Illinois hasn't been scoring in bunches, but Purdue's dismal defense is unlikely to offer much resistance in Champaign on Saturday afternoon, so expect the Illini to cover comfortably.
Illinois hasn't been scoring in bunches, but Purdue's dismal defense is unlikely to offer much resistance in Champaign on Saturday afternoon, so expect the Illini to cover comfortably.
Purdue ranks 121st in scoring and 120th in total yards. The Boilermakers have only converted 30.5% of their third downs and one of four fourth downs. They also rank 119th in time of possession and have a -6 turnover margin. It’s basically an all-systems failure for the Boilermakers this season. have been a fantastic surprise, starting the season 4-0 before taking their first loss of the season last week at Penn State. However, they still held their own in that game and covered the spread.
Illinois has major advantages in almost every aspect of this game. They are not typically a team that will blow other schools out, but this Purdue team is just so bad and will not be able to score. It may only take about 30 points for the Illini offense to cover this spread here. This will be a very simple same-game parlay where we just stick with the spread and the total.
The total opened at 49.5 and climbed early to 50.5 before free-falling to 48.5 as of Thursday afternoon.
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