Michigan Wolverines vs. Indiana Hoosiers Pick Prediction NCAA College Football Odds Preview 10-19-2013

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The Indiana Hoosiers will hit the road in Big Ten conference play as they meet the Michigan Wolverines in an NCAA college football game on Saturday afternoon.

Kick off time from Michigan is scheduled for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Big Ten Network.

The betting odds from this Big Ten game have the home team Michigan Wolverines favored by -7 ½ points with a total lined at 67 points.

Indiana fell to 3-3 on the season following a 42-28 road defeat last week to the Michigan St Spartans as a +10 point underdog. The game total landed at over 54 points. The Hoosiers couldn’t overcome the 21-14 first half deficit.

The team gained 351 offensive yards with 92 rushing for 3 ½ yards per carry. QB Nate Sudfeld hit on 14 of 30 passes for 137 yards. On the ground Tevin Coleman ran for 79 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown. On defense they give up 473 yards to the Spartans with 238 to their run game for five yards per rush. Indiana allowed the Michigan St offense to convert 10 of 14 chances on third down and lose time of possession battle by 15 minutes.

Michigan loses their first game of the year to drop to 5-1 after a 43-40 road overtime defeat to the Penn St Nittany Lions as a -2 point betting favorite. The game total landed over 51 ½ points. Michigan fails to hold a 10 point fourth quarter lead with 10 ½ minutes left.

They put up 389 yards of offense with 149 running for less than three yards per carry. They had three turnovers and took four away from the Nittany Lions. QB Devin Gardner hit on 15 of 28 passes for 240 yards with three touchdowns and two picks. Gardner ran for 121 yards. The Wolverines could not sustain drives going 4 of 18 on third down. On defense they allow Penn St 390 yards. The stuffed the Nittany Lions run game but allowed 305 yards passing and three touchdowns passes to freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg. Michigan got off the field 81% of the time on third down.