College Football Week 8 Recap – Purdue Pounds No. 2 Ohio State

Top-25 College Football Week 8 Recap Includes Purdue’s Upset of No. 2 Ohio State and Top-10 Changes

A week after four Top-10 NCAAF teams suffered losses, Purdue delivered another knockout of undefeated No. 2 Ohio State. The Boilermakers blasted the Buckeye’s 49-20, sending Ohio State tumbling out of the college football Top-10.

I provide a college football Week 8 recap of the Top-25 at BetAmerica, along with the key upcoming Week 9 match-ups involving Top-25 teams.

#18 Iowa Hawkeyes at #17 Penn State Nittany Lions (-6)
#9 Florida Gators vs #7 Georgia Bulldogs (-7) in Jacksonville
#14 Washington State Cougars at #24 Stanford Cardinal (-3.5)

While we suffered a small losing week overall and took another tough loss with previously unbeaten Cincinnati (+3.5) in there overtime loss at Temple 24-17, we did nail our biggest play of the Week and one of our rare Big Bertha plays and a top play this season on Purdue. Here is the analysis I provided, as Purdue (+13) delivered our 9th outright ‘Dog winner on our weekly Fairway’s Football Forecast college underdog report. Those that added the +400 money line play on Purdue were rewarded with more profit.

Ohio State at Purdue – Purdue (3-3) has recovered from an 0-3 start and is now on a 3-0 SU/4-0 ATS run. Just the opposite for overpriced Ohio State (7-0), who is up to No. 2 in the college polls and remains undefeated. But the Buckeye’s are on a 0-3 ATS slide and struggled last week against Minnesota. That 30-14 victory as 30-point chalk saw the Buckeyes in a close contest at home and out-rushed by the Gophers 178-92. Fortunately, a +3 turnover margin favored Ohio State, and teams with a +3 TO margin are now 55-8 ATS this season. The Buckeye’s may still get their share of points with QB Haskins tossing 28 TDs this season on better than 70% completions, but Purdue QB Blough leads a dynamic Boilers offense with lightning bolt freshman WR Rondale Moore, who will impress the national TV prime time audience again. The ‘Boilers have 24 plays of 30 or more yards this season to rank among the very best in the country while Ohio State’s defense has been among the worst allowing big plays. Purdue is riding a wave of momentum while playing at a high level and out-yarding opponents by nearly 100 yards per game this season. Both teams allowing 5.5 yards per play (YPPL) this year, but Purdue’s defense has improved and the last three games Purdue has allowed 5.0 YPPL while Ohio State has allowed more than 450 yards per game and 6.0 YPPL its last three games feeling the effects of losing its defensive leader Nick Bosa (surgery). Prime Time ABC ‘Dogs 7-2 ATS this season and we’ll profit with Purdue as our big ‘Dog in the Big Ten this week.