Week 2 Big Ten Picks

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The second and third weeks of the season are generally the weeks for the best non-conference matchups. The Big Ten’s heavy hitters have some pretty easy games this wee, but Illinois, Purdue, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin all have non-conference games against Power 5 teams.

Let’s zip through the week and make some quick picks for week 2 in the conference.

Friday

Indiana State (0-1) at Indiana (0-1) 7pm, BTN

The Trees failed to score last week against Eastern Illinois and Indiana only scored three points against Ohio State. Don’t expect a ton of offensive fireworks, but this is still a Big Ten team against an FCS team. Indiana 34, Indiana State 6

Illinois (1-0) at Kansas (1-0) 7:30pm, ESPN2

Kansas football is playing a marquee non-conference night game at home against Illinois and it is not basketball. The year 2023 is a very strange time, indeed. Even stranger, the Jayhawks are favored. Kansas 28, Illinois 24

Saturday

Youngstown State (1-0) at #5 Ohio State (1-0) Noon, BTN

Will this be compeitive beyond the first 5 minutes? I doubt it. Ohio State 52, Youngstown State 3

Delaware (1-0) at #7 Penn State (1-0) Noon, Peacock

Delaware is ranked No. 19 in the FCS poll, so they are not a bad FCS team. Penn State should still have no trouble. Penn State 38, Delaware 13

Nebraska (0-1) at Colorado (1-0) Noon, FOX

It turns out that Colorado is quite good, but lacks any sort of defense. Nebraska is starting to be must-see TV for how they are going to blow it each week. If you’re looking for a game to get crazy this week, this is the one. Colorado 28, Nebraska 27

Purdue (0-1) at Virginia Tech (1-0) Noon, ESPN2

I have a good feeling about this one. Take from that what you will. I think Purdue builds a bit of an early lead here and makes a bad Hokie offense try to play catch up. In turn, that makes Purdue’s defense look better. Purdue 28, Virginia Tech 17

UNLV (1-0) at #2 Michigan (1-0) 3:30pm, CBS

UNLV did beat FCS Bryant last week. Michigan is probably better than Bryant Michigan 52, East Carolina…

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