Marshall has dominated Conference USA the past two seasons (14–2 in league play), but steps up to play the Big 10 here. And with the loss of four-year starting QB Rakeem Cato, the Herd will suffer some growing pains on offense. The UNDER is 4-1 in the Thundering Herd’s last five games on fieldturf. Purdue is in town with a weak offense as Coach Darrell Hazell begins his third season. The 2014 offense averaged just 23.8 points (98th in the nation), 187.4 yards passing (103rd), and 157 yards rushing ranked just 73rd. They also don't know who should be quarterback with junior QB Danny Etling (6 TDs, 5 INTs, 800 yards, 55% completions) back with junior Austin Appleby (10 TDs, 11 INTs yards, 53%), and sophomore QB David Blough. At least the Boilermakers' defense will be better with safety Frankie Williams, who should be in contention for All-Big Ten honors, and the linebacking corps features promising sophomores in Ja’Whaun Bentley and Danny Ezechukwu. Play this one UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 64% of the public bets were on Marshall Thundering Herd on the -7.5 ATS. 59% of the public money was on Purdue Boilermakers to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Marshall would win by a score of 38.5 to 23.0 with Marshall winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 69% of the public bets were on Purdue Boilermakers on the -17 ATS. 72% of the public money was on Purdue Boilermakers to win on the moneyline. And, 55% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Purdue would win by a score of 38.1 to 21.7 with Purdue winning on the moneyline, Marshall winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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