{"id":9094,"date":"2010-10-15T16:45:45","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T21:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9094"},"modified":"2010-10-15T16:45:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T21:45:32","slug":"iowa-hawkeyes-at-michigan-wolverines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/iowa-hawkeyes-at-michigan-wolverines-9094\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday College Football Betting: Iowa Hawkeyes at Michigan Wolverines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa Hawkeyes at Michigan Wolverines
\nSaturday, 10\/16\/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread: \u00a0Iowa -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line: \u00a0Iowa -3
\nOpening Total: \u00a054
\nCurrent Total: \u00a054
\nCurrent Moneyline: \u00a0Iowa -160 \/ Michigan +140<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Iowa heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan to take on the Wolverines in the team\u2019s second Big 10 Conference game of the season and trails 11-40-4 in the all-time series.\u00a0 The two schools have split the last six meetings with Iowa winning last year\u2019s contest 30-28 in Iowa City.\u00a0 Head coach Kirk Ferentz enjoyed having a bye week to prepare for the Wolverines explosive offense and a quarterback that is tough to deal with.\u00a0 \u201che\u2019s a very dynamic football player, very explosive football player and they present an awful lot of challenges,\u201d Ferentz said of Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s very dangerous.\u201d\u00a0 The Hawkeyes defense is well-equipped to tackle any opponent, with a nation\u2019s best 10.2 points allowed per game.\u00a0 Overall, the team has allowed just 37 points all season and the only unit in the country that hasn\u2019t allowed a rushing touchdown.\u00a0 Iowa is 20-9\u00a0against the college football odds\u00a0over the last three years and the total is 10-19 Over\/Under in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes have won 19 of their last 22 games and 21 of 25, dating back to the middle of the 2008 season.\u00a0 Iowa\u2019s defense has played a huge part in the program\u2019s success and the unit is led by the defense line.\u00a0 \u201cTheir front four is as good as anybody\u2019s in the country,\u201d Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez said.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re so good up front that they can get pressure with a four-man front.\u201d\u00a0 Iowa ranks second in the nation in rushing yards allowed at 63.2 per game.\u00a0 Offensively, quarterback Ricky Stanzi is completing 67.8 percent of his passes and has 10 touchdowns, as the team is averaging 33.6 points per game.\u00a0 Running back Adam Robinson has been carrying the load and has topped 100 yards rushing three times.<\/p>\n

Michigan is looking to pick up its first victory over Iowa under Rodriguez, but it may prove difficult with his 1-7 mark against the top 25 while manning the sidelines.\u00a0 The Wolverines are a young football team and he knows that growing pains are still popping up each week.\u00a0 \u201cOur young guys are going to make mistakes, but we have to get better fundamentally,\u201d he said after a mid-week practice.\u00a0 \u201cAt some point, we have to make sure we don\u2019t forget the fundamental parts of playing football.\u201d\u00a0 This week\u2019s game is also the 110th homecoming game and the team has a 83-26 record in those games, winning 12 of its last 15.\u00a0 Michigan is 5-3 against Iowa in homecoming contests and the squad is looking to win its third straight over the Hawkeyes at the Big House.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines must show improvement on defense in this contest, as the team currently sports the worst stop unit in the conference.\u00a0 Michigan will likely have to light up the scoreboard to stay within striking distance, ranking third nationally in total offense at 565 yards per game, trailing only Oregon and Nevada.\u00a0 The team also has quick-strike ability in scoring 16 touchdowns in two minutes or less.\u00a0 Another strong suit for the squad has been discipline, coming into this contest tied for the 11th fewest penalties, averaging just 4.5 per game.\u00a0 Michigan is 9-20 ATS over the last three years and the total is 16-12 Over\/Under in those games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will have an interest in playing Iowa due to their 10-2 ATS record on the road that includes a 4-0 ATS mark as a favorite away from home.\u00a0 Michigan is 3-15 ATS against conference opponents and 1-9 ATS in its last 10 October games.\u00a0 Maddux Sports has been crushing the books with their football picks this season.\u00a0 On Saturday their 20 unit college football game of the year goes and this should be another easy winner.\u00a0 Get these winners by visiting the college football sports picks page of the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iowa Hawkeyes at Michigan Wolverines Saturday, 10\/16\/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread: \u00a0Iowa -4.5 Current Betting Line: \u00a0Iowa -3 Opening Total: \u00a054 Current Total: \u00a054 Current Moneyline: \u00a0Iowa -160 \/ Michigan +140 Iowa heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan to take on the Wolverines in the team\u2019s second Big 10 Conference game of […]<\/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":[3376,3314,1281,3377,468,485,3378],"class_list":["post-9094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-10-conference","tag-denard-robinson","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-kirk-ferentz","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-rich-rodriguez","tag-ricky-stanzi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9094","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=9094"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9096,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9094\/revisions\/9096"}],"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=9094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}