Football Game Odds on Purdue vs. OSU

Football handicappers should consider taking the NCAA football game odds on the Purdue Boilermakers vs. the Ohio State Buckeyes this Saturday.

The Buckeyes are huge 23 ½ point favorites to dominate the Purdue Boilermakers on Oct. 23rd, but lest football handicappers forget, Purdue actually beat the Buckeyes straight up in 2009 as huge dogs.

Ohio State figures to bounce back with a victory on Sunday after being embarrassed 18 to 31 as 3 ½ point football game odds faves against Wisconsin in their last, but giving up 23 ½ points to a team that socked you in the mouth last year might just be too many points to give up.

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Do the Boilermakers really have what it takes to cover the spread in this game?

Purdue Boilermakers at #10 Ohio State Buckeyes

Where: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
When: Oct. 23rd, 2010 at 12:00 pm EST
TV: Big Ten Network

NCAAF Betting Lines

Purdue Boilermakers +23 ½ -110 O 47 -110
Ohio State Buckeyes -23 ½ -110 U 47 -110

The trends favor neither team in this game.

• The Purdue Boilermakers are 5 and 1 ATS in the last 6 meetings between these two teams.
• The Purdue Boilermakers are 4 and 0 ATS in their last 4 games on the road.
• The Ohio State Buckeyes are 10 and 1 ATS in their last 11 games at home.
• The Ohio State Buckeyes are 5 and 0 ATS in their last 5 home games as the favorite.

Purdue may not upset the Ohio State Buckeyes straight up every time they play, but they own the Bucks when it comes to the football game odds almost every time the two teams play given their 5 and 1 record ATS in the last 5 meetings between these 2 teams.

Purdue is also a much better team this season than most football handicappers believed that they would be.

The Boilermakers are 4 and 2 straight up on the season after upsetting Northwestern 20 to 17 on the road as 8-point dogs and beating Minnesota at home 28 to 17 as 6-point favorites. Purdue is only 3 and 3 ATS but they’re 2 and 0 ATS in their last 2 games.

Although Ohio State is easily one of the best teams in college football, they failed to do two things in the loss to Wisconsin that would have definitely put a “W” into their win column.

They failed to stop the run, allowing the Badgers to rush for 184 yards, and they failed to pass down the field, QB Terrelle Pryor threw for only 156 yards, a 5.6 average per pass, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Purdue is a decent defensive team. They allowed both Northwestern and Minnesota to score only 17 points against them. They allow only 220 passing yards per game against them and, this is important, they rush for over 200 yards per game.

Purdue has turned into a rushing team and that, more than anything, is the reason to take the points and make the Boilermakers the football game odds pick against the spread in this contest.

The Boilermakers will look to control the clock against the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes are having issues on the offense side of things. Purdue is on a mini-roll after winning their first two Big Ten contests. Purdue is the pick.

NCAAF Betting Pick: Purdue Boilermakers +23 ½ -110

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