Michigan Thursday: Big Ten Weekend Preview

Since most of the news about Maryland - Michigan is more about the weather then the game, I will take a look at the rest of the Big Ten this weekend.  BTW: There latest rumor is they might change the game to noon from 8:00.  Not sure if that will make a difference since the storm continues to change when it might hit land but it will probably be raining pretty hard at either time. 


Purdue at MSU= Purdue is the worst team in the Big Ten and a 3 TD dog. 

Minnesota at Northwestern = The Wildcats are a 4.5 favorite.  I think Minnesota wins this game.

Iowa at Wisconsin = Wisky is a favored by at TD.   Time to find out if Iowa is real or not. 

OSU at Indiana = OSU is a 3 TD favorite.  This is always a let down game for the Buckeyes.   IU is 4-0 and I think they will stay within 21 points but will lose the game.

Nebraska at Illinois = If you had to guess which team was .500 going into Big Ten play, I think most of us would have picked Illinois.   The Cornhuskers are favored by a TD and will win by more. 

Army at Penn State - Penn State is favored by 23 points

Michigan at Maryland = This line has been all over the place and they even took it off the board for awhile.   Michigan is now a 16 point favorite on the road and maybe in a lake. 

Rutgers is off this week.
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Other Notes:

My theory on Rich Rod continues to be accurate.  As a reminder, my RR theory is: 

• His teams will pull one upset every year
• When there is a big game and RR's team is expected to compete, they don't and lose big.
• RR's defense hurts his offense in big games.

Examples:  WVU vs. Pitt when West Virginia was one game away from the National Championship and lose to a poor Pitt team.   3 years at Michigan and the PAC 12 Championship last season. 

Latest Example: ESPN Gameday was in Arizona last weekend and RR was all over ESPN.  His team got rolled by UCLA, the game was over by halftime.  


Another side note:  Thank goodness Jimmy came home and David Brandon is selling Barbie dolls.