College football odds, picks and prediction for Ohio State Buckeyes vs Purdue Bilermakers. Week 7 betting free pick and game analysis.
Marvin Harrison Jr. is the best wide receiver in the country and despite some hiccups from his quarterback, he's proven he can be counted on to produce. We break down his receiving total in our Ohio State vs. Purdue betting picks below.After playing around with Maryland last week, Ohio State finally woke up in the second half and ate the Terrapins for lunch. Now Ryan Day’s program has what should be considered a walk in the park this week as they head to West Lafayette to take on Purdue.
But at the end of the day, McCord — who played with Harrison Jr. at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School — clearly trusts Harrison Jr. to go up and get the ball to make him look good. The entire passing attack went through Harrison Jr. last week, especially after fellow potential first-round receiver Emeka Egbuka left the game with an injury.
Since Harrison Jr. became a full-time starter last season as a true sophomore, he’s gone over 88.5 receiving yards 10 times in 18 games, including in three of five games this season. Over those 18 games, he’s averaged 97.8 receiving yards per game and has been flat-out dominant with his combination of ball skills, body control, and explosiveness. expected to start multiple freshmen and transfers against the Buckeyes due to injury.
This season, Day’s offense is averaging a shade over 34.5 points per game — they’re scoring 35 per contest, the 30th-best in the country — and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles' unit has been borderline dominant holding teams to just 10.2 per game, third best in college football. If the Boilermakers couldn’t keep up against an inept passing attack, why should you expect anything different against the Buckeyes?Most books opened with the Buckeyes as 20- to 20.5-point road favorites and have slowly come down to between 18.5 and 19.5.
With some expected rain in West Lafayette Saturday afternoon, the game total has dropped to around 49 after opening as high as 52.5.
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