Two struggling teams meet in this matchup, but Illinois does have wins over Kent State and FCS school Western Illinois. Rutgers has lost its last four games while allowing an average of 43.3 points. The Scarlet Knights come off a 24-17 loss to Indiana after being down 24-7 at halftime and they were outyarded 451-291. The Fighting Illini's defense hasn't been much better, but it has a big edge on offense as the Illini average 244.8 rushing yards and 410.3 total yards of offense. Rutgers averages only 281.2 total yards, including just 151.0 through the air. Illinois looks to avenge a 35-24 loss to Rutgers last year and the Scarlet Knights are just 2-5 ATS their last seven games dating to last season. Rutgers is #126 in the nation out of 130 FBS teams in total yards gained and #120 in passing yards. Illinois followed a close loss to South Florida with a blowout loss at Penn State and the Illini was outscored 35-0 in the fourth quarter. Freshman quarterback M.J. Rivers completed 60.7 percent of his passes for 149 yards with a touchdown and interception. The Illini racked up 245 rushing yards led by Reggie Corbin and Mike Epstein, who combined for 160 yards. Illinois is the road favorite in this game, which is an indication of how bad Rutgers is. Play Illinois.
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Who is the public on? 61% of the public bets are on Illinois Fighting Illini on the -1 ATS. And, 57% of the bets are on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game is that Illinois will win by a score of 24.0 to 22.3 with Illinois winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 54% of the public bets were on Illinois Fighting Illini on the +1.5 ATS. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Rutgers would win by a score of 22.9 to 20.3 with Rutgers winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 69% of the public bets were on Rutgers Scarlet Knights on the -5.5 ATS. 74% of the public money was on Rutgers Scarlet Knights to win on the moneyline. And, 61% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Rutgers would win by a score of 33.8 to 22.4 with Rutgers winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 77% of the public bets were on Illinois Fighting Illini on the -18.5 ATS. 97% of the public money was on Illinois Fighting Illini to win on the moneyline. And, 64% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Illinois would win by a score of 35.3 to 15.9 with Illinois winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 69% of the public bets were on Illinois Fighting Illini on the -4.5 ATS. 59% of the public money was on Illinois Fighting Illini to win on the moneyline. And, 62% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Illinois would win by a score of 26.4 to 22.0 with Illinois winning on the moneyline, Rutgers winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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