Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Michigan Wolverines are in desperate need of a win when they travel in Big Ten conference action when they tackle the Wisconsin Badgers in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in Wisconsin is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the Big Ten Network. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the home team Wisconsin Badgers opened as an 8 points favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home team, as the Wisconsin Badgers are currently a 9-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 55 ½ for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Wisconsin Badgers at –325 with the road underdog Michigan Wolverines bringing back +285 to win the game without the points a factor in the bet.
In last years meeting it was Michigan pulling out a 27-25 victory as a 4-½ point home underdog. This was a very sloppy game with the Wolverines committing 5 turnovers and the Badgers had 4. Michigan is at 5-5 on the year and they need just 1 more win this season to earn a bowl berth. It was a bitter loss last week to Purdue as the team fell 38-36 as a 7-point favorite. Michigan has lost 5 straight games against Division 1 opponents. The defense has been atrocious as the Wolverines have given up 30 or more points against their past 4 Big 10 opponents. The Wolverines can’t stop the run and can’t stop the pass. Opponents are choosing their preferred method on the Michigan defense and exploiting them badly. After scoring 23 points combined against Penn St and Illinois the Wolverines woke up offensively with 36 points on Purdue. Freshman quarterback Tate Forcier hit on 15 of 24 last week with 1 touchdown and no interception. Michigan is 8th in the Big Ten in defense allowing 393 yards per game and 5.7 yards per play against average. Wisconsin is 7-2 on the season and bowl eligible. The Badgers are winners of two straight after beating Indiana on the road last week 31-28. The Badgers gave up 323 passing yards on the Hoosiers, which was the most since September 26th against Michigan St. The Badgers ran all over the Hoosiers last week with 294 rushing yards. Two weeks ago the Badgers offense put up 266 rushing yards on Purdue. After throwing 5 interceptions in two games against Ohio St and Iowa, Badgers starting quarterback Scott Tolzien has saw his pass attempts decrease as the team has emphasized the run. Sophomore running back John Clay has averaged 5.1 yards a carry this season. Clay has rushed for 257 yards over his past two games. Wisconsin sits 4th in the Big Ten conference in total defense allowing just 312 yards a game and just 5.1 yards per play against average.
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CFB Trend: Wisconsin Badgers are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 meetings with Michigan Wolverines
The Wagerline consensus has 53.3% of the CFB bettors on Wisconsin -9
The Wagerline consensus has 50.4% of the CFB bettors playing under 55 1/2
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