{"id":25283,"date":"2012-10-03T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T20:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25283"},"modified":"2012-10-03T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T20:20:36","slug":"college-football-week-6-predictions-michigan-wolverines-vs-purdue-boilermakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-6-predictions-michigan-wolverines-vs-purdue-boilermakers-25283\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 6 Predictions: Michigan Wolverines vs. Purdue Boilermakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan Wolverines at Purdue Boilermakers
\nSaturday, 10\/6\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Michigan Wolverines have won eight of their last nine games following the bye week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan had a week off after suffering a listless 13-6 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as six-point road underdogs, but it\u2019s important to note that the squad actually won the statistical battle in that contest.\u00a0 \u201cWe know what we have to do,\u201d commented Wolverines offensive tackle Taylor Lewan.\u00a0 \u201cThis team\u2019s got a lot of character.\u201d\u00a0 The Wolverines are 43-14 all-time in this series, including a 20-5 mark in the last 25 meetings.\u00a0 Michigan is 5-12 ATS after the first month of the season the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines have won eight of their last nine games following the bye week, which includes a 36-14 win over the Boilermakers as 14-point home favorites last year.\u00a0 Michigan was unable to overcome five first-half turnovers against the Irish, especially with star quarterback Denard Robinson totaling just 138 yards through the air and 90 on the ground.\u00a0 There\u2019s no doubt that the team needs to continue running the football, totaling over 150 yards rushing in the last three games.\u00a0 Robinson plays a major part in that statistic, leading the Big Ten Conference in total offense.<\/p>\n

Purdue opens conference play after going 3-1 against non-conference foes, as the team is averaging 51 points per game when playing inside Ross-Ade Stadium.\u00a0 The Boilermakers have a legitimate chance of winning the Big Ten this year, considering Ohio State and Penn State are both ineligible to earn that honor.\u00a0 \u201cWe can\u2019t worry about anyone else,\u201d stated Boilermakers receiver Antavian Edison.\u00a0 The entire roster is playing with great confidence, especially with the program winning back-to-back games for the first time since 2010.\u00a0 Purdue is 3-3 ATS as a home underdog over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 3-2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Boilermakers own a disappointing 47-64-5 record in Big Ten openers, but have won 12 of 15 since the 1997 campaign.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has been incredibly balanced in front of its fans, gaining 238.7 rushing and 283.3 yards passing.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Purdue has demonstrated the ability to get after quarterbacks, entering 25th nationally in averaging 2.8 sacks per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, with the Boilermakers going OVER the number in six of their last eight games overall.<\/p>\n

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Michigan Wolverines at Purdue Boilermakers Saturday, 10\/6\/12, 4:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Big Ten Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 56 Current Total:\u00a0 58.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan had a week off after suffering a listless 13-6 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as six-point road underdogs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":7144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,3314,468,1295,5495],"class_list":["post-25283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-denard-robinson","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-ross-ade-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25283","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=25283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25284,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25283\/revisions\/25284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}