{"id":6127,"date":"2009-10-23T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn2-college-football-odds-illinois-vs-purdue\/"},"modified":"2009-10-23T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T03:57:00","slug":"espn2-college-football-odds-illinois-vs-purdue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn2-college-football-odds-illinois-vs-purdue\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN2 College Football Odds: Illinois vs Purdue"},"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 Illinois Fighting Illini and the Purdue Boilermakers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Ross-Ade Stadium. <?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 Boilermakers listed as 11-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 55. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> was upset 27-14 by <st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 7 as 3.5-point favorites. The 41 points went UNDER the posted total of 54. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Juice Williams completed 22-of-37 pass attempts for 254 yards with a pair of touchdowns in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joey Elliott passed for two touchdowns and Purdue&#8217;s defense held on to beat <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 26-18 in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Boilermakers pulled off the upset as 13.5-point underdogs, while the final score played just UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 44.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 1-5 SU, 0-5 ATS <br \/>Purdue: 2-5 SU, 4-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 1-9<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Purdue most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 2-8<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<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 OVER in 5 of Illinois&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Purdue<br \/>Illinois is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Purdue<br \/>Illinois is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Purdue&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Illinois<br \/>Purdue is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Illinois<br \/>Purdue is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 31<br \/>Purdue at <st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 31<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Check <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;PHPSESSID=8ffbad5124069cc530aa66b8c298b167\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>out timeless articles<\/font><\/a><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> on sports gaming strategy at <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"COLOR: blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=#800080>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/font><\/a> <\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/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 Illinois Fighting Illini and the Purdue Boilermakers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Ross-Ade Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Boilermakers listed as 11-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 55. Illinois was upset 27-14 by Indiana in Week 7 as 3.5-point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn2-college-football-odds-illinois-vs-purdue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESPN2 College Football Odds: Illinois vs Purdue<\/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-6127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127","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=6127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}