trying to get over the .500 hump.
2* mich. st. -13.5(-138)---i have read that there are people who think that msu will have a let down for this game, after upsetting iowa last week. i don't see this as a let down spot because they were upset earlier this year by lou. tech & don't think smith will let this happen again. this is a different msu team from previous teams. indiana must run to be competitive in this game & i think they will have a problem doing this since msu defense is only allowing 1.7 yds. per carry this year. on the other side of the ball, msu qb smoker is playing very well, throwing against an ind. defense that is allowing close to 400 yds. per game, & allowing 28 pts. per game. in ind. last 27 road games they have allowed an average of 39 pts. per game. since 1980 in games where they score at least 28 pts., msu is 83-13-2 su & 71-20 ats. ind. is 2-21-2 ats in its last 25 su losses.
2*navy+17(-140)--as in previous years af is quicker on both sides of the ball than navy. and eventhough af won big last year, af has not had an easy time vs. navy.af is 4-7 ats in last 11. the home team is 4-1 ats in last 5, & 7 of the last 10 have been decided by 10 or less points. af is 1-6 ats in this series when favored by 14.5 points or more. this game is being played in landover md. & navy is 40-17 ats when they don't play at annapolis. the reason, why i think navy does well in this game is because they both run the option, & navy practices against this week after week in practice. the difference this year could be that navy runs a more sophisticated option than in previous years. imo, the points are worth taking in this rivalry.
good luck
more to come.
2* mich. st. -13.5(-138)---i have read that there are people who think that msu will have a let down for this game, after upsetting iowa last week. i don't see this as a let down spot because they were upset earlier this year by lou. tech & don't think smith will let this happen again. this is a different msu team from previous teams. indiana must run to be competitive in this game & i think they will have a problem doing this since msu defense is only allowing 1.7 yds. per carry this year. on the other side of the ball, msu qb smoker is playing very well, throwing against an ind. defense that is allowing close to 400 yds. per game, & allowing 28 pts. per game. in ind. last 27 road games they have allowed an average of 39 pts. per game. since 1980 in games where they score at least 28 pts., msu is 83-13-2 su & 71-20 ats. ind. is 2-21-2 ats in its last 25 su losses.
2*navy+17(-140)--as in previous years af is quicker on both sides of the ball than navy. and eventhough af won big last year, af has not had an easy time vs. navy.af is 4-7 ats in last 11. the home team is 4-1 ats in last 5, & 7 of the last 10 have been decided by 10 or less points. af is 1-6 ats in this series when favored by 14.5 points or more. this game is being played in landover md. & navy is 40-17 ats when they don't play at annapolis. the reason, why i think navy does well in this game is because they both run the option, & navy practices against this week after week in practice. the difference this year could be that navy runs a more sophisticated option than in previous years. imo, the points are worth taking in this rivalry.
good luck
more to come.
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