Some interesting matchups this weekend in the Big Ten

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Purdue is a small favorite on the road against Syracuse
Penn State is a small favorite on the road against Auburn
Michigan State is a small underdog on the road against Washington

Purdue, Penn State, and Michigan State look like 3 of our tougher remaining opponents so will be interesting to see how they look on the road this weekend against power 5 opponents.

On a side note, Iowa is favored by 22.5 against Nevada. I am not a bettor but seems crazy that a team that has only scored 14 points through 2 weeks would be favored by 20+ against anyone.
 


Dino Babers 7th season at Syracuse with only one major winning season to show for it. Huge year for him and I assume very restless fanbase. They've looked good so far against Louisville and UConn, no idea how easy those teams will end up having been.
 

DeBoer and Penix doing some good things first two weeks.

Hope that Gophs will get some real good film ahead of East Lansing trip.

Spartans should be dehydrated after round trip to Seattle.

Seattle a hot bed of disease transmission.
 

Otis said:
You sure 20.5 isn’t the over/under?
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It probably should be and with the way Iowa's first 2 games have gone that might even be too high. :)

Think of how bad the odds makers must think Nevada is to put Iowa as that big of a favorite.
 


MNVCGUY said:
It probably should be and with the way Iowa's first 2 games have gone that might even be too high. :)

Think of how bad the odds makers must think Nevada is to put Iowa as that big of a favorite.
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It took Nevada being +5 in turnovers to beat NMSU by 9 and lost to Incarnate Word by 2 touchdowns last week. Iowa's defense and special teams might get the 21 necessary to cover.
 


noamfromm said:
It took Nevada being +5 in turnovers to beat NMSU by 9 and lost to Incarnate Word by 2 touchdowns last week. Iowa's defense and special teams might get the 21 necessary to cover.
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You could definitely be right, but seems like you would still have to be a pretty hardcore gambler to trust the Hawkeyes to cover that number right now with how terrible they have played in the first 2 weeks on offense.
 

Gophers_4life said:
Dino Babers 7th season at Syracuse with only one major winning season to show for it. Huge year for him and I assume very restless fanbase. They've looked good so far against Louisville and UConn, no idea how easy those teams will end up having been.
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Not sure anyone in new York cares enough to be restless
 





A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
Here is hoping Iowa gets better / healthy vs Nevada ... so they stay the course ;)
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That actually is a legit concern by many posters on their boards.....have a good game against Nevada and the coaches will try to spin it as problem solved. :)
 






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