Michigan opens as 12pt fav over NWestern

Submitted by I Like Burgers on

So this is interesting...betonline has listed Michigan as a 10pt favorite over Northwestern.  It opened at 12 points, but dropped pretty much right away.  

Guess the score is going to be 13-3?

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Rodriguesqe

October 4th, 2015 at 4:52 PM ^

If De'veon is playing I layem and laugh. If not and its just Drake and Green then things get interesting.

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Rhino77

October 4th, 2015 at 4:55 PM ^

Saw a couple of their O-Linemen eating pretty heavy at the 5 Guys in Evanston this afternoon. 

Pretty sure the stress is getting to them. Either that or they are just big O-linemen who like a decent fast food burger...or 3. 

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PurpleStuff

October 5th, 2015 at 1:47 AM ^

We didn't have NU on the schedule in 2009 or 2010.  Only game RR coached against them was the freezefest loss in his first year.

Hoke's first year they were outplaying us at the half, then the offense ramped up with some deep balls and we got two turnovers (only time we really stopped them) and ended up winning by a wider margin than they probably deserved.

After that we had pretty much the craziest three game run (especially in terms of finishes) I can remember against anybody.  2012 we got the ball with 18 seconds left and down by three.  Gardner hit the crazy juggling-catch bomb to Roundtree for 50+ yards, and we kicked a game tying field goal, then won in OT.  2013 we hit the Dileo slide 44 yard field goal with no time left to tie it at 9-9 and force OT, then win the game in the third OT period.  2014 they score with three seconds left to make it 10-9, then go for two and the win and fail to convert.

Hopefully this one isn't close, because they have to be due for some luck against us.

 

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Bando Calrissian

October 4th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^

If anyone here is on that demon spawn of social media that is YikYak, take a peek at the Northwestern feed today and the rest of the week. NU kids throwing shade at Michigan is downright hilarious. They're so damn confident...

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DCGrad

October 4th, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^

27-0 last week against Minny but they scored a Defensive TD and a special teams return to set up another (or vice-versa) and I don't see those things happening to us. They also had a pick deep in Minny territory but didn't score any points off that. I do think they are dangerous but I also don't think that they are 27 points better than Minnesota.

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ND Sux

October 4th, 2015 at 5:38 PM ^

Looking to take my gf to the game - currently planning to buy on Main St, but if anyone has tix at $70 or less each, labattman3 @ yahoo. End zone $50 each (ish).

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Eye of the Tiger

October 4th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^

I think we are pretty good, but so are they, and this game has been tight each of the past 3 years. If I were a betting man, and wasn't attached to Michigan emotionally, I would pick Northwestern against that spread.

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wahooverine

October 4th, 2015 at 7:53 PM ^

Though it's leaving yards on the field and isn't running at optimal effectiveness I wouldnt describe our offense as predictable and terrible.  It's rushing for over 200 yd's per game avergaing 4.9 per carry. It's consistently springing guys free in the secondary (albeit Rudock is missing them) and it's at  93% percent in the redzone (which is 22nd nationally).  Definitely not terrible. Much of our scoring and significant yardage have come on big explosive plays which usually resulted from good play design and playcalling. Definitely not predictable.  BYU had no answer for what we were doing.  This, despite deliberately conservative gameplans and 2nd halfs where we closed the playbook and just pounded the ball. Room for improvement in execution ? yes.  Predictable and terrible? No.   That improvement can from every position group:  better decision making and accuracy from Rudock, WR's making tough catchs, better run blocking from the line, and the RB's picking better running lanes and not fumbling.  Yet we're still moving the ball consistently and putting points on the board in the redzone. We've beaten opponents by 28, 21, 31, 28 points and lost by 7 to a top 5 team, yet it still tangibly feels like we can improve by leaps and bounds. With our staff and the backstop of a fantastic defense, should we not expect them to? 

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Perkis-Size Me

October 4th, 2015 at 6:24 PM ^

If the Northwestern that played barely beat Ball State last week shows up, then I could see a 12 pt victory. If the team that beat up on Stanford and Minnesota shows up, we're in for one hell of a dogfight.



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Magnum P.I.

October 4th, 2015 at 6:58 PM ^

Northwestern is playing miraculously over their heads right now. They're a bunch of below-average athletes like BYU, and we'll do to those types of players what Michigan should do and used to do.

We win 24-7. 

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