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Buckeyes open as three-score favorite at Purdue

Spencer-Holbrookby: Spencer Holbrook10/08/23SpencerHolbrook
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COLUMBUS — Ohio State started off as slowly as an offense this talented probably could start.

And yet, when the win over Maryland was finally official, the Buckeyes still scored 37 points and covered the three-score spread against the previously-undefeated Terrapins. That’s how good this Ohio State team can be when it gets rolling.

Now for the second straight week, the Buckeyes are yet again a three-score favorite, this time on the road at a venue that has been a house of horrors for the Ohio State program. Ohio State opened this week as a 20.5-point favorite for its road matchup Saturday against Purdue, which is set for a Noon kickoff on Peacock.

The total is set at a low 51.5-point number. It’s the lowest total set on a Buckeyes game since last October when they faced Iowa at home. The total in that game was 50, and the Buckeyes scored 54 points themselves.

All odds are from Fanduel Sportsbook.

This is the first time Ohio State will play at Purdue since 2018, when it was a 14-point road favorite and was destroyed by the Boilermakers in a 49-20 upset loss.

Very few of the players from that 2018 Buckeyes team remain with the program. It was five years ago, after all. But there are still a few who remember that night in West Lafayette. Buckeyes starting safety Josh Proctor is among them, and he’s excited to get back to Northwest Indiana and take on the Purdue team that derailed the Buckeyes national title hopes in 2018.

“It means a lot,” Proctor said. “It means a lot. I haven’t ben back since, so I’m definitely looking forward to that.”

Ohio State will head to Purdue with a chance to get to 7-0. And it’ll do so as a three-score favorite on the road one week before the Buckeyes take on Penn State.

  • Ohio State is 2-2-1 against the spread this season, failing to cover against both Indiana and Youngstown State but covering against Western Kentucky and Maryland, while pushing at Notre Dame
  • The Buckeyes have went over the total just once in their first five games
  • Ohio State is 3-5 at Purdue since 2000
  • Ohio State is 4-8 against the spread in its last 12 games against Purdue
  • The total has gone under in five of Ohio State’s last seven road games at Purdue.
  • Purdue is 2-6 in its last eight games against the spread
  • Purdue is 2-4 against the spread this season.
  • The total has gone over in three of the six games Purdue has played this season
  • The Buckeyes are 2-4 against the spread in its last six Big Ten games

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