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Purdue at Illinois: our pick

We called Illinois at 76%, locked Oct 2, 3:44 AM ET, 36 hours before kickoff.

Final: Purdue 24–17 Illinois. Wrong.

Why this pick?

Our 76% is the betting market's own price for Illinois: 7 sportsbooks' prices, averaged, with their margin taken out. It is not a secret model.

Since we locked it the market moved 0.0 points toward Illinois.

We have no graded calls on Illinois yet.

At 76%, a pick like this still loses about 24 times in 100.

What we add is timing: we watch this game live and email members when the pick pulls well ahead, so they can check the cash-out at their own sportsbook.

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