{"id":19064,"date":"2011-11-02T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T16:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19064"},"modified":"2011-11-02T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T16:23:44","slug":"big-ten-football-predictions-purdue-boilermakers-vs-wisconsin-badgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-ten-football-predictions-purdue-boilermakers-vs-wisconsin-badgers-19064\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Football Predictions: Purdue Boilermakers vs. Wisconsin Badgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purdue Boilermakers at Wisconsin Badgers
\nSaturday, 11\/5\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -26.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -25.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 57
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 57.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin Badgers have lost consecutive games heading into Saturday's contest with the Purdue Boilermakers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Purdue will be searching for its first victory in Madison since the 2003 season and looks to bounce back from a 36-14 loss to the Michigan Wolverines as 14-point road underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Boilermakers defense is focused to make amends for allowing 535 yards against the Wolverines.\u00a0 \u201cWay too many,\u201d commented Boilermakers linebacker Joe Holland.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve had a couple of games this season where we haven\u2019t given up a run over 15 yards.\u201d\u00a0 Purdue is 4-2 ATS in November the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018over\u2019 is 4-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Boilermakers have fallen into a trend that they\u2019d like to see continue on Saturday, following up each loss with a win the following week.\u00a0 Purdue will certainly be up against it when considering its been outscored by a 146-53 margin in the last five meetings in this particular series, including a 34-13 loss as 20-point home underdogs last year.\u00a0 The team has also lost 13 consecutive road games when facing AP top 25 opponents.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin has lost two consecutive road games in dramatic fashion, falling 37-31 against the Michigan State Spartans before last week\u2019s 33-29 defeat versus the Ohio State Buckeyes as 7.5-point favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to make sure we stop the bleeding,\u201d commented Badgers running back Montee Ball.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll approach it the same.\u201d\u00a0 He leads the nation with 21 touchdowns and the team is one of three that averages at least 230 yards rushing and receiving.\u00a0 Quarterback Russell Wilson leads the country in pass efficiency and has thrown a touchdown pass in 36 consecutive games.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 4-1 ATS at home this season and the \u2018over\u2019 is 11-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Badgers are likely to bounce back Saturday, coming in with eight straight home wins over Big Ten Conference opponents, outscoring them by an incredible 414-132 margin.\u00a0 Wisconsin has scored at least 48 points in six of its last seven home games.\u00a0 The offense ranks sixth in the country in scoring offense, averaging 45.1 points per game, which would shatter the school record (41.5) that was set last year.\u00a0 The last two weeks has seen the unit go against teams ranked in the top 15 nationally in scoring defense.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Badgers due to their 7-0-1 ATS mark as favorites of 10.5 or more points, while the Boilermakers are 0-5 ATS in the last five meetings.<\/p>\n

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Purdue Boilermakers at Wisconsin Badgers Saturday, 11\/5\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -26.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -25.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 57 Current Total:\u00a0 57.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Purdue will be searching for its first victory in Madison since the 2003 season and looks to bounce back from a 36-14 loss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,5407,1295,3630,437],"class_list":["post-19064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-montee-ball","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-russell-wilson","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19065,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19064\/revisions\/19065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}