{"id":31611,"date":"2013-12-03T21:18:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T02:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31611"},"modified":"2013-12-03T21:18:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T02:18:51","slug":"big-ten-championship-game-preview-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-michigan-state-spartans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-ten-championship-game-preview-ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-michigan-state-spartans-31611\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Championship Game Preview: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Michigan State Spartans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Michigan State Spartans
\nSaturday, 12\/7\/13, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes have the best offense in the Big Ten Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio State enters the game with the nation\u2019s longest win streak at 24 games, which has established a program record and can\u2019t be forgotten when looking over the college football betting lines.\u00a0 The Buckeyes lead the Big Ten Conference and rank third in the country in averaging 48.2 points per game, which has been made possible by averaging 321.3 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 On the other side of the football, the defense is one of two in the country not to allow a 100-yard rusher.\u00a0 Ohio State is 3-2 SU and 2-2-1 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 10 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes are led offensively by the play of quarterback Braxton Miller, who needs 166 total yards to reach 8,000 yards of total offense in his career, while running back Carlos Hyde became the first at that particular position under Urban Meyer to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.\u00a0 Meyer is 2-1 in conference championship games and 9-2 in games played in December and January.<\/p>\n

Michigan State will play in its second Big Ten Championship Game in three years, as it aims to win a school-record 12th game of the season.\u00a0 The Spartans have the No. 1 defense in college football, which is important to consider when making your NCAA football picks, with the unit allowing just 237.7 yards per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that this squad is the first in conference history to win all eight of its games by a double-digit margin.\u00a0 Michigan State is 6-5 SU and 8-2-1 ATS as an underdog since 2011.<\/p>\n

The Spartans are 13-28 SU all-time against the Buckeyes, but this will be the first time they\u2019ve faced off at a neutral site, as this game will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michigan State has won 40 of its last 52 games dating back to the beginning of the 2010 campaign.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 29.4 points per game, while possessing the football for 33:32 a contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to their 43-20-2 ATS mark versus teams with a winning record.<\/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":"

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Michigan State Spartans Saturday, 12\/7\/13, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 51.5 Current Total:\u00a0 51.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio State enters the game with the nation\u2019s longest win streak at 24 games, which has established a program record and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,5475,7690,5619,500,463,557],"class_list":["post-31611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-braxton-miller","tag-carlos-hyde","tag-lucas-oil-stadium","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-urban-meyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31611","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=31611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31612,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31611\/revisions\/31612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}