{"id":10789,"date":"2010-11-19T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T23:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2010-11-19T18:09:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T23:09:18","slug":"wisconsin-badgers-vs-michigan-wolverines-big-ten-expert-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wisconsin-badgers-vs-michigan-wolverines-big-ten-expert-predictions-10789\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Badgers vs Michigan Wolverines Big Ten Expert Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Wolverines
\nSaturday, 11\/20\/10, 12:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 64.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 67.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Wisconsin -175 \/ Michigan +155<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wisconsin seems to be in the driver's seat for a berth in the Rose Bowl if it wins out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin is 9-1 for the first time since 2006 and is coming in off a 83-20 blowout victory of the Indiana Hoosiers last week.\u00a0 The point total served as the highest in the modern era for the football program and the most in a Big Ten game since Ohio State scored 83 against Iowa in 1950.\u00a0 The team is in a three-way tie for first place in the conference standings with Ohio State and Michigan State, with the team ranked highest in the BCS standings earning a Rose Bowl berth if each team wins out.\u00a0 The Badgers will have their hands full this week, dropping five consecutive contests at Michigan Stadium, including a 2725 defeat in 2008.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 16-18 ATS over the last three yeas and the college football lines page has them listed as a road favorite.<\/p>\n

The Badgers have forced seven turnovers in the last two games and scored points off of each of them, totaling 45 points.\u00a0 Wisconsin forced just seven total turnovers in the first eight games.\u00a0 On the other end, the team has been extremely protective of the football, committing just seven turnovers of its own.\u00a0 The top three running backs on offense have combined for 393 touches and fumbled the ball just once.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that head coach Brett Bielema\u2019s squad has won consecutive Big Ten road games for the first time since 2006.\u00a0 In order to get out of Ann Arbor with a win, the defense will need to continue its strong play against the run, ranking fourth in the conference and 25th nationally in rushing defense (125.1 ypg).<\/p>\n

Michigan is looking to end the season with a flurry of wins after picking up a triple-overtime victory over Illinois and last week\u2019s 27-16 win over Purdue to push its record to 7-3 overall.\u00a0 Quarterback Denard Robinson continues to be the spark plug for this squad, ranking second nationally with 340.7 yards of total offense per game, but his numbers have fallen off the last two weeks.\u00a0 He\u2019s rushed for a total of 130 yards in his last two games, after averaging 160.9 yards rushing over the first eight games.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s pretty good people he\u2019s playing against, but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s hit a wall,\u201d said head coach Rich Rodriguez.\u00a0 \u201cI just think he had some bad moments in the last game.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 1-8 ATS in weeks 10 through 13.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines will be meeting the Badgers for the 64th time this afternoon and hold a 49-13-1 lead in the all-time series.\u00a0 Prior to today\u2019s game, Michigan will also be honoring 21 senior football players who will be playing their final home game at Michigan Stadium.\u00a0 The program has compiled an impressive 300-122-20 all-time record in November, but has fallen off under Rodriguez, posting a 3-6 mark in the 11th month of the year.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Badgers are 4-0 ATS in their last four conference games, while the underdog is 6-1-1 ATS in the last eight meetings.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports are ready for you to join them all weekend long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Wolverines Saturday, 11\/20\/10, 12:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 64.5 Current Total:\u00a0 67.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Wisconsin -175 \/ Michigan +155 Wisconsin is 9-1 for the first time since 2006 and is coming in off a 83-20 blowout victory of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3926,737,3554,3314,3925,468,485,1272,437],"class_list":["post-10789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-ann-arbor","tag-big-ten","tag-brett-bielema","tag-denard-robinson","tag-michigan-stadium","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-rich-rodriguez","tag-rose-bowl","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10791,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10789\/revisions\/10791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}