Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Ohio St Buckeyes will travel in a Big Ten conference game against the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time from Illinois is set for 12PM Eastern Time and you can watch it on the Big Ten Network.
The betting odds opened up with the road club Ohio St Buckeyes as 17 ½ point favorites with the total lined at 51 points.
The early money in this game has come on the home underdog as the Ohio St Buckeyes are now favored by 17 points. The over under has moved downward to 50 ½ points.
Money line gamblers betting on the favored Ohio St Buckeyes will lay -1500 odds with the home underdog Illinois Fighting Illini bringing back +1000 odds to win this game outright without the aid of getting the points.
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When these two teams met in 2009 it was the Ohio St Buckeyes with the 30-0 blowout victory against the Illinois Fighting Illini as a 14 point home favorite. The game fell way under the posted total of 49 ½ points.
Ohio St shut down the Illinois offense to only 82 yards rushing and 88 yards through the air. The Fighting Illini could only produce 2.4 yards per carry average in defeat.
The Buckeyes has started the year with a perfect 4-0 record on the year. The team has averaged 49 points and 506 yards per game on the year. This will be Ohio St’s first road game of the year. Their only test came in a 36-24 victory against the Miami Hurricanes in week 2 as an 8 point favorite.
The Buckeyes are coming off a 73-20 blowout win against Eastern Michigan as a 44 ½ point home favorite.
It was Ohio St pounding their opponent last week for 645 yards and 7 of 11 on third down.
Terrelle Pryor hit on 20 of 26 passes for 224 yards 4 touchdowns and no picks. He rushed it 7 times for 104 yards and a touchdown.
On the ground it was Daniel Herron with 12 rushes for 55 yards and a touchdown.
Wide out Dane Sanzenbacher led the club last week with 9 catches for 108 yards and 4 touchdowns.
The Buckeyes has allowed their four opponents this season 14 points and 239 yards per game.
Last week they held their MAC opponent to only 248 yards and 4 of 14 on third down. Ohio St stuffed the run against Eastern Michigan with 29 rushes for only 40 yards.
Overall the Illinois Fighting Illini sits with a 2-1 record on the year. They average 25 points and 359 yards per game on the year.
They had a good test in week 1 against Missouri as the Fighting Illini dropped a 23-13 decision as a 13 ½ point underdog. Two weeks ago in their last game they beat a pretty good Northern Illinois team from the MAC conference 28-22 win as a 7 point home favorite.
Illinois was able to produce 389 yards and only 5 of 14 on third down against the Huskies in their week three win.
Starting quarterback Nathan Scheelhasse completed just 8 of 16 passes for 70 yards with no touchdowns and no picks. He scampered 16 times and rushed for 115 yards with a touchdown.
On the ground Mikel LeShoure had a huge game with 24 rushes for 180 yards and a touchdown.
Wide out A.J. Jenkins led Illinois with 4 catches for 43 yards.
The Illinois defense has allowed their three opponents this season 16 points and 333 yards per game. Against Northern Illinois the team gave up 390 yards on 6 of 12 on third down. The Fighting Illini will need to be better in run defense this week as they allowed their MAC opponent in week three to nearly a 5.0 yards per carry average on 33 carries.
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