Inaugural B1G Championship Line

Yeah, Sparty is gonna be pissed.

They aren't just our little brother anymore, they are the Big Tens little brother.

Beating Wisconsin the first time around doesn't even earn them respect.

Must suck feeling so inferior

But MSU is talented on D and lead by a Senior QB, 10pts on a neutral site seems very very high.

Wow that's a shocker to me. I was thinking at most Wiscy would be giving about 3.5. This game is not in Madison, so I don't think I would put to much down on this line...

Pretty safe bet to me.....

Wisconsin always is over-rated these days because of their usual cupcake non-conference schedule.

There's no reason MSU can't win the game outright.  Everyone keeps saying they're not good, and they'll lose, but all they do is win.  Wisconsin seems to alternate what team they want to bring to a game. They were supposed to get revenge for last year and laid an egg; now they're supposed to do it for this season. 'bout time they start collecting.  10-10.5 points for a team that can win the game seems criminally high. But I can see how betters around the Country would bite.

That line will move to 7 or 8, I think.  It should make excellent bulletin-board material for Dantonio. 

I am in favor for whatever helps Michigan the most, which is probably (in this order): (1) Sparty win, which helps our strength of schedule; (2) blow-out Wisky win, which likely sinks MSU below us in the polls. 

I think Wisconsin will win, but that spread is higher than expected, especially considering Wisconsin is just not that same team away from Camp Randall.

If I had to guess I think the Badgers win by 3-5 point margin

Wisconsin is still coached by Bielema and as nauseating as it is for me to say, Narduzzi and his street gang seem to know how to game plan.  (I swear to God I want to cut my fingers off with a log splitting maul for typing that).  I would love to see Sparty denied a trip to Pasadena again, but I fear it's Kirk Cousin's time.

Sparty is playing some good football right now, and this line is high (7.5-10pts is a decent bet for MSU, 

MSU was in command of that game for the better part of 3 quarters in October ... and let's not forget Wisky's struggles away from Madison (2-2, was down 14-0 to Illinois early)

I will be in Vegas this Saturday and plan on doing a three team teaser with Wiscy, LSU and Oregon.  I think all three are going to absolutely crush it. 

Wiscy will be a very motivated team, but I think Michigan State has been playing some of its best football of the season in the last couple of weeks, albeit against weaker competition. 10 points is a lot for this game. I think it'll be close. 

It may be slightly different depending on where you go, but I just saw a line on the Boise/New Mexico game: Boise is favored by 49(!!!!!!).

Sparty fans have to be livid at this line.  Usually, one would think the line would at least be kept in single digits for a championship game.  A double-digit line is an insult.  Not only is it an insult, but I think Wiscy will cover with ease.  Sparty has their full attention now, Wilson has 12 games of experience in Wiscy's system, and the game is at a neutral site.

When Wiscy first played them, I thought they would blow Sparty out.  That is exactly what I think will happen this time.  49-21 with a meaningless fourth quarter TD for Sparty sounds about right.  

if they had beat Ohio, then ohio wouldn't be bowl elligible, if they had beat msu, we'd be in the championship game.  It doesn't really matter who wins, because the loser should drop below us, BUUUUUUT, there is a small possibility that if MSU loses a close game that they'll stay ahead of us.  So basically we need wisc to win in a blowout or lose, i'm sure they'll do neither. 

I think this game is close. I'd take MSU to beat that spread - even if they lost, there no reason they can't be in it by less than a TD towards the end. My other problem is that Wisconsin has a tendency to switch to their "B team" at inexplicable and inopportune times. 

All of Sagrin's ratings predict Sparty covering that line. The widest is the Predictor, in which Wisconsin is favored by 8.5. In the ELO Chess, Sparty is actually ranked higher than Wisconsin. 

Why is this game in Indy?  The B1G championship will be there every year, right?  Why there of all places?  Central?  Is it that special of a stadium?  What was the logic?

On the other hand, can you imagine it being at The Big House this year - I'd be sick to see MSU fans filling the stadium with green.

Also could consider that Indy will almost NEVER be in the game, taking away possible pure homefield advantage.