Mich State/Illinois

winkyduck · Oct 11, 2003

line opens MSU -4.5

now down to msu -3

can someone tell me WHY! i look at this game and can't see how illinois stays in it - how msu doesn't easily cover this one. am i missing something here? yes - msu is at minny next week - and that is a big game so the "look ahead" is there - but even with msu looking ahead i don't see how they fail to cover this one.

anyone feel the same - or different?

sphincter · Oct 11, 2003

you think you`re baffled now?...check a few consensus sites.....mich st is getting hit and the line drops?.....

the red flag has to go up on this one.....

i caught the illini at +3.5 and bought to 4.....

something`s a little dooseypots here....

[This message was edited by sphincter on October 11, 2003 at 03:35 AM.]

bOoKhAtEr · Oct 11, 2003

go to bodog ILLINOIS +4
GOOD LUCK!

Koke · Oct 11, 2003

I love MSU as well. It should be a winner.

ppeter · Oct 11, 2003

Phil Steele has been touting Illinois hard (underdog play of week)

winkyduck · Oct 11, 2003

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ppeter:
Phil Steele has been touting Illinois hard (underdog play of week)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i know phil catches a lot of hell here - but from what i have been told - his dog/week plays are unbeaten so far this season. can anyone confirm/refute this?

BrokeN · Oct 11, 2003

Winky~I don't think that is correct. I remember him losing on NW after they covered for him the week before.

I thought I saw Kansas +6 as the UDPOW?

ppeter · Oct 11, 2003

Broken, you are confusing his paper rag UDPOW and his Phone UDPOW.

silver7 · Oct 11, 2003

Just some food for thought; MSU 1st gm on artificial this yr. dog 5-1 L6, MSU terrible PD and Beutjer can get hot, he`s done it before. If I can get 4 I`ll take the pup!

rugby · Oct 11, 2003

Maize & Blue die hard, but gotta think spartys cover this easy. No rivalry here and Minny no longer undefeated so spartys aren't looking ahead. GL to all !!!!!

ProphetablePicks · Oct 11, 2003

looks like the sqaures are on Mich State and the sharp guys on illinois.

Thunder · Oct 11, 2003

It is my opinion that Illinois has no rush defense so State should be able to control the line of scrimmage with there less than stellar running game. Illinios also has no pass defense and Smoker should light it up.

Illinois shouldn't have any success running against this stout Spartan defense. Their air attack isn't anything to right home about either

Maybe sharps betting Illy down to under a field goal and then pound the Spartans, which doesn't really make any sense to me as I think State rolls here on the road. Sure hope I am not a square....

Good Luck...

WinOne · Oct 11, 2003

News out of Ill is that coach getting heat and team publicly coming to his defense. It's the old rally around the coach as the players like him. Also I think Ill has switch from Astro Turf to field turf (Thanks to Chi Bears).

GL,
WinOne!!

welby123 · Oct 11, 2003

ASA-vip GOY ILL.

W.Root- Best Bet ILL.

winkyduck · Oct 11, 2003

i caught a few minutes of root's radio show this morning and as soon as i heard him on the illini i KNEW i was right with msu and even though the past few days have seen weird finishes - msu up 28-7 w/6 mins left in the Q3 - this one is OVER!

chalk one up for the squares - who unlike ths "sharp" guys didn't over analyze this game and realized one team is very good - and one team BLOWS!

Koke · Oct 11, 2003

I was all over this play as well winky call me a square all the way to the pay line!

I see the sharps also had niu -18 today at CMU on homecoming. yikes, CMU 17 - NIU 0 early I think the sharps also had FSU -6 against the cains.

Koke · Oct 11, 2003

MSU is taking the illini behind the woodshed!

UWinSports · Oct 11, 2003

"looks like the sqaures are on Mich State and the sharp guys on illinois."

Thats what Vegas wanted you to think. If I would have looked at this thread earlier I would have trippled my Mich State wager

Koke · Oct 11, 2003

42-7.

hmmmmmm

Koke · Oct 11, 2003

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ProphetablePicks.Com:
looks like the sqaures are on Mich State and the sharp guys on illinois.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

49-7 MSU, LETS GO SPARTANS!