Hammer and Rails · Dec 10, 2021
#1 Purdue at Rutgers: Game Preview and Gambling Odds
Editor’s Note: This preview would be more useful published before the game and not sitting in queue. We apologize. But to make sure our writer remembers his hubris as Purdue struggles with the Scarlet Knights, we’ll post it now.
Well, sorry about that last game. #1 Purdue had the #1 ranking hanging in front of them to grab and when I had taken them as 11 point favorites it wasn’t even known that Iowa’s best player would be out. The line jumped to 16.5 points by tip off.
For most the game, it looked like Purdue might still cover that. They dominated while playing poorly. They were up double-digits at half time. They extended the lead further in the second.