Michigan Opens at 1 Point Road Favorite and Quickly Swings to 3 Point Road Dog vs Rutgers
What's the saying? When you look around the room and can't find the sucker... the sucker is you?
Even the suckers in Vegas are no longer putting money on the name brand team. I think when a line swing's 4 pts in minutes that tells you something.
The only game we should be favored in the rest of the year are the two vs bye.
Per Maize n Brew
Editor's Note: We initially reported that Michigan was a one-point road favorite against Rutgers, that number quickly changed so we decided to post a story with the correct Vegas line.
According to VegasInsiders, the Wolverines are 3-point road underdogs heading into New Jersey after suffering back-to-back lackluster performances at home against Minnesota and Utah. When the first odds were posted, VegasInsiders initially had Michigan as 1-point road favorites to open, but quickly went in Rutgers favor.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 7:49 AM ^
when I said that the day would quickly come when Rutgers kicked a few B1G teams' behinds. I was greeted with derision. Gonna be mighty hard to bring out those talented NJ high school kids in future.
If the Rutgers students are clever they'll arrive with signs saying that WE should be kicked out of the conference.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
September 28th, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
Let's see how large the money bag is when they're drawing 80k or less.
#FireBrandon
September 28th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
Rutgers -3 at home seems like a steal.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:39 PM ^
It's a dark hour, but I'm 100% behind the staff and the team. Now more than ever.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:41 PM ^
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September 28th, 2014 at 10:10 PM ^
If you would have said the kids, I would have wholeheartedly agreed with you. You said the staff and said it first, which makes you lose all credibility.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:11 PM ^
Nice try Dave.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
CLEARLY YOU'VE BEEN HANGING WITH HER TOO LONG.
September 28th, 2014 at 11:02 PM ^
Stop smoking the Maize Haze.
Drugs are bad mmmkay.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:20 AM ^
Hoke and Brandon could flat out tell you there's arsenic in the kool-aid and you'd still drink it up with gusto.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:40 PM ^
Michigan favored to win vrs Rutger would be crazier given the quarterback situation on top everything else that is going on and our horrific road performances. Not trying to be a downer. I am way beyond being emotional. Just very comfortably numb and objective.
On the plus side we do play out of our behinds for night home games and PSU is very ordinary, so all is not lost.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:43 PM ^
When Gary Nova is the best QB you will see on the field Saturday night you know it is dark times.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:40 PM ^
Someone thought this team should be favored in a road game? I'm not even sure they should be favored in any home games going forward.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
Like it matters at this point.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
Allegedly it takes about 200k off balance to move the line one point so that means 800K dropped fast on Rutgers. Damn - that's a lot of money to hit the books that fast. Looks like people saw that line and jumped on it HARD.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^
800K?
Welp pretty clear it was Al Borges putting down his entire 2014 salary on Rutgers then.
BOOM!
/I'll be here all week folks
September 28th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
September 28th, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^
Missed my chance to bet on that +1. That was easy money
September 28th, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
It might still be easy money at +3.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:47 PM ^
The line probably moved like that because Hoke acknowledged Morris was injured. Huge advantage for Rutgers heading into the week.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:47 PM ^
The last two Michigan road wins:
- A 27-19 win over Northwestern in triple overtime that was complete horseshit and should have been Michigan's 3 straight loss.
- A 24-21 butthair win over an incompetent UConn team coached by Pasqualoni.
Rutgers football genuinely sucks, but by now we all know how Michigan plays and how Saturday night's movie ends.
The only thing we will get to observe now until the Ohio game in Columbus is theater. BTN is broadcasting the game vs. Rutgers unfortunately. I'm sure they'll play up and revel in Hoke's broiling chair and the significance of "Rutgers' victory over mighty Michigan in their first attempt!", etc.
Like the Minny game, it's gonna suck.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
Who the fuck cares?
If you have Comcast TV (channel 900 in SE Michigan) check out Michigan Hockey at Ferris State. That's a huge season opener. Most likely a top-10 match up.
And Hockey actually cares about the safety and health of their players!
They deserve the TV eyes more than the Football program does. Luckily DB is too busy ruining the Football program that he can't move over to another one until he's done with FB.
Pray that we're done with him by the time the Football team plays their next home game.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:56 PM ^
We're getting blown out at home by 3 scores, the fact that we're only a 3 PT dog on the road is amazing.
Looking at the schedule I'm not sure we should be favored in any of our remaining games.
September 28th, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^
Yes I'm walking it and surveying the sights. But this year and out in Soprano-land my beloved Wolverines are going to lose. The Don, no not an Oxbridge Don, will demand in its pursuit of bloodlust that a "statement" be made and Rutgers will run up the score. First to play American football, after all. We are going to git skinned and place upon a mantle in some obscure Jersey cottage. Poked with sticks even.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:01 PM ^
Rutgers 41, Washington State 38.
Utah 27, Washington State 28.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:04 PM ^
Sounds about right.
I actually believe Rutgers is a better football team than Minnesota as well, to which holy shit.
( Rutgers>WSU by 3>Utah by 1>Michigan by 16 )
September 28th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
September 28th, 2014 at 10:05 PM ^
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September 28th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
Watching Minnesota throw it around yesterday like it was a pickup flag football game does that to a man.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:08 PM ^
Hi coasties.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
and I was very seriously considering dropping about $300 on two tickets for Saturday's game about 2 months ago.
Talk about dodging a bullet.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
Rutgers 36 Michigan 10
September 28th, 2014 at 10:35 PM ^
You mean we find the end zone in a road game? Sweet!
September 28th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
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September 28th, 2014 at 10:32 PM ^
If you think Rutgers sucks, think again. Any team whose OC is Ralph Friedgen most definitely does not suck. The Fridge is back doing what he does best.
September 28th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
September 28th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
September 28th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
My Temple Owls would roll Rutgers.
When the hell did I have more confidence in Temple football than Michigan football.
What sort of bizarre world are we living in? It's like someone would tell me that an unqualified former Regent named Dave Brandon, a Republican political hopeful and CEO of a pizza company had somehow taken over Michigan athletics...
September 28th, 2014 at 10:52 PM ^
Here are the preliminary comparison stats from TeamRankings:
|
Offense
|
Michigan | Rutgers |
| Yards/Play | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| Points/Play | 0.336 | 0.422 |
| Rush Play % | 55.05% | 63.43% |
| Pass Play % | 44.95% | 36.57% |
| Completion % | 55.47% | 60.22% |
| 3D Conv % | 42.42% | 43.14% |
| RZ Scoring % | 100.00% | 100.00% |
|
Defense
|
Michigan | Rutgers |
| Opp Yards/Play | 4.3 | 5.6 |
| Opp Points/Play | 0.339 | 0.281 |
| Opp Completion % | 58.74% | 62.91% |
| Opp 3D Conv % | 33.33% | 43.55% |
| Opp RZ Scoring % | 88.89% | 80.00% |
September 28th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
Still 100% success in the red zone. Whoo!
September 28th, 2014 at 11:48 PM ^
Success of entering endzone during entire game: 60%
September 29th, 2014 at 6:19 AM ^
So, to recap, 60% of the time, it works every time?
September 29th, 2014 at 6:56 AM ^
You sure about that one?
September 29th, 2014 at 12:18 AM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 2:24 AM ^
have us about 4 pts above Rutgers but the home team gets about 4 points bonus . Soooo... it's still a tossup by them.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:08 AM ^
Only 3 point dogs? Wow. Lay the points. Easiest money anyone has ever made. We're going to get run off the field.
If Hoke is not fired, then we are finishing the season 2-10. Bank on it. Minnesota was ourr last chance at an easy win and we got run off of the field in that one.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:22 AM ^
Discuss--
September 29th, 2014 at 9:48 AM ^
was to LT, and was likely 33-ZONE RunPlay. LT is Mason Cole, who evidently is coming along Very Nicely as an OL.
So-- you might see more RunPlays LEFT. Whether its 33-Zone, or 31-ISO to LG, or From Gun and RB 31-33 VEER to the left of the Formation.
But the Nuss-O remains Widely Scattered-- O-call sequencing and Actual Play Selection, in effect Poor.
The Borges-Nuss dynamic, and the Hoke Hire of Nuss, is Self-Evident . . .