The Maryland football team has opened as a 12-point underdog in Saturday night's game against No. 22 Michigan, according to lines posted at Odds Shark. The two teams turned in sharply divergent showings in their last games, with Maryland losing by 39 points to West Virginia and Michigan shutting out ranked BYU, 31-0.
Maryland beat Michigan in Ann Arbor last year, 23-16. In that game, C.J. Brown set Maryland's career total touchdowns record with a fourth-quarter run, and Wes Brown sealed the game with a series of clock-killing runs on Maryland's final drive. It was Maryland's first win in four tries all-time against Michigan, which won three meetings between 1985 and 1990.