Prop Bets: Ball State Cardinals VS Purdue Boilermakers 2025-08-30

Purdue Boilermakers vs. Ball State Cardinals: A Lopsided Love Story (With Zero Drama)
When/Where: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 12:00 PM ET, Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue’s backyard).

The Spread: Purdue is a 17.0–17.5-point favorite across most books (odds: -17.0, -17.5). Ball State’s +17.5 (odds: +6.0 to +7.4) is basically a free bet if you’re into math homework.

Moneyline: Purdue (-110 to -108) is the statistical favorite, with implied odds of ~87.7% to win. Ball State (+600) is the sportsbook’s version of a participation trophy.

Total: The over/under is 48.5 points (even money at -110). Given Purdue’s projected 41-16 romp (per BetMGM’s pregame tea leaves), this is less of a football game and more of a math problem for Ball State.

Key Context:
- Purdue’s new QB, Ryan Browne, faces a Ball State defense that allowed 6.9 yards/play last season. Time to air it out, Boilermakers!
- Ball State’s Mike Uremovich (Purdue grad) gets his first game as a head coach. Spoiler: It’s not a feel-good Netflix special.
- The Boilermakers’ defense is expected to “make Ball State’s Kiael Kelly throw it 1,000 times” (per the news), which is code for “we’re not scared of your 3-1-3 mystery scheme.”

Player Props? None listed in the provided data. Probably because no one’s foolish enough to bet on Ball State’s offense not scoring a TD.

Prediction: Purdue 41, Ball State 16. The spread will be like a college student’s suitcase during move-out day—massively overstuffed and indifferent to your feelings.

Why Trust Me? The odds imply Purdue has an 87% chance to win. That’s higher than my chance of finishing this sentence without a dad joke. Take the points, Cardinals. You’re technically playing for pride now.

Created: Aug. 30, 2025, 2:20 p.m. GMT