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If there’s one spread that’s had me curious all year, it’s the Michigan-Ohio State line.
Consider where we were about three months ago. The hype was about as big as it could’ve been for a five-win team, and the hype was about as big as it could’ve been for a defending national champ.
There wasn’t too much debate as to whether or not Jim Harbaugh would close the gap between his program and Urban Meyer’s. The question was just how long it was going to take.
Well, the even spread should tell you about all you need to know about how quickly that happened.
Also interesting is the fact that Iowa is only a one-point favorite at Nebraska. That’s the trendy upset pick of the week considering the fact that Nebraska took down unbeaten Michigan State when that spread was only 6.5.
Vegas is basically saying that it has no idea what will happen in the final week with two monumental showdowns. That’s fitting for the way this season has played out.
Here are the Week 13 B1G Spreads, according to Westgate Superbook:
No. 4 Iowa (-1) vs. Nebraska
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Michigan (PICK ‘EM)
Penn State vs. No. 5 Michigan State (-10.5)
Indiana (-6.5) vs. Purdue
Maryland (-1) vs. Rutgers
No. 16 Northwestern (-3.5) vs. Illinois*
Wisconsin (-2.5) vs. Minnesota
*Game played at Soldier Field
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.