{"id":2353,"date":"2008-10-17T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/purdue-northwestern-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T20:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T01:13:00","slug":"purdue-northwestern-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/purdue-northwestern-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue-Northwestern Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at Ryan Field will be treated to a game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Northwestern Wildcats when they take their seats on Saturday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Wildcats listed as 4-point favorites versus the Boilermakers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 49. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Curtis Painter was 23-for-51 for 228 yards with an interception for Purdue in its 16-3 loss to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> couldn&#8217;t cash as 18-point home favorites as the game played under the 43.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">C.J. Bacher went 34-for-61 for 283 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for Northwestern in its 37-20 loss to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> covered as 3-point road favorites as the game played over the 44-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/>Purdue has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>Purdue: 2-4 SU, <st1:date Month=\"2\" Day=\"2\" Year=\"2001\">2-2-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Northwestern: 5-1 SU, 2-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Purdue most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Northwestern most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Purdue&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Northwestern<br \/>Purdue is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Northwestern<br \/>Purdue is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing Northwestern<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Purdue&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Northwestern&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Purdue<br \/>Northwestern is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Northwestern is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Northwestern is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Purdue<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Purdue home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 25<br \/>Northwestern at <st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Ryan Field will be treated to a game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Northwestern Wildcats when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Wildcats listed as 4-point favorites versus the Boilermakers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 49. Curtis Painter was 23-for-51 for 228 yards with an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/purdue-northwestern-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Purdue-Northwestern Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","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=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}