{"id":5876,"date":"2009-10-03T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn-college-football-odds-penn-state-vs-illinois\/"},"modified":"2009-10-03T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T12:16:00","slug":"espn-college-football-odds-penn-state-vs-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn-college-football-odds-penn-state-vs-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN College Football Odds: Penn State vs Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Illinois Fighting Illini will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> was upset 21-10 by Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 4, as 9.5-point favorites at home. That game’s 31 points went UNDER the posted total of 40. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chaz Powell had 97 yards receiving with a TD in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Juice Williams had a bad day for Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, throwing for only 77 yards and two interceptions in a 30-0 loss to Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 4. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Illini did not cover the 14-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 49.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 3-1 SU, 0-4 ATS
Illinois: 1-2 SU, 0-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> most recently:
When playing in October are 9-1
When playing on turf are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing within the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n

Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on turf are 4-6
After being outgained are 7-3
When playing within the conference are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Penn State is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games
Penn State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Illinois
Penn State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Illinois
Penn State is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Illinois is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Penn State
Illinois is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Illinois’s last 6 games when playing Penn State
Illinois is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Penn State<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to Eastern Illinois<\/st1:place>, Saturday, October 10
Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, October 10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Illinois Fighting Illini will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. Penn State was upset 21-10 by Iowa in … Continue reading ESPN College Football Odds: Penn State vs Illinois<\/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-5876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876","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=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}