I was surprised to open the paper Monday and see the Michigan Wolverines sitting at #12 in the most recent rankings. \u00a0Sure they did a number on Minnesota but that was just Minnesota right…although there was San Diego State and Eastern Michigan before that. <\/p>\n
Michigan vs Northwestern Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n The competition has been low but the Wolverines might have finally found a leg to stand on defensively – they have given up only 10 points in their last three games combined.<\/p>\n This week\u2019s game against Northwestern will definitely test the Wolverines D. \u00a0Northwestern Quarterback Dan Persa returned to the field last week against Illinois and he looked pretty sharp in throwing 4 TDs. \u00a0Now that he is back the Wolverines will be tested more than they have been since their come from behind win against Notre Dame. \u00a0If they pass this test then they might be closer to earning that lofty ranking.<\/p>\n At under a touchdown there might be some good value on Michigan this week. \u00a0Northwestern had a crushing loss last week and is still the lesser talented team if you look at these squads objectively. \u00a0The one thing that is discouraging for Big Blue is that the Wildcats were able to bottle up Illini athletic QB Nathan Scheelhaase in the running game last week. \u00a0Can they do the same to Denard Robinson who is a much superior runner (and worse thrower)? [soliloquy id=”82219″] <\/p>\n Northwestern<\/strong><\/p>\n The last quarter and a half of last week\u2019s game are ones Northwestern would rather forget. \u00a0Last week they had Illinois on the ropes and they let them come all the way back and win to preserve their perfect start. \u00a0This week they have another chance to dash the hopes on an undefeated conference mate when Michigan comes to town. \u00a0Northwestern hasn\u2019t beaten Big Blue at home since 2000.<\/p>\n Offensively the Wildcats are more than capable than keeping up with Michigan. \u00a0Illinois is a pretty good defensive team and their offense was rolling for a half and very late to keep the pressure on. \u00a0Michigan gave up more than 500 yards of offense to Notre Dame earlier in the year. \u00a0The Irish might have better balance than NW but the style of attack is similar and even though the surrounding personnel might not be as good ,Dan Persa is a better quarterback than Tommy Rees.<\/p>\n I have liked Northwestern all season as a sleeper\/upset candidate. \u00a0They came through in week one on the road at BC and almost did so again last week. \u00a0The key will be slowing down Denard Robinson running the ball but everybody knows that \u00a0– and few have. \u00a0Based on last week\u2019s performance maybe the Wildcats have the discipline to do. I love their upset potential.<\/p>\n ATS Pick: \u00a0Northwestern +5.5 The CappersPicks.com college football weekly predictions pages! We KNOW you will find our FREE weekly college football picks<\/a>, tips, betting advice, strategies, CFB gambling articles and more to help you become the best College football bettor on your block!!<\/p>\n Michigan Wolverines vs Northwestern Wildcats Gambling + Handicapping I was surprised to open the paper Monday and see the Michigan Wolverines sitting at #12 in the most recent rankings. \u00a0Sure they did a number on Minnesota but that was just Minnesota right…although there was San Diego State and Eastern Michigan before that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":34435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[321,661,52563,52564,770,3635,2860,2574,52565],"class_list":["post-44288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football-lines","tag-michigan","tag-michigan-vs-northwestern","tag-michigan-wolverines-vs-northwestern-wildcats","tag-ncaa-football-predictions","tag-northwestern","tag-wildcats","tag-wolverines","tag-wolverines-vs-wildcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44338,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44288\/revisions\/44338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRyan Field – Evanston, IL
\nSaturday October 8 – 7:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Michigan -290, Northwestern +245
\nSpread (ATS): Michigan -7.5
\nOver\/Under: 59
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver\/Under Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Northwestern 41 – Michigan 38<\/strong><\/p>\nREVIEW OUR BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAPPERS – CLICK HERE!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"