College Basketball 1/29/09: Dave Picks Michigan State at Iowa
#9 Michigan State (16-3, 6-1) at Iowa (12-8, 2-5)
The Line: Michigan St. -6.5
Michigan State came from behind to beat Ohio State 78-67 on Sunday. Their 35-19 rebound advantage over the Buckeyes is a big reason why. 4-0 on the road in the Big Ten, the Spartans average about 10 more rebounds a game [...]
College Basketball 1/25/09: Dave Picks Michigan State at Ohio State
#7 Michigan State (15-3, 5-1) at Ohio State (13-4, 3-3)
Line: Ohio State +2.5
Well, we said the letdown was coming. Michigan State lessened the intensity and the result was a 70-63 point loss at home to Northwestern. Michigan State (7-8 ATS including 3-1 on the road) combined poor shooting against the 1-3-1 zone with 18 turnovers. [...]
College Basketball 1/21/09: Dave Picks Northwestern at Michigan State
Northwestern (9-6, 1-4) at #7 Michigan State (15-2, 5-0)
Line: Michigan State -13.5
No longer winless in conference, the Wildcats hope to feed off their big victory against Minnesota when they travel to Michigan State Wednesday. It’s going to take a complete effort to win, but the Northwestern defense holds the key to keeping this one close.
Michigan [...]
College Basketball 1/17/09: Dave Picks Ohio State at Michigan and Illinois at Michigan State
Ohio State (12-3, 2-2) at #25 Michigan (13-4, 3-2)
Line: Michigan -2
First off we will mention that William Buford is starting to get comfortable in his replacement role for injured David Lighty of Ohio State which makes them much improved. The Buckeyes also sport a 6-5 record ATS overall and 3-1 ATS on the road. [...]
College Basketball 1/14/09: Dave Picks Penn State-Michigan State and Illinois-Michigan
# 10 Michigan State (13-2,3-0) at Penn St. (13-4, 2-2)
Line: Michigan St. -6
Michigan St. comes off a home victory against Kansas and is 3-0 in conference. Michigan State leads the conference in scoring at 77.6% a game. Penn St. is coming off a 20 point loss on the road against Minnesota.
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Michigan State is 7-5 and [...]
College Basketball 1/10/09: Dave Picks Louisville-Vllanova, Kansas-Michigan State, Oregon-Arizona State
As of late many of my picks have leaned to the underdog side, which has had much success and many times resulted in outright wins. Picking the dogs has not been by design, rather the product of research of which found favorable match ups mostly on the road. Today, the picks swing the other way [...]
College Basketball Picks 1/6/09: Michigan State-Ohio State, Purdue-Penn State, & Arkansas-Texas
We have a lot going on here at the College Football Place. As I have been talking about for a few months we are going to be adding sites and creating a network that will all be interconnected. While the kinks are being worked on in a few areas, that’s never stopped us from going [...]
South Carolina vs. Iowa, Michigan State vs. Georgia
Jordan Picks The 5 New Years Day Bowl Games Against The Spead 1/1/09
Iowa – 3.5 over South Carolina
Shonn Greene may be the best back in the country and QB Ricky Stanzi has continued to improve for the Hawkeyes all year. Every time I think South Carolina’s defense is going to win games for them they never do and continue to let me down so there is absolutely [...]
Mitch Picks The Capital One Bowl: Georgia vs. Michigan State
The Capital One Bowl The Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL
Georgia (9-3) vs. Michigan State (9-3)
January 1, 2009 1 EST The Line: Michigan State +7 1/2
Overview:
Here we find another New Year’s Day Bowl Game with bowl conference tie-ins which have taken precedence over giving the fans the best games and the best match ups on New [...]
