{"id":35698,"date":"2014-10-08T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35698"},"modified":"2014-10-08T12:21:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T17:21:03","slug":"michigan-state-spartans-vs-purdue-boilermakers-ncaa-football-week-7-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/michigan-state-spartans-vs-purdue-boilermakers-ncaa-football-week-7-betting-odds-and-picks-35698\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State Spartans vs. Purdue Boilermakers: NCAA Football Week 7 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michigan State Spartans vs. Purdue Boilermakers<br \/>\nSaturday, 10\/11\/14, 3:30 PM EST<br \/>\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -23<br \/>\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -20.5<br \/>\nOpening Total:\u00a0 54.5<br \/>\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5<br \/>\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34769\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Connor-Cook-michigan-state-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Connor-Cook-michigan-state-2014-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"The Michigan State Spartans are firing on all cylinders offensively in 2014\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Connor-Cook-michigan-state-2014-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Connor-Cook-michigan-state-2014-495x256.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Connor-Cook-michigan-state-2014.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Michigan State Spartans are firing on all cylinders offensively in 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michigan State has won three games in a row since suffering its only loss of the season, as it comes off a 27-22 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers as 6.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 The Spartans have won five straight games in this series, which is important to consider when making your NCAA football betting picks, including a 14-0 triumph as 28-point home favorites last year.\u00a0 Michigan State is 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS as road favorites the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans current 10-game winning streak in Big Ten Conference play is the second longest in school history, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA football odds page.\u00a0 Michigan State has scored 228 points through its first five games of the 2014 campaign\u2014the highest such figure in that particular time period in school history.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that Mark Dantonio\u2019s squad leads the country in holding the ball for 36:25, which has been helped by a plus-10 turnover differential.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue has alternated wins and losses over its last four affairs, as it looks to build off a 38-27 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini as 10-point road underdogs, while going OVER the betting total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 The Boilermakers are 28-33-3 SU all-time in this series, but they\u2019ve put together a winning 7-6 mark in the last 13 meetings.\u00a0 The fans should be ready to roll at Ross-Ade Stadium, considering this is the team\u2019s only home game in the month of October.\u00a0 Purdue is 1-13 SU and 3-11 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Boilermakers will need a big game from Akeem Hunt in order to cover this number, as he has 3,929 all-purpose yards since stepping on the campus at West Lafayette.\u00a0 Purdue\u2019s offense may improve over the rest of the season after Austin Appleby made his first start under center last week\u2014completing 15 of 20 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Sports bettors will likely back the Boilermakers due to the Spartans splitting their four games against the spread when favored by 21.5 to 31 points.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan State Spartans vs. Purdue Boilermakers Saturday, 10\/11\/14, 3:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Michigan State -23 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Michigan State -20.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 54.5 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan State has won three games in a row since suffering its only loss of the season, as it comes off a 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