Northwestern Wildcats versus Michigan St Spartans ESPN2 Saturday College Football Odds Sports Betting Pick Preview

Published on October 15, 2009 by admin · No Comments

The Northwestern Wildcats will be on the road in Big Ten conference action when they face the Michigan St Spartans in a college football game on Saturday. Kick off time is set for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and the Michigan St Spartans opened as 12 point favorites. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the favorite, as the Michigan St Spartans are currently a 14 point favorite. Totals bettors will find this college football game lined at 52 ½. College football money line gamblers can make a bet on the favored Michigan St Spartans at –500 with the underdog Northwestern Wildcats returning +400 to pull off the straight up upset with no points on their side.

Michigan St is 3-3 on the season with two straight wins in Big Ten conference action after dropping three consecutive games. The team has a notable win against Notre Dame winning 26-20 in overtime. During this winning streak the Michigan St Spartans have ran the ball a lot more. Freshman running back Larry Caper is coming off a 95 yard performance on the ground last week on 16 carries against Illinois. Michigan St quarterback Kirk Cousins missed last week’s game at Illinois with an ankle injury but is expected to play on Saturday. Cousins is hitting on 62% of his passes this season with 7 touchdowns and 4 interceptions on the season. On the defensive side of the ball the Spartans are 4th in total defense in the Big Ten conference giving up 329 yards per game. Michigan St has struggled against the pass giving up 226 yards per game and 13 touchdown passes to their opponents. The 13 touchdown passes against is last in the Big Ten. Northwestern is off to a 4-2 start to the season playing a fairly weak schedule. The team owns a notable win at Purdue but has bad losses by losing at Syracuse and home to Minnesota. Senior Wildcat quarterback Mike Kafka is hitting on 66% of his passes for five touchdowns and four interceptions on the season. The team is having problems running the football with just a 3.0 yards per rush average ranking 10th in the Big Ten conference. Northwestern is 6th in the Big Ten in defense allowing 336 yards per game and 5.2 yards per play average. At Purdue they allowed 375 yards to Purdue and 471 yards at Syracuse in their two road games in the current season.

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CFB Trend: Northwestern Wildcats are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 meeting with Northwestern Wildcats

The Wagerline consensus has 56.0% of the CFB bettors on Michigan St -14

The Wagerline consensus has 63.3% of the CFB bettors playing over 52 1/2

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