43 minutes ago43 min Moderator No. It's Week 4, and Exhibition Season is over.The B1G had a small preseason. Things were delightful in Dixie.Are we seeing the B1G regress to the College Football (CFB) mean(ies)?Notwithstanding three seasons of B1G CFB dominance, the SEC never surrendered the recruiting ranking and NFL draft pick titles. And SEC programs are not shy about dropping dollars on athletics.Heading into Week 4, 29 Power 4 programs are undefeated.SEC: 9 teams - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas, and Vanderbilt. (It's not a Michigan asterisk for Vandy, but it's close.)ACC: 4 teams - Duke, Miami, Pitt, and Virginia Tech. I'll add ACC-enabled Notre Dame here.B12 - 6 teams - BYU, Cincinnati, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Utah, West Virginia.B1G: 8 teams - Indiana, Iowa, Michigan (?), Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State, UCLA, USC.Come Sunday, one of these teams will have a loss.No. 1 Texas at No. 14 Tennessee/ No. 4 Mississippi at No. 21 Florida/ No. 19 Missouri at No. 24 Mississippi State/ NR Kansas State at NR Cincinnati. (See Iowa at Michigan below.)In the B1G -FRIDAY.Northwestern at Indiana - 21.5 - 8 PM Eastern/ 5 PM Pacific - FoxChip and Jerry Neuheisel have upped QB Aiden Chiles' game, but Indiana only -21.5? 🤑🤑---Howard at Rutgers -14.5 - 7 PM/ 4 PM - Big Ten Network (BTN)To date, Howie has been a B1G punching bag for Indiana and Maryland.After the way Rutgers played vs. SC and looking for the first win? 🤑🤑🤑---SATURDAY.No. 7 Ohio State -27.5 vs. Illinois - Noon/ 9 AM - FoxThe Ohio State run game has not been robust. But Duke ran all over Illinois. Is there an Illini DB who can cover Jeremiah Smith? 🤑No. 18 Michigan -5.5 vs. No.17 Iowa - 3:30/ 12:30 - CBSA game between two teams whose coaches like to get down in the dirt. The Hawkeyes come in having played lesser competition but with a more productive offense than Michigan.SPORTSLINE - Michigan 21 - Iowa 20.(Sportsline does not predict enough games correctly for me to subscribe. The referenced SL odds come from the few results shown on CBS Sports program Inside College Football.)---THE GAME FOR LEFT COAST SUPREMACY.No. 20 Oregon -3 at No. 12 USC - 7:30/4:30 - NBC🤪I'm fairly certain that back in the day, unless Timothy Leary and Lucy In the Sky tripped to Eugene, many Forum Friends would, in their wildest dreams, have had visions of Oregon squashing the men of Troy five times in a row.On Saturday, Oregon is favored to Give Ducks fans a High Five!Man, this game is difficult to predict. 🤔SPORTSLINE - USC 31 - Oregon 27---B1G Saturday games featuring undefeated B1G teams.UCLA at Maryland -1.5 - 1:30 PM/ 10:30 AM - BTNUCLA does not have a defense that will travel, but to date the Bruins have the best run game in the B1G.Against Purdue, UCLA put up 369 yards rushing, the same kind of numbers the Bruins have put up all season. 🤑🤑---3-0 Nebraska -5.5 at 2-1 Michigan State -Nebraska is 2-0 vs. the MAC, but can it win a game in the Midwest against a Spartans team that did not roll over against No. 3 Notre Dame in South Bend?---Washington -9.5 vs. Minnesota - 11 PM/ 8 PM - FoxOK, in 1936, when Minnesota was ruling the CFB roost and traveled to Seattle to play Washington, rumor has it that the hotel the Gophers stayed in Seattle caught fire. Sadly, this happened in Missoula, Montana, not Seattle. (No one died or was hurt in these fires.)Like many B1G teams in 2026, the UW O-line is not performing to expectations, so the run game is struggling. But the defense has been solid.---Everybody's heard about the Bird, but is anyone watching?On Peacock -No. 3 Notre Dame -27.5 at Purdue - 2 PM/ 11 AMDid you know that this is the Battle for the Shillelagh game? If so, congratulations!Wisconsin at No. 13 Penn State -10 - 5 PM/ 2 PMPenn State's Nittany Lion's leading receiver, Koby Howard, is out for an extended period, and the Wisconsin offense has improved every game.I think Bucky will give PSU a battle.ENJOY & TRASH TROY!
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