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Week 5 B1G picks
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I nearly called my shot. I predicted perfection. I nearly got it.
Every game besides Illinois-Middle Tennessee State was correctly picked. That shouldn’t have been much of a challenge, considering every game I got right involved me picking the favorite. It wasn’t the boldest week, but so far, it was my best.
Having said that, expect this week to be all over the map. With conference play starting, the playing field should be somewhat leveled. I’m not saying Purdue is going into East Lansing and pulling out a win, but there are better games that could go either way.
I could easily see the Iowa-Wisconsin and Minnesota-Northwestern games going in a different direction. Margin for error is thin in conference play, as is true in making picks.
So let’s get to it.
Last week: 13-1
Season total: 45-10
No. 22 Michigan 28, Maryland 7
No. 19 Wisconsin 21, Iowa 20
No. 2 Michigan State 45, Purdue 21
No. 16 Northwestern 17, Minnesota 14
Penn State 35, Army 10
No. 1 Ohio State 49, Indiana 31
Nebraska 38, Illinois 35
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.