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Published: November 13, 2009
The Michigan St Spartans are on the road when they face the Purdue Boilermakers in a Big Ten conference college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time at Purdue is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the game opened as a pick. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the road team, as the Michigan St Spartans are currently a 3-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 53 for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Michigan St Spartans at –145 with the home underdog Purdue Boilermakers returning +125 to win the game without the points on their side.
When these two Big Ten conference foes faced each other in 2008 it was Michigan St earning a 21-7 home victory as a 10-point favorite despite a four turnover game. The Michigan St Spartans are 5-5 on the season and just 1 win away from earning a bowl berth. The Spartans are coming off a 49-14 win against the Western Michigan Broncos last week. But prior to that win the Spartans have lost 2 straight Big Ten conference games in losses to Minnesota and Iowa. Michigan St has had problems winning on the road with a record of 1-3 on the season. The team has had problems with turnovers on the road with a total of 9 over their past 3 games on the highway. Sophomore quarterback Kirk Cousins is hitting on 63% of his passes with 14 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Michigan St is the top passing team in the Big Ten conference passing for an average of 280 yards per game with 21 touchdown passes thrown. On the defensive side the team gives up an average of 22 points per game and 333 yards ranking 5th in conference. The Purdue Boilermakers are 4-6 on the season and must win out to become bowl eligible. Purdue got a big win at Michigan last week winning 38-36. Senior quarterback Joey Elliot is coming off a monster game at Michigan hitting on 28 of 39 for 361 passing yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 picks in victory. On the ground Ralph Bolden is gaining 4.8 yards a carry on the season. Purdue’s passing defense will be greatly tested against Michigan St and the Boilermakers allow 196 yards through the air on the season ranking 4th in the Big Ten conference.
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CFB Trend: Michigan St Spartans are 12-2 to the over in their past 14 road games
The Wagerline consensus has 61.1% of the CFB bettors on Michigan St –3
The Wagerline consensus has 55.7% of the CFB bettors playing over 53
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