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College Football Handicapping Analysis: Week 13
Penn State Nittany Lions (7-4) vs. Michigan State Spartans (9-2)
Date: Saturday, November 27th, 2021
Time: 3:30 PM EST
Venue: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
NCAA Football ATS Spread Odds: Penn State -2 / Michigan State +2 (Bet Now!)
NCAA Football Moneyline Odds: Nittnay Lions -128/ Spartans +108
NCAA Betting Total Odds: O/U 52
Two teams from the Big Ten will be facing off when the Penn State Nittany Lions visit the Michigan State Spartans.
Penn State is coming off a win and Michigan State is coming off a loss.
The Nittany Lions started off as a 1 point favorite and now it is at 2. The total has gone from 51.5 to 52.
Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State has had a solid season so far. With that said, I would not put them in the category of elite. To me, they are not consistent enough.
Last week, the Nittany Lions took care of Rutgers by a score of 28-0. Although it was not a great team they were facing, they did just what they had to do against them. They will be in for a much bigger challenge when they go against Sparty on Saturday.
Christain Veilleux was 15/24 for 235 yards with 3 touchdown passes against the Scarlet Knights. Sean Clifford finished the day 2/8 for 23 yards.
The running game was never able to really get established in the win a week ago. The leading receiver was Parker Washington, who had 6 catches for 72 yards. If they are going to win this ball game, I look for him to have a good day.
Defensively, this team has been impressive throughout the year. Even though Michigan State will challenge them in a lot of ways, I would not be surprised to see this unit have success against them.
Michigan State Spartans
The Spartans have still had a good season under Mel Tucker, but they are not the team that some people thought they were. They got totally exposed last week.
The Spartans went into Columbus last week and got totally embarrassed by Ohio State 56-7. They can go only go up from that game, right?
Payton Thorne was 14/36 for 158 yards with 1 touchdown pass last week. He will need to be much better this week when he goes against Penn State.
Running back Kenneth Walker, who had received lots of praise for how good he was, was a non-factor last week. He was held to 6 carries for only 25 yards.
Going into the game with the Buckeyes, we heard about how bad the pass defense was for this Michigan State team. That was put on full display when they got crushed. CJ Stroud was going right at the secondary for the Spartans.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Penn State is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.
- The total has gone under in 12 of Penn State’s last 14 games on the road.
- The total has gone over in 8 of Penn State’s last 10 games when playing on the road against Michigan State.
- Michigan State is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games.
- Michigan State is 9-2 SU in their last 11 games.
- Michigan State is 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Big Ten.
- Michigan State is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against an opponent in the east division.
Free Week 13 NCAA Football Pick
Out of all the games in week 13, this one may not be getting the most attention, but I feel that it has the chance to be a very good one.
I am going with Penn State at +2 here.
4* Free Week 13 NCAA Betting Pick:
When I saw this line, I was a little surprised that Penn State was favored. I did not expect Sparty to be a massive favorite here, but I did feel they would be a slight fave at home.
I look for the Spartans to bounce back after an absolutely terrible performance by them last week in the loss to Ohio State. I can see them coming out of this game focused and energized.
2 is a small number, but I just do not trust laying the points with Penn State. I think that Michigan State can cover and even win this thing.
Give me the Spartans getting 2 points at home here.
4* Free Week 13 NCAA Betting Pick: Michigan State +2
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