The Purdue Boilermakers from the Big Ten conference will face the Oklahoma St Cowboys from the Big 12 conference in the Heart of Dallas Bowl in an NCAA college football game on Tuesday January 1st. Kick off time from Dallas is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU.
The betting odds opened up in the Heart of Dallas Bowl with the Oklahoma St Cowboys favored by -16 ½ points with an over under line of 70 points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the side of the Big 12 conference school as Oklahoma St is now favored by -17 points. The over under line has moved up a ½ point to a current number of 70 ½ points.
Purdue and Oklahoma St meet in the Heart of Dallas Bowl for the first time since the 1997 bowl season where the Boilermakers posted the 33-20 win against the Cowboys as a -3 ½ point betting favorite. The game went under 56 points. CFB Trend: Oklahoma St Cowboys are 4-1 to the over in their past five games.
The Boilermakers enter the Heart of Dallas Bowl with a record of 6-6 on the season. The team is 2-3 playing away from home. Purdue was a 3-6 team until they beat three bad teams in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana to earn bowl eligibility. They have no notable wins this season and their best effort came in a 20-17 road loss in week two at Notre Dame. They won no step up game this season. The team is about average on both sides of the football. They score 30 points a game and allow 29. In week four they allowed 41 points to Marshall and on October 27th Minnesota puts up 44 points on Purdue’s defense. Senior quarterback Robert Marve had 13 touchdowns and 3 picks with a completion percentage of 66%.
The Oklahoma St Cowboys enter play with a record of 7-5 on the year. They went just 1-4 away from home. The team misses a major bowl berth based on two losses to close the season to Oklahoma and Baylor. They have notable wins against TCU and West Virginia. The other losses came at Arizona, at Kansas St and home to Texas. The Cowboys are explosive on offense as they average 44 points a game good for fourth in the nation. The team gains 548 yards per game and are a balanced as they run and pass very well. Their weakness on defense comes against the pass as they allow 285 yards a game ranking 117th in college football. First year quarterback J.W. Walsh a freshman hit on 66% of his throws with 11 touchdowns and 3 picks.