The Michigan State Spartans have already beaten Wisconsin once this season
and are the only team in the Big Ten with only one conference loss. Yet Sparty
is getting no respect from oddsmaker as they are 10-point underdogs on Bodog’s
NCAA football odds for Saturday night’s inaugural Big Ten Championship Game in
Indianapolis.
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The No. 13 Spartans (10-2, 7-1 Big Ten) beat
the Badgers in East Lansing 37-31 n the ending of the season back on Oct. 29,
with MSU receiver Keith Nichol catching a Hail Mary pass from
Kirk Cousins as time expired – it took a booth instant replay
review to rule the touchdown good. Cousins had one of his best games of the
season with 290 yards and three TDs. The Spartans blocked two kicks, one a punt
that was returned for a touchdown. Both teams were down 14 points during the
game.
Michigan State played that game without its best pass rusher,
defensive lineman William Gholston, who was suspended. The
Spartans still managed to sack Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson
three times. In addition, MSU wasn't flagged for a single penalty
against Wisconsin. Sparty was dominated the following week at Nebraska but
hasn’t lost since. For the first time in school history, Michigan State has put
together back-to-back 10-win seasons.
No. 15 Wisconsin (10-2, 6-2) has
crushed four opponents since following that MSU loss with another last-second
loss, at Ohio State. The Badgers beat Penn State 45-7 for the Big Ten Leaders
Division title last week. Montee Ball rushed for 156 yards and
scored four touchdowns against PSU. He has 34 TDs this season, five short of the
NCAA record of 39 set by Barry Sanders in 1988. Ball has scored at least two TDs
in every game this year and has at least three in seven games. He had 115 yards
rushing with a TD and receiving TD in the first meeting with Sparty but missed
part of the game with an injury.
The winner of this game will likely
play Oregon in the Rose Bowl. MSU hasn’t played in the Rose Bowl since the 1998
season, while UW lost to TCU in the game last year. The loser here probably gets
squeezed out of the BCS bowls in favor of Michigan.
MSU is 0-4 ATS in
its past four neutral-site games. Wisconsin is 6-2 ATS in its past eight
neutral-site games. The underdog is 5-1 ATS in the past six meetings in this
series.
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