Penn State Opens as 2 Point Favorite
Per Vegasinsiders.com
Not sure UM will be favored vs anyone the rest of the year - the 2 obvious options, Maryland and Indiana both have throwing QBs who are better than Gary Nova, or at minimum the same. And Maryland brings 2 NFL WRs. Indiana brings Tevin Coleman who will be the best RB we face this year since we avoid Wisconsin and Nebraska.
At this point I think UM will be viewed in the Purdue/Illinois camp in terms of setting lines the rest of the year. So guessing we will be 19-21ish pt road dogs at MSU and 15-17 or so at OSU. Only that close due to "Michigan emotion and its a rivalry game where wacky things happen like UM staying within 30 of MSU".
NW will probably be a 6ish pt favorite I am guessing.
Other games in the Big 10:
- Michigan State by 21 @Purdue
- NW @ MN - pick em
- Wisconsin by 23 v Illinois
- Iowa by 7 v Indiana
October 5th, 2014 at 9:00 PM ^
I truly thought it would be skewed more towards PSU. Anyone want to speculate on the matchup between our D-Line and their O-Line? It would appear favorable, but who really knows at this point?
October 5th, 2014 at 9:02 PM ^
It depends on if they have a good week of practice.
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Really who knows what's going to break down this week. I do think the line play is getting marginally better but... This is Michigan fer God Sakes!
October 5th, 2014 at 9:11 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 10:01 PM ^
Not criticizing, but I honestly don't see one win left on the schedule. I don't even see one game left where we might be favored, now that Northwestern is rebounding. Even Indiana will likely be favored. Their passing game is going to pick our secondary apart.
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October 5th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
If this team plays as hard as it did yesterday, it won't go 2-10. We're not a good team but we're not that bad. I think that only happens if the team quits on Hoke and mails it in the rest of the year. Yesterday we played a likely bowl team on the road and may well have won without that terrible call.
PSU, Indiana and Northwestern are winnable, and maybe Maryland as well. I think we will win a couple of those. This is assuming that the team keeps on playing hard each week. If they decide to mail it in that's another story.
October 5th, 2014 at 10:32 PM ^
2 and 10 absolutely cannot be allowed to happen!!!! I have MSU, OSU and NW as certain losses at this point. We must win 1 or more of the remaining 3 or this team (and its poor players) will have the awful scarlet letter of being the worst UM team in the modern era.
Hoke will walk away with millions- he cannot let these kids carry this label for the rest of their lives. He has to find a way to get them out of the negative record books. They are his 115 sons fergodsakes!
October 6th, 2014 at 2:19 AM ^
The coaches are just awful. The kids are no longer interested. An implosion has occurred. Brandon, Hoke and all the assistant coaches must go!
October 5th, 2014 at 9:01 PM ^
As they should
October 5th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
I was like, "sign me up."
October 5th, 2014 at 9:03 PM ^
I'm not confident that Michigan will be a favorite in any more of the remaining schedule.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:35 PM ^
As you mention it, if you were to use the current Sagarin ratings to predict opening lines (which I do sometimes), then we would be in a position to be underdogs for the remainder of the year, which....yeah, pretend I didn't say that and I totally understand.
That being said, 2 points is more narrow than what the ratings would have predicted (5.02), so that's something, I suppose.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:41 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 9:06 PM ^
Worried about what Hackenberg is going to do to Countess.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:35 PM ^
hopefully peppers is healthy and we can get Taylor and Countess out of the Corner spots.. they both gave up huge plays yesterday
October 5th, 2014 at 9:07 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
execute, with toughness, and all 11 guys on the field...
October 5th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 9:37 PM ^
Really tough guys don't have to play football. They have already won the game.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:11 PM ^
Will Hackenberg go for 600?
October 5th, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^
Hackenberg is better than Nova. But the five guys protecting Nova are much better than the guys protecting Hackenberg.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:44 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
We're home dogs to them.
Ergo ...
October 5th, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
I'm coming to this game from Indy. Anyone want to get silly drunk?
October 5th, 2014 at 11:02 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:21 PM ^
DOOM.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:23 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
...to borrow that first sentence as a signature line. Well done.
October 5th, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
Since Hoke has been the coach at Michigan:
1. PSU has a better Big Ten record
2. Michigan has lost the only head-to-head matchup against PSU
3. Michigan only has 1 more bowl win than PSU while PSU is not bowl eligible.
All this despite PSU having the modern version of The Death Penalty
October 5th, 2014 at 10:57 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
Ranged between 100 and 200 bucks, I can't imagine Athletics is going to have an easy time getting rid of the many remaining tickets for this one. Was just able to pull up a block of ten seats in row 31. Plus a good 4000 on StubHub, the student market probably hovering around free...
This is Michigan.
October 5th, 2014 at 10:44 PM ^
fergodssake
October 5th, 2014 at 9:39 PM ^
The sad part is I don't think MSU under Bobby or JLS was even as bad as we are now.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:44 PM ^
The team that got Bobby Williams fired was about this pathetic. Our 2002 team was not good and we beat them 49-3 in a game that wasn't that close.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
2002 team not good? they were 10-3 and finished ranked 9th in the country
October 6th, 2014 at 2:36 AM ^
On paper the quality of our athletes were far superior. Hoke has done something really wrong to fuck up our program like this!
October 6th, 2014 at 4:03 AM ^
Jesus, you love exagerating for emphasis.
In another thread you said Notre Dame was never as bad as we are right now, and now you say this. JLS only had 1 season above .500 at MSU... Brady Hoke hasn't had a season below .500 here yet. He probably will after this season, but that's just 1, JLS had 3 before getting fired.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:40 PM ^