in the Big 10 conference. So the task at hand for the Spartans in this game is can Michigan St run against the soft run defense of the Wolverines.
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CFB Trend: Michigan Wolverines are 5-2 ATS in their past 7 meetings with Michigan St
The Wagerline consensus has 61.5% of the CFB bettors on Michigan +2 1/2
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