5. Indiana at Rutgers
LINE: Indiana -10.5
ATS PICK: Indiana
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Big, Big Ten Assumption, Part 1.
Even with a 38-27 win over Michigan State, Rutgers still isn’t all that great at college football.
Please disagree, and it would be wonderful for the long-suffering program to make it a 2-0 start and have some fun under Greg Schiano, but it’s not like the team did much of anything right against Michigan State other than take the ball away.
Okay, so coming up with seven turnovers is sort of a big deal, but the Scarlet Knights couldn’t run the ball a lick, only threw for 170 yards, and they had three turnovers of their own.
The 10.5 is a big number, but part of Big, Big Ten Assumption, Part 1 is that the IU offense will throw as well as MSU did, but the O won’t have the turnover issues.
And now, Part 2 …