{"id":2190,"date":"2008-10-03T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T01:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/penn-state-purdue-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-03T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T01:27:00","slug":"penn-state-purdue-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/penn-state-purdue-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State-Purdue Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Ross-Ade Stadium will be treated to a game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Purdue Boilermakers when they take their seats on Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 14-point favorites versus the Boilermakers, while the game’s total is sitting at 58. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Penn State scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to earn a 38-24 win over Illinois in Week 5. Penn State failed to cover the 15-point spread, while the combined 62 points made it OVER the posted total of 54.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Daryll Clark completed 15-of-21 pass attempts for 185 yards with two touchdowns, and ran for another score in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Curtis Painter was 29-of-55 passing for 359 yards and two touchdowns for Purdue as they lost 38-21 to Notre Dame in Week 5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Boilermakers did not cover the 1.5-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day’s posted total of 46.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Penn State has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Penn State: 5-0 SU, 3-1 ATS
Purdue: 2-2 SU, 1-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Penn State most recently:
When playing in October are 8-2
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

Purdue most recently:
When playing in October are 3-7
When playing on grass are 5-5
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Penn State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Penn State’s last 5 games when playing Purdue
Penn State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Penn State is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Purdue
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Purdue’s last 5 games when playing Penn State
Purdue is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games at home
Purdue is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Penn State
Purdue is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing Penn State<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Penn State at Wisconsin, Saturday, October 11
Purdue at Ohio State, Saturday, October 11<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Ross-Ade Stadium will be treated to a game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Purdue Boilermakers when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 14-point favorites versus the Boilermakers, while the game’s total is sitting at 58. Penn State scored two touchdowns in … Continue reading Penn State-Purdue Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}