Northwestern 34, Minnesota 24: I just can’t get the Gophers embarrassing offensive performance against Iowa two weeks ago out of my head. Against a leaky Northwestern defense Max Shortell or MarQueis Gray should be able to move the chains, but they won’t be able to keep up with a Northwestern offense that is significantly better in my opinion. Minnesota’s defense is good enough to keep things reasonably interesting, but a timely turnover by the Gopher offense in the 3rd quarter keeps them from gaining momentum. Venric Mark and Kain Colter gash the Gophers on the ground in the 4th quarter to put the game away.
Michigan State 21, Iowa 17: This will be a really good, fundamentally sound, well coached game. Expect some hard hitting, few penalties, and a few momentum swings. Le’Veon Bell and the Spartan ground game is the difference as they pound away on a TD drive late in the 4th quarter. William Gholston comes up with a huge sack of James Vandenberg on 4th and 7 from the Spartan 25 yard line with under a minute to play to ice the game.
Ohio State 45, Indiana 17: The Hoosiers will get whiplash as Braxton Miller will run by, through, over, and around them. IU gets it’s points in garbage time this week as the Buckeyes will have a 35-0 lead at halftime before calling off the dogs in Bloomington.
Wisconsin 24, Purdue 16: The Boilermakers have gotten absolutely crushed by Wisconsin the last few years. They will keep this one much closer against a pedestrian Badger team, but the Boilermakers don’t have a good enough quarterback to make a clutch play late in the game. The Badgers will be begging to be beaten but the sorry collection of Rob Henry, Robert Marve, and Caleb Terbush will look like the three stooges.
Michigan 48, Illinois 7: The Wolverines will continue their annialation of subpar teams. The overrated Illini defense will be exposed once again as a complete fraud.
Last Week: 5-0, Overall: 46-11 (.807)
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