Central Michigan-Purdue

the Motor City Bowl Wednesday, December 26th, 7:30pm Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan (8-5)_____MAC____67.05				Purdue (7-5)_____Big 10____126.73
Week	Opponent	oPts	Res, Score	Week	Opponent	oPts	Res, Score
6	@ Ball State	70.73	W, 58-38	8	Iowa	72.08	W, 31-6
14	Miami (Ohio)	-62.84	W, 35-10	3	Central Michigan	67.05	W, 45-22
10	@ Western Michigan	-65.04	W, 34-31	9	Northwestern	30.45	W, 35-17
2	Toledo	-104.62	W, 52-31	1	@ Toledo	-104.62	W, 52-24
13	@ Akron	-140.28	W, 35-32	5	Notre Dame	-135.92	W, 33-19
7	Army	-176.10	W, 47-23	4	@ Minnesota	-195.44	W, 45-31
9	@ Kent	-226.51	W, 41-32	2	Eastern Illinois	-	W, 52-6
5	Northern Illinois	-277.36	W, 35-10	6	Ohio State	403.68	L, 7-23
1	@ Kansas	322.17	L, 7-52	10	@ Penn State	238.54	L, 19-26
8	@ Clemson	293.25	L, 14-70	7	@ Michigan	235.72	L, 21-48
3	@ Purdue	126.73	L, 22-45	11	Michigan State	196.40	L, 31-48
12	Eastern Michigan	-130.06	L, 45-48	12	@ Indiana	133.65	L, 24-27
4	North Dakota State	-	L, 14-44

Basically the same W-L record for these two, and their wins are similarly weak. But Central Michigan has taken some bad losses, losing to Eastern Michigan and getting beaten down by DI-AA North Dakota State. All the teams the Boilermakers lost to were at the top of the Big 10, so they beat and lost to the teams they should have.

Purdue has evened out in the last part of the season, while Central Michigan slowly worked their way back from a rough start.

Intangibles: Eh. (It's not the most glamorous matchup...)

The Line: Central Michigan +8

The Story: Back in September when these two played, the Boilermakers doubled up the Chippewas 45-22, so you can bet the latter are looking for some revenge. Both teams use the spread - which one can defend against it better?

The Call: Purdue by 10

The Result: Purdue 51-48 = That was just a whole lotta offense, jeez. Another exciting game though - a slew of close ones and we're not even 1/4 of the way through the bowls.