Thursday, November 13, 2025

Big Ten Weekend Preview: Week 12

Not the best matchup weekend but there is at least one interesting game to keep an eye on. 


Friday Night:

Minnesota @ Oregon (-25.5):  I don't believe the Ducks are as good as everyone thinks but the Golden Gophers don't play well on the road ever.  Night game, short week, long travel, no way.   Ducks 31 Gophers 10 

Saturday:

Wisconsin @ IU (-29.5):  I have no idea how Luke kept his job when he is traveling to a Big Ten school on Saturday and the Badgers are a 30 point dog.   Wisconsin does have heart and just had a big win over Washington who is another team that can't play road to save their lives.   IU 44 Wisconsin 14

Iowa @ USC (-6.5):  This is the best game of the weekend.  Iowa is tough and should've beat the Ducks last week and was competitive with IU.  USC is rolling and has a shot at the Big10 Championship game and maybe even the playoffs.  I think this will be low scoring affair.   USC 24 Iowa 16

Penn State (-6.5) @ MSU:  Both teams are 3-6 and both teams are currently on fire.  MSU had to vacate wins this week and Penn State is the most disappointing team in the country this year.  One head coach is fired the other could be replaced by the red hot Brian Kelly, who just wants his $54M.   I would normally say don't watch this game, but the dueling flame throwers could be entertaining.  PSU 20 MSU 17

Maryland @ Illinois (-14.5):  I don't see any other reason to watch this game then scouting Maryland for next week.  Illinois 27 Maryland 17

Purdue @ Washington (-16.5):  The Huskies are a different team when they play in Seattle.   Purdue is getting better but not today.  UW 28 Purdue 9 

UCLA @ OSU (-32.5):  NBC must love that they have a primetime game with #1 team in the nation and a 32.5 spread.  Yikes.  OSU 41 UCLA 13


4 comments:

Chowman said...

It's looking like the B1G was a lot of hype. Oregon's not that good. PSU was a fraud. Not sure how good IU is Oregon was their best win and I don't think Oregon is that good. They barely beat PSU. I get it was a road game and I will admit I didn't watch a minute of the game, but PSU stinks and their QB died even though I didn't think Drew Allar was all that. Is OSU any good? who have they played? Texas and that fraud named Arch Manning? Illinois? more empty calories? you want to say going to Washington and winning...ok...but we made that freshman QB look foolish. I just think you rank the B1G and SEC top to bottom and each school played their counterpart based on conference ranking the SEC kicks the B1G's ass.

szanreno said...

Name calling! What are you 12 years old fanboy?

Mastermind said...

Szanreno, easy bro. We are all Michigan fans here. Everyone can have their own opinion.

Mastermind said...

I think Michigan beats N.W. simply by getting off the team bus on time. Only question will be if Sherrone's offense develops any and scores more than 16 pts.