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BSD's Big Ten Challenge/Thursday Night Open Thread: Week13

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Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports

This is one of those rare moments where my two weekly posts blend nicely together as J.J. Worton (pictured), he and his ridiculous catch ability, bring Former Foe UCF (8-1) to Thursday night to take on Rutgers (5-4) at 7:30 PM on ESPN. Also on FOX Sports 1 we get Rice (7-3) at UAB (2-8) at the same time. Also available is UNLV (5-5) at Air Force (2-8) on ESPN U at 9:30. UCF has been scraping by lately, albeit very entertainingly, can they turn the corner and overpower an over-matched opponent?

On to the picks....

Last Week's Results

W L
Jared 5 0
Cari 5 0
Nick P. 5 0
bscaff 5 0
Dan 5 0
Chad 5 0
Galen 4 1
Devon 4 1
Bill 4 1
Nick 4 1
BSD Readers 4 1

Not much to see here, pretty boring week which brings us to an equally boring....

Yearly Totals

W L Win %
Devon 68 13 84.0
Dan 68 13 84.0
bscaff 68 13 84.0
Jared 67 14 82.7
Nick P. 66 15 81.5
Galen 64 17 79.0
Chad 64 17 79.0
Cari 64 17 76.5
Nick 62 19 75.3
Bill 62 19 76.5
BSD Readers 61 20 79.0

Everyone stays put. Move along.

This Week's Games

Sat 11/23/2013 Illinois @ Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. BTN 12:00 PM ET
Sat 11/23/2013 Michigan @ Iowa Iowa City, Iowa BTN 12:00 PM ET
Sat 11/23/2013 Michigan State @ Northwestern Evanston, Ill. ESPN 12:00 PM ET
Sat 11/23/2013 Nebraska @ Penn State University Park, Pa. BTN 3:30 PM ET
Sat 11/23/2013 Indiana @ Ohio State Columbus, Ohio ABC 3:30 PM ET
Sat 11/23/2013 Wisconsin @ Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium ESPN 3:30 PM ET

Michigan is riding the emotional wave of a 3 OT win. Will that help the or hurt them? Illinois - Purdue... AVERT YOUR EYES!! Indiana has the offense to put up numbers on the Buckeyes, but win? No. If I would have told you at the beginning of the season that Wisconsin at Minnesota on November 23 had Big Ten title implications... for Minnesota what would you have said? That's the crazy world we live in people.

This Week's Picks

Galen Illinois Michigan Penn State Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Jared Illinois Iowa Nebraska Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Devon Illinois Iowa Penn State Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Bill Illinois Michigan Nebraska Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Cari Illinois Iowa Nebraska Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
bscaff Illinois Iowa Nebraska Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Nick P. Illinois Michigan Penn State Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Dan Illinois Iowa Nebraska Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Nick Illinois Iowa Penn State Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin
Chad Illinois Iowa Nebraska Ohio State Michigan State Wisconsin

The team is unanimous on OSU, MSU, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Only three of us are big on Michigan after a huge win, and only four of us drink the blue & white Kool-Aid. Two weeks ago I didn't think Penn State had a chance their last two games. Now I just have a feeling about this game being senior day. Maybe I'm just nuts. Well I know I am, maybe I'm just ill.

On to your picks....

My Ballot Box
Illinois @ Purdue




Michigan @ Iowa




Michigan State @ Northwestern




Nebraska @ Penn State




Indiana @ Ohio State




Wisconsin @ Minnesota






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