Big 10 matchup here on Monday has Iowa traveling to play Purdue. The Iowa Hawkeyes are 5-2 S/U and 3-4 ATS on the season. The two losses for Iowa coming vs Oklahoma, 67-79, and at Creighton, 84-92. They have won two straight games with wins over Seton Hall, 85-72, and last game over North Florida, 103-78, but failed to cover the 26.5-point favorite line. Iowa has hit 50% or better from the field in four of its seven games. The Hawkeyes have only play one away game, coming at Creighton where they lost by eight points but covered the +12-point spread. The Purdue Boilermakers are 7-1 S/U and 5-2-1 ATS. They suffered their first loss last game at Northwestern, 88-92, as a 5-point favorite. That was also their 2nd worst shooting performance of the season of 43.3% despite the 88 points. Conference games always a bit tougher and this is the first Big 10 game for Purdue. Boilermakers laying around 12 to 13 points here tonight. A bit too much for me. I'll take the points with Iowa.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars close out week 13 of the NFL. The Bengals are 5-6 S/U and 4-6-1 ATS with a 5-6 O/U record. The Bengals are in last in the AFC North, with Pittsburgh and Cleveland ahead of them and all three trailing 9-3 Baltimore. The Bengals average just 19.3 ppg and 291.7 ypg. They allow 22 ppg and 389.0 ypg on the season. The Bengals look to snap a three-game losing streak here today. They are coming off a loss to Pittsburgh last week, 10-16, as 2-point dogs. QB Joe Burrow is out for the rest of the season with a wrist injury. Jake Browning will have to be the QB the rest of the way. Browning came in at Baltimore and went 8 of 14 for 68 yards and a TD. Last week he was 19 of 26 for 227 yards with one INT and one TD. The Jags are sitting pretty good in the AFC South as they are 8-3 and in first place. The Texans and Colts both improved to 7-6 after Sunday wins. The Jags are 5-6 o/u and average 23.1 ppg with 344 ypg. The Jags have won two straight after last week's win over the Texans, 24-21, as a 1-point favorite. They have gone under in three of their last four games. With Burrow out, the Bengals can't get into a scoring match here today. I look for the Bengals to try and keep the Jags offense off the field as much as possible. I'll take the UNDER on Monday night.