#8 Michigan State Spartans at # 97 Purdue Boilermakes
October 11, 2014. 3:30 pm ET.
Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
ABC-TV
Weather: 59 and sunny.
Sagarin Ratings: MSU #14, Purdue #97
Line: MSU favored by 21
Predictions & Previews:
- Lafayette Journal Courier: MSU 36-12
- Hammer & Rails: Crespo, MSU 30-7, Schneider, Pur 24-21; Van Gessel, MSU 34-10; Zimmerman, MSU 45-20; T-Mill, MSU 34-10
- Gold and Black: Charters, MSU 28-14; Clardie, MSU 31-10; Karpick, MSU 28-16; Neubert, MSU 27-13; Baugh, MSU 27-14
- Freep/Rexrode: MSU 38-10
- Lansing State Journal: Couch, MSU 41-13; Solari, MSU 37-10; Calloway, MSU 41-7
- ESPN.com: MSU 38-10
- OddsShark: MSU 41.9- 22.5
- CFN/Scout.com: MSU 41-16
- Detroit Sports Site: MSU 37-17
- Picks and Parlays: MSU 34-17
- The Power Rank: MSU by 11.7
- CBSSports: MSU unanimous
ES sez: Well, ahem, later next week, the ES will discuss the insanity of Mark Hollis' considering penalizing the student body by reducing their ticket allotment (isn't it COLLEGE???? yeah, let's cut out the college out of college sports). The fact that ESPN's Brian Bennett seemingly agrees with this viewpoint once again underscores the fact that students don't matter when the media is paying the bills. Read this:
- "If students don't want to go or stay through the game -- particularly in the upper-deck areas -- then I have no problem with the schools cutting those sections back. Students aren't obligated to attend or stay through home football games. Likewise, tuition does not guarantee good seats to those games."
This is about the dumbest argument ever made, from both a commercial and an amateur point of view. Reducing access to students who will be your future ticket sales? Biting the hand that feeds? Actually, tuition SHOULD guarantee good seats. The argument here is so backwards from both a branding and commercial standpoint, it defies logic. Absolutely Stupid. Anyhow...
But, as far as this weekend's game: Oh My. Poor Purdon't. They will be taking on the Spartans after the wrong end of a quarter of football in which the Spartans fell asleep... After dismantling Nebraska for 85% of the game, MSU nodded off and nearly paid the price. Not this week.
The problem for Purdue is - they really don't. They are arguably the WORST team in the B1G Ten this year. The Big Green is arguably the best team... and the defending champions need to make a stride after last week's scare.
Let's look at the basic stats:
- Purdue Total Offense #102, 351.8 ypg vs MSU Total Defense #11, 297 ypg
- Purdue Rushing Offense #67, 170 ypg vs MSU Rushing Defense: MSU #4, 72 ypg
- Purdue Passing Offense #104, 181.8 ypg vs MSU Passing Defense #48, 225 ypg
- MSU Total Offense #24, 497.4 ypg vs Purdue Total Defense #76, 408.6
- MSU Passing Offense: #51, 257.2 ypg vs Purdue Passing Defense #105, 273.5 ypg
- MSU Rushing Offense #22, 239.2 ypg vs Purdue Rushing Defense #48, 135.2 ypg
In every category, offense vs defense, Michigan State overwhelmingly ranks as superior. And, MSU has had the tougher schedule, playing at Oregon and vs Nebraska. Not much more needs to be said. The ES sees an absolute demolition tomorrow in West Lafayette: the Hammer will fall off the Rails.
MSU 55, Purdon't 13.
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