Michigan Wolverines (5-0) vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-3)
October 9, 2021 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: Nebraska Cornhuskers +3 / Michigan Wolverines -3; Over/Under: 52.5
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Michigan Wolverines do battle in a week 6 Big Ten college football showdown from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday.
The Michigan Wolverines will look to build off of their 38-17 win over Wisconsin last time out. Cade McNamara has thrown for 731 yards and 5 touchdowns with a 61.7% completion percentage while Blake Corum has a team-high 521 rushing yards with 7 touchdowns and Hassan Haskins has rushed for 369 yards and 6 scores. Cornelius Johnson leads the Wolverines with 10 grabs for 245 yards and 3 scores while Daylen Baldwin and Roman Wilson each have 100+ receiving yards. Defensively, Josh Ross has a team-high 32 total tackles while Aidan Huchinson has a team-high 4.5 sacks and David Ojabo has 3.5 sacks.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers will try to build on their 56-7 rout of Northwestern last time out. Adrian Martinez has a team-high 1,463 yards passing with 6.touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 66.7% passing while rushing for a team-high 412 yards and 9 touchdowns. Rahmir Johnson has 231 rushing yards while the Huskers boast another three 100+ yard running backs this season. Samori Toure leads the Huskers with 23 grabs for 483 yards and 3 TDs for the Cornhuskers while Nebraska has four other 100+ yard receivers this season. On defense, Luke Reimer and Nick Henrich each have a team-high 43 total tackles while Garrett Nelson has a team-high 2.5 sacks while JoJo Domann and Pheldarius Payne each have 2 sacks on the year.
Michigan is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 conference games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road favorite. Nebraska is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 games as an underdog.
Well talk about two of the teams in the Big Ten that I’m probably the least impressed with and least likely to back in Michigan and Nebraska. Everything about this game seems bang on though, which is why it’s one of the harder games on the board for me. I think this is a 28-24 kind of game for Michigan, so I’ll lean towards the under in what could end up being a slightly more defensive-minded game, but there are better options on the board in my opinion.
