Big Ten Bloggers Pick'em & Thursday Night Football Open Thread: Week 13

by Galen on Nov 24, 2011 7:30 PM EST in Open Threads

This YMCA song is awesome! (Photo by Darren Carroll/Getty Images)

Happy Thanksgiving Penn State nation! By the time you read this I'll be fighting for my life with the hopes of getting my hands on some sweet Black ~~Friday~~ Thursday night deals, drunk on tryptophan (and alcohol). Don't worry I brought my riot gear and pepper spray. I'll hopefully catch the tail end of the Thursday night game because we have a good one. #25 Texas (6-4) takes on cross-state rival Texas A&M (6-5). Everything's bigger in Texas and hopefully that rings true when it comes to football games. Why Texas at 6-4 is ranked I'll never know but it appears to be a fairly evenly matched game, at least on paper.

Your Prognosticators had a decent week; BSD went a respectable 5-1 in the Big Ten Bloggers Pick'em. Hopefully we can maintain the momentum. Stats and predictions after the jump and as always stop by for your Thursday night open thread. We'll try and keep you from falling asleep.

Last Week's Results

Last Week	Wins	Losses
BSD	5	1
Tim	6	0
Galen	5	1
Mike	5	1
Peter	5	1
Jeff	4	2
Kyle	4	2
Ben	4	2

Tim gets the gold star for a perfect week. Kyle gets the balls of steel award for picking Minnesota over Northwestern, he didn't win but it was still a balls-y pick. Had the others listened to Kyle, Tim and me on Penn State BSD would have had a perfect week as well. We KNEW Bradley would install the Wildcat as soon as he had the head coaching job. I mean, it only makes sense people!

Standings

Total	Wins	Losses	Win %
BSD	67	23	74
Galen	60	17	78
Tim	59	18	77
Jeff	68	22	76
Kyle	66	24	73
Mike	66	24	73
Peter	65	25	72
Ben	57	26	69

I maintain my razor slim lead and Jeff is spiraling out of control. With Tim's perfect week he jumps into second place, one game out of the lead. It all comes down to one week and this week will decide a champ which brings us to...

This week's games

Day	Date	Opponent	Location	TV	Time
Fri	11/25/2011	Iowa @ Nebraska	Lincoln, Neb.	ABC	12:00 PM ET
Sat	11/26/2011	Michigan State @ Northwestern	Evanston, Ill.	BTN	12:00 PM ET
Sat	11/26/2011	Ohio State @ Michigan	Ann Arbor, Mich.	ABC	12:00 PM ET
Sat	11/26/2011	Illinois @ Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minn.	BTN	3:30 PM ET
Sat	11/26/2011	Penn State @ Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	ESPN	3:30 PM ET
Sat	11/26/2011	Purdue @ Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	BTN	3:30 PM ET

Iowa is fighting for a decent bowl and Nebraska is just fighting themselves. Michigan hasn't beat Ohio State in seven tries and I'm a creature of habit so the Wolverines will have to prove it to me. Does anyone really care about Purdue and Indiana, or Illinois and Minnesota? I know one game that people will be watching and that's the battle for the second spot in the Big Ten Championship. I'm totally going homer this week.

The Picks

Peter	Jeff	Mike	Kyle	Tim	Galen	BSD
Nebraska	Nebraska	Iowa	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska
Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State
Ohio State	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Ohio State	Michigan
Minnesota	Illinois	Illinois	Minnesota	Minnesota	Illinois	Illinois
Wisconsin	Penn State	Wisconsin	Penn State	Penn State	Penn State	Penn State
Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue

Ben was too busy being the great writer/pepper spray target that he is to give us his picks so I'll take executive power and declare Illinois BSD's pick for that game. Other than that it's pretty clear cut. Stop by here for your Thursday night open thread, give us your comments, jokes, memes and whatnot (my Mom makes a delicious whatnot by the way).

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