Will Michigan beat Illinois on Saturday and cover the gigantic spread?

Posted on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 : 2:30 p.m.

Will Michigan beat Illinois on Saturday and cover the gigantic spread?

By Pete Cunningham

Former Michigan wide receiver Martavious Odoms attempts to outrun Illinois cornerback Justin Green during Michigan's 31-14 win Nov. 12, 2011.

Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

There's a general consensus that the 3-2 Michigan football team at its best should be able to take care of 2-4 Illinois with ease on Saturday at Michigan Stadium. But will the Wolverines blowout the Fighting Illini?

Las Vegas seems to think so, setting the Wolverines as 23.5-point favorites in their homecoming date on Saturday.

Better team or not, 23.5 points is a lot to lay, but Michigan football writer Kyle Meinke thinks it's a safe bet, predicting the Wolverines to win by 34. Illinois football beat writer Marcus Jackson of the Champaign News-Gazette doesn't think the Illini have bought into the system of the new coaches and predicted a 38-13 Michigan win.

So the question is, who ya got?

Pete Cunningham covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at petercunningham@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @petcunningham.

Comments

Terry Star21

Sat, Oct 13, 2012 : 2:38 a.m.

Have to agree with the odds on this one Pete. Remember, they said Michigan was 3 pt. favorites vs Purdue and Michigan hit 10x on that one. Let's see; 23.5 x 10 = 235 point advantage. Michigan might have it's work cut out on this one ! MgoBlueForTiM...maybe not 235-0, but a win is a win.