M vs Indiana prediction based on I've got a bad feeling about this

As I've posted before not many people alive have seen M lose to Indiana.

In my lifetime M lost in 1967 and 1987. You'll note both of these years end in 7. The Hoosiers also defeated M in 1928, 1936, 1944, 1945 1954, 1958 and 1959. Nine Wolverine losses in 65 meetings.

I'm worried that the Hoosier defense will do a good job stopping Michigan's poor to middling offense. They hung around against the Buckeyes for most of that game. The score vs. Penn State doesn't reflect how close the game was statistically. They held Barkley to 56 yards on 20 carries. The total yardage and first downs were very close - the Hoosiers lost the turnover battle 4-1. As M saw last week, it can be tough to overcome turnovers.

The talk from practice about working harder on fumble drills. Means "DON'T FUMBLE" is going to be on the mind of all the M backs and receivers. I'm worried that will backfire into at least one fumble this week.

O'Korn was bad in the rain Saturday night, he was bad last year in the snow against the Hoosiers. The weather does look good for Bloomington Saturday, so maybe the trend here is O'Korn is 2-0 against schools from Indiana? Maybe it's time for the kid from Indiana, Brandon Peters comes out and gets something done?

I can't see this game being an easy victory. The defense will need to stay the course and keep the team in the game.

M 10
IU 9

Indiana Prediction

Bridge over Jordan River, Indiana University

Broad Street Bridge, New Castle, IN (birthplace of Indiana head coach Tom Allen)

Michigan 29

Indiana 20

MSU prediction based on historical data

Michigan is 208-60-1 in all games I have attended (all data is based on games I have attended unless otherwise stated)

M is 25-7 in the 4th attended games of the season (3-2 vs. MSU)

M is 134-44-1 vs. conference opponents

M is 38-3 in their first attended conference game

M is 17-9 vs. MSU

            MSU is 10-17 in all games I have attended
M is 2-0 vs. MSU when I am the Little Brother of someone else in the stadium 

M is 173-44-1 in Michigan Stadium
M is 71-29-1 vs. schools with Human based nicknames

M is 74-17 vs. schools with mascots deemed heavier than a Wolverine

M is 30-6 with Jim Harbaugh playing a leading role on the team

M is 1-0 with John O’Korn as starting QB

M is 10-4 in night games

M is 1-0 in 7:30 kickoffs

M is 2-2 on October 7th

M is 7-0 when ranked #7

M is 151-24-1 vs. unranked opponents

M is 134-68 on artificial turf
M is 34-13 in trophy games

(Little Brown Jug, Paul Bunyan Trophy and jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy)

M is 6-2 on days when the Chicago Cubs are playing in the MLB playoffs

            (3-2 when the Cubs lose and 3-0 when Cubs win)

It's easy when you look at the numbers

M 26

MSU 10

Michigan State Prediction

Red Cedar River Bridge, Michigan State University

Bridge of the Americas, El Paso, TX (birthplace of Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio)

Michigan 30

Michigan State 12

Purdue Prediction based on the avoiding the Law of Gus

M is facing Purdue on Fox tomorrow. Fox is also broadcasting the Notre Dame at MSU game later than night. Gus Johnson - the Fox lead college football broadcaster will be in East Lansing not West Lafayette,
Hopefully that means M will avoid the Law of Gus. And it would be nice if they could avoid the Fox football robot as well!

M 28
P 17

Purdue Prediction

Krannert Business School Bridge, Purdue University

John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Louisville, KY (birthplace of Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm)

Michigan  33

Purdue  19

Air Force Prediction

Challenge Bridge, United States Air Force Academy

Bridge at Park, McMinnville, OR (birthplace of Air Force football coach Tory Calhoun)

Michigan  36

Air Force 19