{"id":2666,"date":"2008-11-14T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/ohio-state-illinois-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-14T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:24:00","slug":"ohio-state-illinois-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/ohio-state-illinois-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State-Illinois Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Illinois Fighting Illini will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Memorial Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Buckeyes listed as 10-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Terrelle Pryor threw for three touchdowns to lead Ohio State to a 45-10 win over Northwestern in Week 11. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Buckeyes covered the 12.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 39.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Juice Williams threw for 328 yards, one touchdown and two picks as Illinois lost 23-17 to Western Michigan in Week 11. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Illini did not cover the 7-point spread, while the combined score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 64.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Ohio State: 8-2 SU, 3-6 ATS
Illinois: 5-5 SU, 4-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ohio State most recently:
When playing in November are 9-1
When playing on turf are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n

Illinois most recently:
When playing in November are 4-6
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Illinois
Ohio State is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games on the road
Ohio State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Ohio State is 14-4 ATS in its last 18 games on the road
Illinois is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Ohio State
Illinois is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Illinois is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Ohio State
Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Ohio State<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Ohio State home to Michigan, Saturday, November 22
Illinois at Northwestern, Saturday, November 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Illinois Fighting Illini will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Memorial Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Buckeyes listed as 10-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. Terrelle Pryor threw for three touchdowns to lead … Continue reading Ohio State-Illinois 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-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666","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=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}