{"id":11032,"date":"2010-11-26T21:08:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T02:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11032"},"modified":"2010-11-26T21:08:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T02:08:49","slug":"big-ten-football-picks-michigan-wolverines-at-ohio-state-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-ten-football-picks-michigan-wolverines-at-ohio-state-buckeyes-11032\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Football Picks: Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes
\nSaturday, 11\/27\/10, 12:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -17.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -16.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 63
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 64
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Ohio State -725 \/ Michigan +575<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor is 29-4 as a starter heading into Saturday's rivalry game against Michigan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan has a 7-4 overall record and will almost assuredly be invited to a bowl game, but head coach Rich Rodriguez may not be around much longer depending on the result of this game.\u00a0 \u201cThey may have more to play bowl-wise, championship-wise, and maybe they do have more at stake, but to say it\u2019s less important…no….never,\u201d Rodriguez commented.\u00a0 \u201cNot Michigan-Ohio State.\u201d\u00a0 The Wolverines have dropped both games against the Buckeyes with him on the sidelines, including a 42-7 drubbing in 2008 and 21-10 defeat last year.\u00a0 In fact, Michigan\u2019s last win in the rivalry series was in 2003, when proving victorious by a 35-21 count in Ann Arbor.\u00a0 The team is 3-20 ATS versus conference opponents the last three years and the college football lines page has them as a big underdog.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines will be facing off with the Buckeyes for the 107th time on Saturday afternoon, holding a 57-42-6 advantage in the series.\u00a0 Star quarterback Denard Robinson is hoping to pull off a huge upset in the contest and officially place Michigan football back on the map.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve got respect for Ohio State,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 \u201cBut I don\u2019t like them.\u201d\u00a0 Michigan is looking to end a four-game losing streak against the Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium and the squad has a 3-6-1 record in the last 10 games played in Columbus.\u00a0 Over the last three years under Rodriguez\u2019s watch, the blue and gold have posted a 1-9 record against top 25 teams.<\/p>\n

Ohio State is playing for a sixth straight Big Ten championship and a potential Rose Bowl berth with a victory today and some help in the BCS standings.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Buckeyes are excited about the possibilities ahead, but their head coach always keeps things in perspective during the week of this great rivalry.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re defined by your Ohio State-Michigan games,\u201d Tressel stated.\u00a0 \u201cThis game has a compartment of its own.\u201d\u00a0 The program has won 43 of its last 48 Big Ten Conference games and is coming off an exciting road win at Iowa.\u00a0 Ohio State is 8-2 ATS on the season and 24-11 ATS over hte past three years.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes lead the Big Ten and ranks third nationally in both total and rushing defense.\u00a0 Ohio State\u2019s offense is undoubtedly led by the play of junior quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who has posted a 29-4 record as the starter for the Buckeyes.\u00a0 The team will also be celebrating Senior Day in Columbus, with the 24-member class taking a 42-8 record into the season finale.\u00a0 It\u2019s very likely that the class will go out with a win against today\u2019s opponent and also taking into account the team\u2019s 16-1 record in November since 2005.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Wolverines are 1-11 ATS in their last 12 November games, while the Buckeyes are 13-3 ATS as a home favorite of 10.5 points or more.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a huge weekend and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday, 11\/27\/10, 12:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -17.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -16.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 63 Current Total:\u00a0 64 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Ohio State -725 \/ Michigan +575 Michigan has a 7-4 overall record and will almost assuredly be invited to a bowl game, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[737,3989,3314,209,468,3853,463,485,455],"class_list":["post-11032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten","tag-columbus","tag-denard-robinson","tag-jim-tressel","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-ohio-stadium","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-rich-rodriguez","tag-terrelle-pryor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11032","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=11032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11034,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11032\/revisions\/11034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}