Season: 60 - 66
Sparty Bets: 11 - 5
Nothing the last couple of days, 2-4 Saturday . Just can't get on a roll, it's not good to be looking forward to baseball on February 1st. I have done well on MSU games this season, here's what I got for the big MSU/Wisky game Tuesday....
Wisconsin -2....Let me start off by saying this will be a brief write-up because if I were to really elaborate on this game, I would write for about 6 hours, and I ain't got that type of time. I have flip-flopped about 100 hundred times on this game the last couple of weeks, and I'm going to stick with my initial lean of Wisky. However, I will admit, I'm not very confident in this play.
On paper, MSU looks a lot better than Wisky. But.....this is freackin' Bo, and he's at the Kohl Center. Bo is 9-0 vs. Izzo away from the Breslin. The Badgers have already beaten 2 Top 5 teams at the Kohl Center this season, and as far as the importance of the game, well, if Wisky loses this game, they basically have no chance at the Big Ten Title, whereas, if MSU loses this game, they remain the frontrunner to win the conference. A lot has been made about MSU's success on the road the last season-and-a-half of conference play, but remember, in that entire time span, they haven't played at the Kohl.
There are defintitely some things to be worried about if you're gonna back the Badgers. The rebounding, no Leuer, Sparty's huge advantage on the bench, Hughes' lack of production v.s. MSU over the years, Summers' re-emergence, Lucas, and the overall athletic advantage that MSU possesses. The scariest thing about this bet for me is that Badgers not named Jon Leuer combined for only 26 points at the Breslin a couple of weeks ago. But the bottom line is this, "Is this MSU team good enough to win in Madison, like none of the previous 6 MSU teams have been able to?" I don't think so.
Good luck ya'll !!!!
* For anyone watching the game, listen for the Grateful Red to chant "Angry Midget", referring to Izzo when he complains about a call. I about fell off my bar stool last year when I heard it