Every year (and every week of the season) we have a little friendly competition among our writers for world domination when it comes to picking the Big Ten football games and some of the bigger college football contests as the season goes on.
However, with the regular season now complete and just the conference championship games to go, we are switching gears a bit with just one Big Ten game on tap when Michigan and Iowa battle it out in Indianapolis for the conference title. We’re going to pick that one, but also all of the other conference championship games..
And yeah, it’s a big week. Seven of the top eight teams in the College Football Playoff rankings are in action, and though its a slim chance, if things break right, Ohio State could still find its way into the final four teams. It’s time for all of our writers to pick each of the championship games against the spread and straight up like we’ve been doing all season long.
As a reminder, if there’s an asterisk next to the pick, that means the team will win, but not cover. If there is a tie, rather than have a cage match or old-fashioned duel, we’ll settle it with less violence and go with the tried, yet true, coin flip where George Washington has the say.
EXAMPLE:
– If you think Ohio State will win minus 3.5 over an opponent: OSU
– If you think Ohio State will win outright: OSU
– If you think Ohio State will win, but NOT cover: OSU*
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Let’s get into the picks and predictions, but first, here’s where things stand so far between our writers with all that’s gone on through 13 weeks.