The Ohio State football team is back in action this week after a bye and so are some other teams like Michigan and Penn State. However, it’s still a bit of an abbreviated week in the conference with others taking a week off, so we’ve only got five games to look at. Still, we’re game. Every year (and every week of the CFB season) we have a little friendly competition among our writers for world domination when it comes to picking Big Ten and some of the bigger college football games.
We’ll bring you our expert picks and predictions on all the league games against the spread, and straight-up throughout the season. Also, as an added bonus you didn’t know you even craved, we’ll throw in six of the top games across the college football slate for the week. We’re the judge and jury on that one, and if there’s a tie with any of the picks, George Washington decides it via the old-fashioned coin flip.
So onward we go as we enter the second half of the 2021 season, one that has been much more normal than what we saw last year. The overall winner of our little pick competition gets an all-expenses-paid pat on the back, so let’s get to it.
As a reminder, if there’s an asterisk next to the pick, that means the team will win, but not cover.
EXAMPLE:
– If you think Ohio State will win minus-3.5 over Michigan: OSU
– If you think Ohio State will win outright: OSU
– If you think Ohio State will win, but NOT cover: OSU*
Here are our expert picks for Week 6, but first, our results after Week 5.
RESULTS SO FAR
@PhilHarrisonBW: 78-30 SU, 52-56 ATS
@MarkRussell1975: 80-28 SU, 56-52 ATS
@JoshKeatley16: 73-35 SU, 55-53 ATS
CONSENSUS PICK: 78-30 SU, 50-58 ATS