If Gamlbing were legal....

...this is who I like this weekend. Short and sweet because it's Saturday morning and I'm just getting around to this. Call it a busy week. Oh, and for the rest of the year I'm not going to pick national games. I just haven't watched enough national football this year

Big Ten Games - Home Team in Caps

#21 Wisconsin -13.5 over INDIANA

Lots of losses for Indiana this year where they keep it close early and end up losing at the end (see their loss to Iowa last week)

MICHIGAN STATE -20.5 over Western Michigan

A non-conference game for the Spartans in the middle of the season is always a chance for the team to get healthy and work out the kinks. Watch the Spartans roll and win by 30 today.


Purdue +7 over MICHIGAN

Purdue is a young team that struggles on the road (lost 37-0 at Wisconsin) but excels at home (beat Ohio State at home). Not only do they cover, Purdue wins this game outright.

MINNESOTA -6.5 over Illinois

A game between two teams still looking for an identity. Illinois looked very good running the ball against a bad Michigan defense last week. Minnesota proved they can still pass the ball even without Eric Decker in their win over Michigan State on Halloween.

#4 IOWA -15 over Northwestern

Iowa's defense is very solid. Northwestern's offense is a little banged up. Iowa came out flat against Indiana last week, but I don't see it happening two weeks in a row. Hawks roll this week.

#11 PENN STATE -5.5 over #16 Ohio State

I still don't trust Terrell Prior in any game where he's forced to throw the ball to move the Ohio State offense. Penn State is very solid on the defensive side of the ball and they won't let Prior beat them with his legs. I wouldn't want to give Ohio State more than a touchdown, but at 5.5 I'm pretty comfortable picking the Nittany Lions is what should be the best Big Ten game of the day.

Big Ten Record against the spread last week:
3-3