2013 Record: 1-11

2014 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 3.0*

2014 Season Win Total Picks NCAA Football: 'Over'

The Boilermakers are a bad football team that went just 1-11 last year. That was partially due to the fact that they were undermanned last year. But it was mostly a byproduct of a ruthless schedule placed on a team that was breaking in a new coach and learning new schemes on both sides of the ball.

Things should be different in Year 2 of Darrell Hazell's reign. They have 15 starters back and last year's youth movement should start to show some dividends. The schedule is also easier (although not exactly easy overall). Purdue doesn't play a road game until Oct. 4 and if they can take down MAC foes Western Michigan and Central Michigan then this team should be at three wins after they beat Southern Illinois on Sept. 20.

That means that just one upset would put Purdue over their season win total here. Unfortunately their most beatable opponents - Illinois, Minnesota and Indiana - must be faced on the road. But the Boilermakers always seem good for one upset per season. And I think they can scrounge up that fourth win to get 'over'.

The Big Ten is deep and experienced this year. But I think that Purdue has just enough moxie to find that fourth win and go 'over'.

2014 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule

DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) Location Result

Sat, Aug 30th, 2014 Western Mich TBA Ross-Ade Stadium

Sat, Sep 6th, 2014 Central Mich TBA Ross-Ade Stadium

Sat, Sep 13th, 2014 at Notre Dame 07:30 PM Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis

Sat, Sep 20th, 2014 Southern Ill TBA Ross-Ade Stadium

Sat, Sep 27th, 2014 Iowa 12:00 PM Ross-Ade Stadium

Sat, Oct 4th, 2014 at Illinois TBA Memorial Stadium

Sat, Oct 11th, 2014 Michigan State TBA Ross-Ade Stadium

Sat, Oct 18th, 2014 at Minnesota 12:00 PM TCF Bank Stadium

Sat, Nov 1st, 2014 at Nebraska TBA Memorial Stadium

Sat, Nov 8th, 2014 Wisconsin TBA Ross-Ade Stadium

Sat, Nov 22nd, 2014 Northwestern TBA Ross-Ade Stadium

Sat, Nov 29th, 2014 at Indiana TBA Memorial Stadium

All Times EST

*Season Win Total Odds from Raphael Esparza. Esparza was a Las Vegas sportsbook manager for 13 years at some of the largest books on The Strip. He is a proven oddsmaker and this is his projected total.

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