Both Michigan State and Central Michigan won their season openers and the Spartans got off to a good start beating a ranked team. Even though the Chippewas are 3-9 in each of their last 2 seasons the Spartans cannot over look them. <\/p>\n
Venue\/ Stadium: Kelly\/Shorts Stadium, MOUNT PLEASANT, MI<\/strong> Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n No. 11 Michigan State Spartans vs. Central Michigan Chippewas Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n That may be hard to do since MSU faces the ranked teams of Notre Dame and Ohio State in 2 of their next 3 games. NCAAF lines have Michigan State as big 20.5-away favorites with a total of 48.<\/p>\n In their opening games Michigan State beat Boise State 17-13 and Central Michigan beat Southern Missouri State 38-27.<\/p>\n While both teams won their season openers neither team covered the spread.<\/p>\n MSU QB Andrew Maxwell had a good first game passing for 248 yards and he has a decent WR corps, but their big gun on offense is RB Le’Veon Bell. He is a Heisman hopeful and added to his resume for that award rushing for 210 yards with 2 TD in the win over Boise State.<\/p>\n While Central Michigan won their season opener and played solid pass defense their run defense gave up 188 yards and that is a big concern going up against Bell.<\/p>\n Central Michigan had 3 turnovers in the win over Southern Missouri State and if that happens again they will get crushed. MSU also had 4 turnovers in their game against Boise State and if they cough up the ball like that against maybe CMU has a chance.\u00a0[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The Chippewas racked up 495 total yards in their opening win and like MSU they are led by their rushing offense. Central Michigan had 2 players rush for over 100 yards in the win over Southern Missouri State with Zurlon Tipton setting career bests with 180 rushing yards and 3 TD. Michigan State has a solid defense and in the win over Boise State they only gave up 37 rushing yards.<\/p>\n Central Michigan did pull off a big upset beating MSU in 2009, but last season the Spartans laid a 45-7 beat down on the Chippewas.<\/p>\n In some betting trends for this non-conference match up Michigan State is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games, 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall, and they have an Over record of 5-2 in their last 7 games.<\/p>\n Central Michigan is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games and they have an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 home games.<\/p>\n
\nTime\/Date: 3:30 PM EST Saturday, September 8, 2012<\/strong>
\nMLB Odds From: Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\nPoint Spread: Michigan State -20.5 <\/strong>
\nMoneyline: OFF <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 48<\/strong><\/p>\n