RU opens as 3 point Favorite Over MSU
- Thread starter Knight Shift
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If we can get back to a penalty-free, turnover-free O with solid ST, we win this game similar to NW. 24-14 RU.
I think this is a very close game. MSU has been beating themselves with turnovers and penalties. They have a bye week and if they play a clean game, it will be very close. Hopefully, this goes well for RU.
Another poster said it before but it's so true: MSU has become the biggest game of Schiano 2.0.
Favored in B1G games is a sign of progress.
No it’s not.
Winning B1G games is a sign of progress. So far we are 0 for 2.
This needs to change this Saturday.
Last time I checked Northwestern was in the B1G.
Um - okay sure. Did you even watch the game? On the very next play after one of Michigan State’s picks, Iowa fumbled the football and Michigan State recovered it and took it the distance to go up 16-10. You gonna to pretend that fumble doesn’t happen too in your assessment? I’d hardly say that pick cost them. Another pick was thrown on the last play of the game down 10 with 10 seconds left on the clock. Iowa recovered at their own 32 and took a knee to end the game.
Michigan State threw one more pick in Iowa territory but are you also going to pretend that the pick Iowa threw deep in Michigan State territory didn’t happen?
It's reasonable to expect that this game will be the primary determinant of whether or not we're bowl eligible. So it doesn't get any bigger.
They fumbled once too…missed a FG and gave up a punt return TD. My point was that they moved the ball better than Iowa did and outgained them bigly.
Iowa was 2-13 on third down conversions.
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So Gavin doesn’t use the laces when throwing. Interesting.
glad to see the spread makers feel Rutgers is better than MSU .
Might not mean much, but it feels nice to see RU as the opening line favorite.
Right after I posted they all moved to 5.5 within an hour. I think Wynn moved back to 6.
They missed a 50 yard FG and their fumble resulted in only a FG drive. The punt return basically just offsets the fumble return for the TD. Iowa won by 10.
The point is it’s wildly inaccurate to speculate that Michigan State would have one but not for those 3 picks.
I wasn't aware that the Big 10 removed Northwestern University from the conference. What a strange decision.
I should have said sloppy play instead of pointing out just the picks (3 ints stood out)…but my original intent was really meant to be about the yardage differential and how handicapping games is done by looking at the underlying data.
Your criticism is fair since I attempt to keep posts brief (too brief sometimes).
There was sloppy play on both ends. Missing a 50 yard FG attempt is not sloppy or bad luck. Most 50 yard attempts at the collegiate level fail.
Agree. MSU also outgained Maryland but had 3 ints and lost 2 fumbles in that one.
Laces in the palm has me perplexed. I realize some plays are very quick hitters and the ball has to come out, but…Sometimes:
GW must have big hands.
After 6 games , RU lost by less points to Michigan than the other 5 opponents. We beat the spread against Wisconsin and just 2 plays from winning the game. We have a reasonable shot to win 4 Big games this year and go to a bowl game. If we beat MSU and Indiana, we will likely be favored vs Iowa, meaning we would have been favored in all 3 games. Let’s be optimistic,
We would have all signed up for 7-5 or better before season started .
We would have all signed up for 7-5 or better before season started .
Before you have upset wins, you need to win the ones you are supposed to win. Wisconsin would have been an upset. MSU is a game we are supposed to win. Let’s get it done!
It's a sign of the gambling industry suckering RU fans into giving the points and MSU fans into taking them so that their books stay balanced.
Mish St having a bye week to rest up and prepare for RU def helps them
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So- for all our haters. Yeah- I know, tge line is designed to move bettors.
When was the last time we were favored against a good B1G program.
When was the last time we were favored against a good B1G program.