{"id":20788,"date":"2012-01-03T12:29:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20788"},"modified":"2012-01-03T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T17:29:23","slug":"sugar-bowl-2012-michigan-wolverines-vs-virginia-tech-hokies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sugar-bowl-2012-michigan-wolverines-vs-virginia-tech-hokies-20788\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Bowl 2012: Michigan Wolverines vs. Virginia Tech Hokies"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 13 Michigan Wolverines vs. No. 11 Virginia Tech Hokies
\nTuesday, 1\/3\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michigan Wolverines QB Denard Robinson will be the most talked about player in tonight's Sugar Bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan is making its 41st all-time bowl appearance and will look to improve upon its 19-21 record.\u00a0 The Wolverines will be making their 35th January bowl appearance and will look to win their 11th game of the year.\u00a0 \u201cWe felt we deserved this spot,\u201d commented Wolverines defensive end Ryan Van Bergen.\u00a0 \u201cIt establishes national relevance for Michigan as a program.\u201d\u00a0 The team has enjoyed great success when taking on ACC opponents historically, registering an 18-3 record in such contests.\u00a0 Michigan is 5-15 ATS when playing a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines offense averaged 34.2 points and 423.1 yards per game during the regular season, which broke down to 235.7 rushing and 187.4 passing yards.\u00a0 Junior quarterback Denard Robinson is the star of the show, ranking eighth in school history with 4,814 passing yards and 3,216 rushing yards.\u00a0 Michigan\u2019s defense did a great job of creating turnovers all season, finishing the regular season tied for 20th nationally in posting a +6 turnover margin.\u00a0 The unit allowed just 17.2 points per game, which was dramatically better than the 35.2 points surrendered per contest a year ago.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech will need to get over its 38-10 blowout loss to the Clemson Tigers in the ACC championship game in order to have a chance in this prime-time showdown.\u00a0 \u201cThe Sugar Bowl has put great confidence in us, and I know our fans are going to respond,\u201d commented Hokies head coach Frank Beamer.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to show up and show up big.\u201d\u00a0 The program is 2-3 all-time when playing inside the Mercedes-Benz Super Bome, including a 28-10 victory over the Texas Longhorns in the 1995 Sugar Bowl.\u00a0 Virginia Tech is 22-18 ATS over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Hokies are the only school in major college football to win 10 games in each of the past eight seasons, as Beamer ranks first among active coaches with 251 career victories.\u00a0 Virginia Tech brings in a solid defense, ranking 13th nationally in allowing 313.9 yards per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that the schedule the unit faced this season wasn\u2019t exactly upper tier, as it struggled against the Tigers in both meeting this season.\u00a0 Running back David Wilson figures to get the ball a lot, averaging 125.2 rushing yards per game, but comes off a dismal 32-yard performance in the conference championship.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Hokies due to their 14-6 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Wolverines are 1-7 ATS as a favorite of three points or less.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 13 Michigan Wolverines vs. No. 11 Virginia Tech Hokies Tuesday, 1\/3\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 51 Current Total:\u00a0 51.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan is making its 41st all-time bowl appearance and will look to improve upon its 19-21 record.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[6291,387,3442,5654,3314,6292,468,1926],"class_list":["post-20788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-2012-sugar-bowl","tag-acc","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-david-wilson","tag-denard-robinson","tag-mercedes-benz-superdome","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-virginia-tech-hokies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788","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=20788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20789,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788\/revisions\/20789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}