{"id":6954,"date":"2010-09-03T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2010-09-03T14:35:26","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T19:35:26","slug":"saturday-cfb-preview-purdue-boilermakers-at-notre-dame-fighting-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/saturday-cfb-preview-purdue-boilermakers-at-notre-dame-fighting-irish-6954\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday CFB Preview: Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, 9\/4\/10, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC<\/strong>
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -12.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -11<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Notre Dame -430, Purdue +360<\/strong><\/p>\n

All odds taken from Bookmaker.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Purdue looks to build off a strong 4-2 finish to the 2009 season after starting the year in a disappointing 1-5 fashion.\u00a0 The Boilermakers are 72-44-6 overall in their first game of the season dating back to 1887 and have won six straight openers since 2004, outscoring the opposition 306-124 in those contests.\u00a0 The team hasn\u2019t opened a season against Notre Dame since 1984 and not in South Bend since 1980.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that they will also be opening the year on the road for just the third time in 10 years.\u00a0 Purdue is 2-0 in those games, picking up a 19-14 victory at Cincinnati and a 52-24 win at Toledo in 2007.\u00a0 Over the last three years, the team has produced an even 5-5 record against the college football line\u00a0and the total is 5-4 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Boilermakers will be out to revenge a 24-21 defeat at Ross-Ade Stadium last year, as the team rallied from a 17-7 deficit with a pair of fourth quarter scores, only to see Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen deliver a touchdown strike with 25 seconds left in the game.\u00a0 Notre Dame managed to outgain Purdue by just 20 yards (383-363).\u00a0 Redshirt quarterback Robert Mavre gets his shot at the Irish now, becoming the third different signal caller under center in three consecutive openers for the Boilers.\u00a0 He shouldn\u2019t be overwhelmed by the site of Notre Dame Stadium due to his first collegiate start coming at the Swamp against Florida in 2008.\u00a0 Second-year head coach Danny Hope was a perfect 2-0 ATS as a double-digit underdog last year.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame will have the luxury of starting the 2010-11 season at home, as the school anticipates the 213th consecutive sellout at Notre Dame Stadium.\u00a0 The game will also serve as the debut of new head coach Brian Kelly, who comes from a successful run at Cincinnati.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish are 39-7-1 in season openers inside the Stadium and will open a season at home for the fourth straight year after opening the 2004, \u201905 and \u201906 seasons all away from South Bend.\u00a0 A victory over the Boilermakers would give the team a fifth win in six years opening a season.\u00a0 The Irish hold a 53-26-2 lead in the series against the Boilermakers, capturing 15 of the last 16 meetings at today\u2019s venue.\u00a0 Notre Dame is also 6-1 all-time against Purdue in season openers.<\/p>\n

The Irish and new head man Kelly don\u2019t have to do much reading to know how important winning the season opener has been to the program.\u00a0 The 101 seasons Notre Dame has won its opener, the Irish went on to post winning records 92 times, with four losing seasons and five .500 records.\u00a0 The Irish must improve upon their performance at home for bettors to be interested, after posting a 5-15 ATS mark in their last 20 games as a home favorite under former head coach Charlie Weis.\u00a0 This turnaround may not happen overnight, considering that Kelly was 6-8 ATS in his last 14 games as the Bearcats leader.<\/p>\n

Bettors will immediately examine Notre Dame\u2019s 0-3 ATS mark as a home favorite of 10.5 to 14 points over the last three years.\u00a0 Don\u2019t jump all in, but take comfort in the Boilermakers 17-9 mark as an underdog of this kind since 1992.<\/p>\n

Maddux Sports has released a premium pick for this game.\u00a0 You can get this easy winner by signing up for one of our winning college football picks packages today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday, 9\/4\/10, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -11 Opening Total:\u00a0 51.5 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Notre Dame -430, Purdue +360 All odds taken from Bookmaker. Purdue looks to build off a strong 4-2 finish to the 2009 season after starting the year in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1192,1311,2802,1295,2811],"class_list":["post-6954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-brian-kelly","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-notre-dame-stadium","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-purdue-notre-dame-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954","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=6954"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6956,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions\/6956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}