Deep-Dive

Illinois at Indiana is finally here with huge stakes on the line including positioning the winner to make the playoffs and proving for each last year was no fluke. And Michigan at Nebraska has big stakes too.

I had a rough Week 2 only picking one winner. Looking for a bounce back this week as we get the third important Big Ten vs SEC matchup of the year when Wisconsin visits Alabama.

Big Jeff’s Week 1 record vs the FanDuel spread for my Top 5 Big Ten games (below) was 3-2.  I will take that given all the unknowns in the first games of college football.

Last year my regular season picks vs. the spread were 45-35-1 and then 5-3 in the Playoffs for Big Ten teams. This year I will be picking 5 games each week.

Special guest writer Ari Wajnberg shares his 22nd annual college football season predictions and other funny ruminations …

What teams might surprise? Who will be bowl eligible? Who will meet for the Big Ten title? And reasons for each record in this detailed article predicting the Big Ten football season.

With back-to-back Natty’s we can now truly debate who is best between the Big 10 and SEC making 2025 a pivotal year …

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We dive into the biggest insights that came out of the draft and if the Big Ten is closing the gap with the SEC.

The NFL draft continues to get bigger and bigger. This year the draft is April 24 to 26 at Lambeau