4. Northwestern at Maryland
LINE Maryland -13.5
ATS PICK Maryland
I know Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa is a game time decision. I don’t care.
If anything, that gives this game a little more value before the line moves if he does play.
I know backup Billy Edwards is a freshman who didn’t hit a pass when coming in for Tagovailoa. I don’t care.
Edwards is a decent passer and can run.
I know Northwestern is coming off a two week break, and I know I missed big last week picking Cal over Colorado after not caring about anything other than how miserable the Buffaloes have been with nothing going right.
Northwestern lost at home to Southern Illinois. It lost to Miami University. It lost to Wisconsin 42-7, and that’s sort of hard to do.
Maryland hasn’t opened up the the ground game like it can, but it will this week as it takes over in the second half. The passing game will be creative, the defense will get into the backfield, and …
Two touchdowns. As long as the Terps can survive a few good early Wildcat drives, there shouldn’t be an issue.
And now we dive into the Big 12 offenses the rest of the way.