OSU opens as 27.5 points favorite for The Game
December 4th, 2020 at 8:51 AM ^
Don't worry, we'll trick them with the Haskins wildcat!
December 4th, 2020 at 2:43 PM ^
And if THAT doesn't work, then we'll run it again!
December 4th, 2020 at 5:20 PM ^
Good grief. I know you are going but I guess my reaction is "too soon." That play going back to pepcat leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. For crying out loud, why are you running a play that won't work. Oh wait, throw against MSU would have worked had there been more height to it.
December 4th, 2020 at 2:40 PM ^
I only disagree with one small point -- I am not going to "see" any of it!!
December 4th, 2020 at 1:35 PM ^
Have you not watched this team? Hell at full strength we are screwed
December 4th, 2020 at 1:11 AM ^
That is low. They beat us by 23 and 29 the past two seasons with Michigan having much more functional offenses and defenses. We could lose this game by at least 40 points this season because we are non-functional offensively and defensively.
December 4th, 2020 at 1:17 AM ^
In other words ... Vegas thinks the Bowling Green (+14) and Ball State (+15.5) basketball programs are drastically closer to Michigan basketball, than Michigan Football (+27.5) is to Ohio State Football.
December 4th, 2020 at 2:02 AM ^
And Vegas is not wrong
December 4th, 2020 at 1:26 AM ^
That's it?
December 4th, 2020 at 7:48 AM ^
....on the bright side, this 28 point spread is assuming we will score 72 points, so we got that going for us, which is nice!
December 4th, 2020 at 1:29 AM ^
Ha, good thing it's getting cancelled. Is there a betting line for that?!
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December 4th, 2020 at 1:46 AM ^
What's the O/U? 31?
I can't imagine us moving the ball... or stopping the ball... I honestly hope we don't see 70-80pts to not very many...
sad
December 4th, 2020 at 1:50 AM ^
It won’t be that close.
December 4th, 2020 at 1:56 AM ^
Too low. If they play OSU by 45+
December 4th, 2020 at 2:06 AM ^
Yeah I doubt we'll cover that. OSU is gonna hang 70 on us this year. At least it'll give us some clarity.
December 4th, 2020 at 2:36 AM ^
Line for first half.
December 4th, 2020 at 3:25 AM ^
They make lines for games that won't exist?
December 4th, 2020 at 9:49 AM ^
I picked a bad week to stop doing lines...
December 4th, 2020 at 3:41 AM ^
I’m sure, when making this line, Vegas took into consideration a lot of information. Most importantly the facts that OSU has ability to score a lot of points while we have very few ways to do the same.
December 4th, 2020 at 4:21 AM ^
Lay the points.
December 4th, 2020 at 5:23 AM ^
Michigan is 3-17 vs OSU since 2000. This is no longer a serious rivalry.
December 4th, 2020 at 5:33 AM ^
lol two of those are ‘00 and ‘03. Michigan is 1-16 since 2004, soon to be 1-17. Just utter humiliation. Joke of a program.
December 4th, 2020 at 7:49 AM ^
No shit. I have no idea why Salvatore would arbitrarily pick 2000 when Tressel's arrival is the meaningful date.
December 4th, 2020 at 10:23 AM ^
Because including 2000 and 2003 gives us 2 wins.
December 4th, 2020 at 9:27 PM ^
Hey, if Salvatore is being nice for once, I will be the first in line to applaud him!
December 4th, 2020 at 7:50 AM ^
....and the last 5 of those belong to our savior, and best coach we could ever get Jim "Whose got it better than us" Harbaugh!!!
December 4th, 2020 at 8:25 AM ^
Give me a break with trying to throw in in a win from John Cooper’s last year to try and save some kind of face, that’s disingenuous as hell.
The turning point in the rivalry was when Tressel was hired and UM is 2-17, soon to be 2-18 if the game is played this year, since that event.
A .900 winning percentage for OSU over the last 20 fucking years. That is beyond disgusting.
December 4th, 2020 at 9:35 AM ^
You're worked up because he used the year 2000 as a starting point? Does 1 more win over 20 years really make that much of a difference? It's bad. Everyone knows it's bad. I doubt anyone is just waking up from a 20 year coma and checking the board to see what they missed.
December 4th, 2020 at 1:24 PM ^
Yes because it’s endemic of the attitude of the fans of the program. Let’s try and gloss over the fact that we haven’t accomplish shit in the last 15 years by throwing on some kind of meaningless past statistic as proof of our success. Like the ever popular “Winningest program of all time.”
Everyone knows current lopsided state of the rivalry was created by Jim Tressel being hired. Trying to slip in one more win by somehow arbitrary throwing in Cooper’s last year is some weak ass shit. If he’s going to do that, then why just not include the whole Cooper era and say “Well we’re actually 12-19-1 in the last 32 years, so it’s really not that bad”
December 4th, 2020 at 2:30 PM ^
I think you're overanalyzing this a bit. 2000 is a nice, even number. Regardless of whether you choose 2000, 2001, 2005, or 2010, our record sucks against OSU.
December 4th, 2020 at 6:05 PM ^
Yeah perhaps, but even if it is because 2000 was a nice round year, I still think it’s pretty damn silly to toss in that win in Cooper’s last year when we are all painfully aware that the tide turned when Tressel was hired and made his quasi guarantee of victory over UM.
December 4th, 2020 at 5:56 PM ^
You think Sal's statement of "This is no longer a rivalry." implies that M has been holding their own? You've read comments on this site or others and came to conclusion that M alumni and fans believe things have been just fine in this rivalry? Fascinating.
December 4th, 2020 at 5:24 PM ^
You are what your record says you are against Ohio State.
December 4th, 2020 at 6:00 AM ^
That’s all? I would’ve set the line at 35 easily.
There is not one single thing this Michigan team does well. There’s not one single thing they are even average at. They are going to get absolutely clobbered.
It’ll be over by the end of the first quarter.
December 4th, 2020 at 9:13 AM ^
You must have a lot of hope. This game is over as soon as the Big Ten confirms actually going to happen.
December 4th, 2020 at 5:35 PM ^
Touché
December 4th, 2020 at 6:03 AM ^
I assume it's that low because sportsbooks don't know who could miss the game on OSU's side.
On a side note, Herbstreit and other clowns are trying to put the onus on Michigan to play next week when OSU chose not to play last week. I don't know if the B1G would've shut them down anyway, but they chose not to play last week. Their decision not to play put them in this situation, so they need to stop acting as if Michigan has some moral obligation to play them.
AND...how dang disappointing is it that outsiders wants Michigan to play OSU because the win is a forgone conclusion?
December 4th, 2020 at 7:27 AM ^
Kirk Herbstreit is the Jim Tressel of broadcasters. Polished exterior, piece of shit human being.
December 4th, 2020 at 9:37 AM ^
Barry Alvarez and many of the Big Ten AD’s will alter the criteria for OSU to qualify for the championship game. This action will render the M-OSU game moot leading to the game not being played.
December 4th, 2020 at 2:19 PM ^
I agree with you, unfortunately. I really don't understand the willingness to continue to prop up the lead horse when everyone will just continue to fall further behind. The overall impact to the leagues if they don't play in the playoffs really is minimal, comparatively. The benefit to the OSU machine is significant. It just puzzles me, especially in light of this year.
December 4th, 2020 at 4:50 PM ^
Parity leads to that debacle in 2015 when Sparty was hamblasted in the semifinals. So let the lead horse keep eating the premium hay and eventually they'll win the race.
December 4th, 2020 at 6:29 AM ^
+27.5? Uh...I need to go bet money on OSU covering that. OSU has beaten actually good Michigan defenses with a semi-competent offense by more than that
December 4th, 2020 at 6:39 AM ^
The Harbaugh effect.
December 4th, 2020 at 6:42 AM ^
Too bad we may not get to see this one
Damn you Covid!
December 4th, 2020 at 6:45 AM ^
As Chick McGee used to say "That's not enough!"
December 4th, 2020 at 6:56 AM ^
That’s not high enough
December 4th, 2020 at 7:10 AM ^
All bets are off when OSU wins by 3 touchdowns, 2 field goals, and half a safety.
Half a point? M's QB was almost tackled in the end zone so the refs give OSU a half point for effort.
December 4th, 2020 at 7:22 AM ^
Close enough to the refs in Columbus means they will