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Big 10 Betting Breakdown | Sept 2nd Recaps

BIG 10 Betting Notes from Games played on SEPTEMBER 2nd – By ASA

NEBRASKA vs MINNESOTA (13-10 MINNESOTA WIN) – Minnesota scored 10 points in final 3:00 minutes to win by 3 / Nebraska with 4 turnovers – one in the endzone going into score and 2 others that led directly to 10 Minnesota points / Huskers averaged 5.2 YPP & Minnesota averaged 3.6 YPP / Huskers averaged 4.9 YPC and held Minnesota to 2.2 YPC / Nebraska QB Sims, transfer from Georgia Tech, had 11 pass completions and 3 interceptions

CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs MICHIGAN STATE (31-7 MSU WIN) – Big 10 Betting notes. The score was 10-7 at half / MSU outgained CMU by +3.0 YPP (6.3 YPP to 3.3 YPP) / Teams combined for just 8 of 32 on 3rd and 4th down / Spartans defense held CMU scoreless and just 63 total yards on the 2nd half

EAST CAROLINA vs MICHIGAN (30-3 MICHIGAN WIN) – ECU’s only points came on a FG as time expired / Michigan played without head coach Harbaugh and OC Moore who were suspended / QB coach Campbell called plays / Harbaugh will miss the first 3 games and Moore is back next week / Score was 30-0 with just over 9:00 remaining in the 3rd quarter and Michigan didn’t score again / Could have been worse as 2 of Michigan’s final 3 possessions after taking a 30-0 lead ended in a missed FG and shutout on downs at the ECU 1 yard line

OHIO STATE vs INDIANA (23-3 OSU WIN) – IU with only 153 total yards on 2.8 YPP / Hoosiers new QB’s, Jackson and Sorsby with only 9 completed passes combined / IU crossed midfield 3 times in the game / OSU All American WR injured his shoulder in the first half and did not return / After averaging 44 PPG (2nd in the nation) and 491 YPG last season, the Buckeyes put up only 23 points on 380 total yards / New OSU QB McCord was 20 of 33 for 239 yards and 1 interception – his back up Brown only played a few snaps

WEST VIRGINIA vs PENN STATE (38-15 PSU WIN) – PSU HC Franklin obviously knew what the spread was – PSU had ball at WVU 5 yard line with only a few seconds remaining (up 31-15) and instead of taking a knee, they ran the ball in for a TD to cover the 21 point spread / PSU dominated outgaining West Virginia 7.3 YPP to 4.5 YPP / WVU defense did hold the potent Penn State rushing game to 145 yards on 35 carries – 4.2 YPC / New Nittany Lion QB Allar was 21 of 29 for 325 yards and 3 TD’s

BUFFALO vs WISCONSIN (38-17 WISCONSIN WIN)– Big Ten Betting notes on the Badgers and their new up tempo. air raid offense ran 71 plays on Saturday after averaging 66 plays per game (107th nationally) / The 71 offensive snaps in game 1 would have ranked UW right around 52nd in the nation last year / They ran the ball 40 times (314 yards) with 31 pass attempts (189 yards) as new OC Longo has said the offense is called “air raid” but he will take what the defense gives him and use what is working / Wisconsin’s opponent next week is Washington State and they ran 87 offensive plays under new OC who came over from Western Kentucky / Wisconsin led just 14-10 at half but scored points on 4 of their 5 second half possessions with the only other possession ending in an interception / Wisconsin averaged 7.1 YPP & Buffalo just 4.4 YPP

UTAH STATE vs IOWA (24-14 IOWA WIN) – Iowa won the game by 10 points but they were outgained 329 to 284 (4.5 YPP to 4.1 YPP) and outrushed 116 to 88 (4.8 YPC to 2.2 YPC) / New QB McNamara was 17 of 30 for 191 yards and 2 TD’s / Iowa scored 14 points on their first 2 possessions and they just 10 points on their final 10 possessions / Hawkeyes had 156 yards on 7.4 YPP on their first 3 possessions and then averaged only 3.4 YPP after that / Over their final 10 possessions, Iowa had only 2 that lasted more than 6 plays and they punted 7 times / on a sidenote, OC Brian Ferentz has a clause in his contract that if Iowa averages 25 PPG or more and wins at least 7 games, he gets a fairly large bonus – they put up only 24 on USU so not a great

FRESNO STATE vs PURDUE (39-35 FRESNO WIN) – Purdue led 28-17 with 7:00 remaining in the third quarter and Fresno then scored TD’s on 3 of their last 4 possessions / Fresno outgained Purdue 487 to 363 but the Bulldogs also ran 82 offensive plays to just 60 for Purdue – so Boilers actually outgained FSU 6.0 YPP to 5.9 YPP / One of Purdue’s TD’s was a 98 yard kickoff return / Purdue’s new QB Card, transfer from Texas, was 17 of 30 for 254 yards and 2 TD’s / Fresno’s first lead of the game came in the 4th quarter and their game clinching TD came on a 22 yard pass with 59 seconds remaining in the game

TOLEDO vs ILLINOIS (30-28 ILLINOIS WIN) – Toledo won the MAC Championship last season / Toledo outgained Illinois 416 to 374 bur also ran 18 more offensive plays so the Illini actually outgained the Rockets by nearly 1.0 YPP (6.1 to 5.2) / One of the Illini’s TD’s was a 48 yard pick 6 and their game winning FG came with 5 seconds remaining in the game / New Illinois QB Altmyer, transfer from Ole Miss, was 18 of 26 for 211 yards, 2 TD’s and 1 interception / Toledo had a conversion rate of 53% on 3rd & 4th down (9 of 17)

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