Northwestern favored by 5.5

[Some Day...Maybe]

I don’t think many people thought this would be the case.

 

[MaxyJR1]

Makes sense. They have been just as, if not more competitive than MN all year and faired a bit better against ranked teams offensively.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

PJ very good in baseball stadiums.

 

[GopherGrit]

Their defense is supposed to be pretty good.

They're fighting for bowl eligibility.

It's a quasi-neutral field. The field conditions are supposed to be awful.

 

[imthewalrus]

I don’t think many people thought this would be the case.

Remember: the game fixers & bookmakers favored Nebby by a lot over the Gopher Team when the husker team was ranked… you never know what the damn odds makers are up to…I guess I’m just not too impressed with what I have seen from Nu, but I’m certainly no expert

 

[Gopher_Guy_69]

Northwestern is 0-5 at Wrigley Field. So there’s that. Can we make them 0-6???

 

[Unregistered User]

I’ve not seen -5.5 but I am seeing NW -3.5

Splitting hairs, but I still think we just win outright.

 

[Gopher Mac]

If we are being honest Northwestern should be favorites. I would have guessed by a touchdown. If you throw out the results from Northwestern state and we should Gophers have played like one of the worst teams in the big ten with the exception of the Nebraska game. That was the outlier. The fact it is a road game and that makes Northwestern better favorites. I have watch Northwestern and they are a good not great team. The are better in both offense and defense than the Gophers and I would quess spread is close to 7 at kickoff.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

I’ve not seen -5.5 but I am seeing NW -3.5

Splitting hairs, but I still think we just win outright.

 

[Sparlimb]

Northwestern is playing a lot better than we are. This game should favor them.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Northwestern is playing a lot better than we are. This game should favor them.

Their defense is for sure.

Their offense couldn't win despite being given 5 turnovers.

Still I get favoring Northwestern.

 

[Schnauzer]

I'm glad Northwestern is favored. It would make a win against Northwestern just a little easier to help me forget the non-competitive games vs OSU, Oregon, and Iowa.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Fair line based on how the teams are playing. Would be a great spot for the first road win of the year.

 

[MNVCGUY]

This game is the definition of a tossup and will come down to whichever teams offense executes better. Two very similar teams and will almost certainly be a low scoring slug-fest where one or two key plays will be the difference.