T.M. Selection: Purdue.

I like Purdue to cover the spread against Rutgers in this game on Thursday. Purdue has been having a great year with an undefeated season through 8 games so far and they have even worked themselves into the 1st place rank in the country. This is going to be their 1st true road test of the year but they have looked so good in their games and Rutgers has looked really bad as of late, I think Purdue will be fine in this game. Purdue has won 2 games in a row, both by 25+ points, and that has been a common theme for them all year, doing that in a majority of their games this year. I like how much their offense can score points and I also like the way this team plays defense. They have been putting up a lot of points all year scoring 70+ points in every game but they have actually scored 90+ points in 6 of their 8 games this year. I like the way they play defense too, they have only given up 70+ points in 2 games this year and those were to Villanova and to Iowa, 2 really good teams. Rutgers has looked terrible and I think that Purdue will be able to shut them down in this game with their defense. Rutgers has not looked good lately and they have lost 4 of their previous 5 games. Rutgers has given up 80+ points to the opposing team in 2 of their previous 3 games and I think that is going to be a huge problem here as Purdue's offense will overwhelm Rutgers in this game. Rutgers is also coming off a conference loss by 30+ points in their most recent game. Purdue is going to destroy Rutgers here so I like Purdue to cover the spread.

T.M. Prediction: 92-66 Purdue.