{"id":56594,"date":"2012-10-25T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=56594"},"modified":"2012-10-25T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T21:00:06","slug":"michigan-state-spartans-vs-wisconsin-badgers-cfb-preview-free-pick-251012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/michigan-state-spartans-vs-wisconsin-badgers-cfb-preview-free-pick-251012\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan St. Spartans vs. Wisconsin Badgers CFB Preview &#038; Free Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michigan St. vs Wisconsin Odds &amp; Prediction<\/h2>\n<p>Many thought this game would have BCS implications, but each lost early in the season and Michigan State (4-4) has lost 3 of their last 4 games and they are only 1-3 in Big 10 play. Wisconsin (3-1) is still in the Big 10 title and BCS picture, as they trail Penn State and Ohio State, who the Badgers play in their last 2 games. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue\/ Stadium: Camp Randall Stadium, MADISON, WI<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time\/Date: 3:30 PM EST Saturday, October 27, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NFL Odds From: <a title=\"Bovada\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\">Bovada<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Moneyline: MSU +220 \/ Wisconsin -260 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Spread: Wisconsin -6.5 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Over\/Under:\u00a0 41.5 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michigan State Spartans vs. Wisconsin Badgers Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After facing 3 ranked teams already the Spartans do not face another after Wisconsin so if they can run the table they will play in a good bowl game. NCAAF lines have Wisconsin as a 6.5-point home favorite with a total of 41.5.<\/p>\n<p>In their last games Wisconsin beat Minnesota 38-13 while Michigan State lost to Michigan 12-10.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"CFB Picks\" href=\"\/handicappers\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CLICK TO GRAB OUR BEST Expert CFB Picks for 2012 NCAA FOOTBALL Betting!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This season Michigan State is 2-6 ATS and they have an Over\/Under record of 1-6-1 and Wisconsin is 4-4 ATS and they have an Over\/Under record of 5-2.<\/p>\n<p>While the Spartans have a good WR corps QB Andrew Maxwell has struggled in the last couple of games failing to pass for over 200 yards and in that time he has 2 INT and only 1 TD. The Spartans will be up against a pass defense that ranks 31st in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>With the passing game struggles Le&#8217;Veon Bell (984 yards 8 TD) must play well and he did not run well in the loss to Michigan after rushing for over 100 yards in 2 games straight. Wisconsin&#8217;s pass defense ranks a legit 23rd in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason the Badgers have won 3 straight is because of their defense, which has only given up an average of just over 13 ppg.  [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The main goal of the MSU defense has to contain start Wisconsin RB Montee Ball, who has been tearing it up in the Badgers&#8217; 3-game winning streak. He hurt his ankle in the Minnesota game, but will go in this one.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Stave leads the Badgers&#8217; passing attack, but Wisconsin does not air it out often and he only has a combined 284 passing yards in his last 2 games.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State ranks in the top 20 in both pass and run defense, but they have to get it going on offense, as in their last 2 games, which were both losses, they have failed to score over 19 points.<\/p>\n<p>In some betting trends for this Big 10 match up Michigan State is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 road games, 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games, and they have an Over record of 15-6 in their last 21 games.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin is 13-4-1 ATS in their last 18 home games, 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games, and they have an Over record of 9-1 in their last 10 home games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason&#8217;s Pick:<\/strong> Michigan State has covered the spread in 5 of their last 7 games against Wisconsin, but that trend will not continue. Ball will have a big game and the Badgers&#8217; D will play well at home, as Wisconsin will win this game and cover the spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan St. vs Wisconsin Odds &amp; Prediction Many thought this game would have BCS implications, but each lost early in the season and Michigan State (4-4) has lost 3 of their last 4 games and they are only 1-3 in Big 10 play. Wisconsin (3-1) is still in the Big 10 title and BCS picture, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":27321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56594","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\/193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56596,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56594\/revisions\/56596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}