Big Ten Picks – Week 2

The Big Ten had a nice win last week with Michigan State knocking off Boise State, then had a thud with Michigan getting rolled by the Crimson Tide in Dallas.  Penn State also had a dose of reality with Ohio knocking them off.  The conference went 10-2 for the opening week.  Week 2 offers a couple rivalries, a couple Big Ten teams heading out west to face off vs the Pac-12 and a few other interesting games. 

BIG TEN

Game of the Week

IOWA STATE vs IOWA

The Hawks and Clones both pulled off wins over sub-BCS FBS teams in Northern Illinois and Tulsa.  Two teams that should be conference champions or at the very least contending late in the year.  Iowa had a struggle in Chicago and won on a touchdown in the final minutes in Chicago and ISU pulled off a defensive stop and tacked on more points to put the Hurricane away.  Iowa State hasn’t won in Iowa City since 2002, but pulled off the upset last year in OT behind Steele Jantz.  Can they repeat that magic?

The Games, The Picks

Game	Matt	Chad	Kyle
Purdue at Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Notre Dame
Michigan State at Central Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State
New Hampshire at Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota
Nebraska at UCLA	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska
Vanderbilt at Northwestern	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt
Illinois at Arizona State	Arizona State	Arizona State	Arizona State
Indiana at Massachusetts	Indiana	Indiana	Indiana
Wisconsin at Oregon State	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
Iowa State at Iowa	Iowa	Iowa	Iowa
Central Florida at Ohio State	Ohio State	Ohio State	Ohio State
Air Force at Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan
Penn State at Virginia	Virginia	Virginia	Virginia

Jimmy John’s Big Ten Challenge Standings

Chad: 11-1

Matt: 11-1

Kyle: 10-2