2. Iowa Hawkeyes – Now with all eyes on the Buckeyes, look for the value with this bruising Big 10 squad. QB Ricky Stanzi will have a great senior season. They get OSU, Penn State and Wisconsin all at home.  This team will be favored in every game this year, including at home vs the Buckeyes. A legit BCS team. Can’t Miss Trend… Iowa 4-1 ATS last 5 at home vs Wisconsin

3. Wisconsin – Badgers look to build on their bowl win over the Hurricanes. A tough schedule as they get Iowa, Michigan and Michigan State all on the road, plus the Buckeyes at home. Badgers do bring back 16 starters and should have their usual power run game offense and solid defense. This team can easily go 10-2 losing just to Iowa and Ohio State. Can’t Miss Trend.. Wiscy is 1-7 ATS last 8 vs Iowa

4. Penn State- Joe Pa is back and will have a tough go in 2010. They face both Iowa and Ohio State plus grab Alabama as an out of conference game. PSU lost its QB and has just 13 returning starters. Five of those starters are on defensive so needless to say, they have some holes to fill. Can’t Miss Trend.. Penn State was 1-7 ATS at home last year

5.Michigan State- I really like HC Mark Dantonio. He is just one of those coaches who gets the most out of all his teams. This year, he has one of his better ones. With 7 starters on both sides of the ball and junior QB Kirk Cousins looking to improve on his 19/9 last year, this team is poised to make some noise. As long as this team plays a little better defense, they should make a bowl. Can’t Miss Trend… Spartans are 7-1 ATS last 8 vs Illinois

6. Michigan – Oh RichRod that seat must be on fire by now. What a mistake this is looking like for the Wolverines. After a 5-2 start the Wolverines dropped 5 in a row. RichRod is now in his 3^rd year here and should have most of ‘his players’ contributing. Look for an improved  year with 15 returning starters and QB Nate Forcier growing in the role. The defense must improve more if this team is to return to a premier bowl.  Can’t Miss Trend…  Michigan is 3-1 ATS last 4 vs Iowa at home

7. Northwestern – The bottom of the Big 10 can go any which way in my opinion. Northwestern loses its QB and other key cogs on both sides of the ball. Can’t Miss Trend … Northwestern 8-2 ATS last 10 vs Illinois

8.  Purdue – Another team lacking depth to really compete with the big dogs of the league.  HC Danny Hope will need a lot of it to improve in year 2. Their front 7 should be good with 6 players back, but losing the entire secondary will be tough. Can’t Miss Trend.. Purdue is 9-3 ATS last 12 vs Minnesota

9. Illinois – HC Ron Zook has to be on the hot seat. I mean, this guy can recruit players but he hasn’t gotten any real results. With 8 starters back on defense, they will be respectable. But the offense leaves a lot to be desired. Can’t Miss Trend ….  Illini are 6-3 ATS last 9 vs Ohio State

10.Indiana Hoosiers – With just 4 starters back on defense, this can be an ugly year for HC Bill Lynch. The offense promises to show some flashes of brilliance as it returns 8 starters. This school can really use a bowl to ease some pain for Coach Lynch.  Can’t Miss Trend… OVER has cashed in 8 of the last 9 vs Iowa

11. Minnesota – Oh this team is that bad and they have a tough schedule. Southern Cal, Iowa, Penn State and Ohio State all come calling. HC Tim Brewster can at least say his group is battle tested.  With just 2 returning starters on defense, it will be a long year in Minny. Can’t Miss Trend…  Minnesota is 7-3 ATS last 10 vs Northwestern

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Play on OHIO STATE BUCKEYES +9.5

Game Analysis: Ohio St’s 11-5 record doesn’t look too impressive at all, but the Buckeyes have a valid excuse for it. Their best player, Evan Turner, did not play in three of the five losses. Those three losses came by 8, 21, and 9 points. Turner played in two of the losses, a 3-point loss to North Carolina and Saturday’s 11-point loss at Minnesota. So despite having five losses, the Buckeyes were close in four of them with a shot to win all of them late.

Purdue enters tonight off their first loss of the season; a 7-point defeat at Wisconsin on Saturday. The Boilermakers were simply off their game as they only shot 30% (3-10) from three-point land and just 54.2% (13-24) from the free throw line. Those numbers at the free throw line are well below Purdue’s 73.1% seasonal average, and the misses cost them a shot at a win. And after suffering their first loss of the season, the players sometimes come out tight in their next game because they are over thinking and not just out there playing. And that usually allows the underdog to hang around longer in the game.

With Turner back in the lineup, Ohio St may be the most talented team in the Big 10 from top to bottom. But the Buckeyes are still learning how to play with one another after they had to learn to play without Turner while he was out. And that has caused this team to go 4-4 over their last 8 games and just 1-7 ATS in those eight games.

That, along with this quote from Turner, keeps this selection from being a bit stronger. “I think we’re trying to get our mojo back,” Turner said. “We haven’t played together in like a month. We’re just tying to get back together and find the offense we had before.”

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Game Analysis: 1* Take the Ohio State Buckeyes ATS, This pick falls into one of my top CFB systems and we are getting very good line value here with the superior overall team. Minnesota just exposed the Boilermakers defense in the second half of last Saturday’s game and the Buckeyes are a lot better than the Golden Gophers that just beat Purdue by 15 points. Purdue’s offense depends on their running game but the Buckeyes defense has been solid against the run this season with opponents averaging just 89 rypg against them and just 2.7 yards per rush. The Buckeyes are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games after a win and they are a perfect 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games after allowing less than 20 points in their previous game. The Buckeyes are 20-6 ATS in their last 26 road games and the Favorite is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 games between these two teams. Take the Ohio State Buckeyes as my College Football Free Pick for Saturday.

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Play on Penn State +7

Penn St. closed the season pretty impressively winning four of five games including a last second victory over Illinois in the second to last game of the season. The Nittany Lions lost at Iowa in overtime two days later but that can be attributed to a big time letdown spot. We don’t have that here as Penn St. easily took out Indiana on Thursday and while it is likely into the field of 65, another win over a quality opponent will not hurt. I am not solid on the quality of this Purdue team. The Boilermakers were a sexy pick to win the Big Ten this season after coming out of nowhere last year and returning virtually the entire team this season. They went 11-2 in the non-conference season with the losses coming against Duke and Oklahoma, nothing to be ashamed of, but a 0-2 in the conference season had people wondering. However the Boilermakers ran off six straight wins and were looking good to compete for the title. However, Purdue went 5-5 down the stretch including losses in three of its last four games and comes into this one with little momentum. Penn St. is a team that can be dangerous if its go to players are playing well. This season’s meetings are a perfect example. During Penn State’s 67-64 upset of the Boilermakers in January, guards Talor Battle and Stanley Pringle combined for 39 points. In a 61-47 loss in February however, Battle was held scoreless for the only time this season and Pringle totaled only five points. The two were a combined 2-of-16 from the field and 1-of-7 from three-point range. Penn State is 14-1 when Battle, Pringle and Jamelle Cornley all reach double figures. Play on neutral court teams that are revenging a loss against an opponent that is coming off a road loss scoring less than 60 points. This situation is 41-14 ATS (74.5 percent) over the last five seasons. 3* Penn St. Nittany Lions.