Big Ten Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 8

Big Ten college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 8 of the season.

Big Ten college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 8 of the season.


Big Ten Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 8

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Results So Far
Straight Up 58-12, ATS 44-24, o/u 35-32

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Saturday, October 22

Iowa at Ohio State

12:00 FOX
Line: Ohio State -29, o/u: 49.5

Indiana at Rutgers

12:00 BTN
Line: Rutgers -3, o/u: 47

Purdue at Wisconsin

3:30 ESPN
Line: Wisconsin -2.5, o/u: 52

Northwestern at Maryland

3:30 BTN
Line: Maryland -13.5, o/u: 50.5

Minnesota at Penn State

7:30 ABC
Line: Penn State -5, o/u: 44.5

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Maryland vs Northwestern Prediction, Game Preview

Maryland vs Northwestern game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

Maryland vs Northwestern prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 8, Saturday, October 22


Maryland vs Northwestern How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: SECU Stadium, College Park, MD
How To Watch: BTN
Record: Maryland (5-2), Northwestern (1-5)
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Maryland vs Northwestern Game Preview

Why Northwestern Will Win

How healthy is Taulia Tagovailoa?

The Maryland star quarterback is questionable with a knee injury, but no matter what the Wildcats have to worry about their own offense.

The running game might not be working, but there’s just enough from the passing attack to potentially give the Terps a few problems.

Maryland got ripped up by Indiana last week and Purdue the week before, but that was expected from a secondary that’s 114th in the nation allowing 277 yards per game.

‘The Terps are more than happy to get flagged a whole bunch – they’ll get hit with at least nine in this – the defense isn’t great on third downs, and …

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Why Maryland Will Win

Okay, enough stalling. Northwestern continues to be awful.

Seriously, who gives up 322 passing yards and six touchdowns to Wisconsin? All of a sudden one of the most inconsistent offenses in the Big Ten looked like Kansas City Chiefs with the way it was creatively winging it all over the yard.

The Wildcat defense is among the worst in the country, the offense hasn’t scored more than 14 points in a game over the last month, and if that wasn’t all fun enough, no one in the Big Ten turns it over more.

Maryland should be able to get by with a few early scores.

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What’s Going To Happen

The running game will carry the Terps here.

The next three games: at Wisconsin, at Penn State, Ohio State. The less Tagovailoa has to do in this, the better. He won’t have to do much.

Northwestern will have a good first quarter. The things it worked on over the last two weeks will lead to a few early points, and then the defense will start to struggle with the Terp balance, the turnovers will come, and then it’ll all fall apart.

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Maryland vs Northwestern Prediction, Line

Maryland 34, Northwestern 17
Line: Maryland -13.5, o/u: 50.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Maryland vs Northwestern Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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10 Best College Football Predictions Against The Spread Week 8

10 best predictions and picks against the spread and point totals for the Week 8 college football games.

10 best predictions for another huge Saturday of college football. What games appear to be the best bets and best picks for the Week 8 games?


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Results So Far: 43-37-1

I am freaking off.

Usually the mid-October lack of REM sleep makes everything more focused, but that sure as shoot wasn’t happening last weekend.

Colorado beat Cal outright? Eastern Michigan didn’t show up at home against Northern Illinois? Ole Miss and Miami can’t hang on to cover late?! TIME OUT …

The recent picks on the site haven’t been that bad %-wise – ATS I’ve got a decent handle on the big ones – but something is weird.

The Mountain West has gone haywire and I’ve been on the wrong end on all of it lately, but somehow I’m nailing the SEC ATS, which in most years I’m fighting at this point to stay above water.

I’ve been mashing the Big 12 point totals – which you’ll see more of in a moment – but completely whiffed the Big Ten last week.

Just when I thought I had the Sun Belt locked down, Georgia State couldn’t stop turning the ball over against Appalachian State on Wednesday, and Troy’s defense rose up and proved it really might be the 2000 Baltimore Ravens with a stuffing win at South Alabama on Thursday. But those are weeknight games. Those are weird, too.

It’s all about steadiness, reason, rationale, and consistency, and there’s been next to none of that over the last month.

So now what?

1. Just take the info I’ll spew and use it to confirm or deny your previously held beliefs – which you should always do anyway.

2. FADE AWAY knowing that something needs to be recalibrated, or …

3. Forget all of that, because after the last two weeks I’m WAY overdue to mash a hanging curve.

Forgive all the point total predictions this week, but whatever. Let’s go.

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10. San Diego State at Nevada

POINT TOTAL 36
PICK Over

As a rule, always go under on 70ish or over – over the long haul that works – and even it if doesn’t make any sense, go over on the mid-to-low 30s.

The hope will be that this drops a wee bit by the time this kicks off for your 10:30 pm ET late night fun, but it’s 36. That’s a tad obscene for any college game.

Fair warning on a two fronts. 1. Nevada has totally hosed me over the last two weeks. This is a spite pick. 2. If you’re having a bad day, stay away, because nothing will frustrate you more than watching San Diego State’s offense – and when it’s playing well the defense – when you need an over.

With that said, the Aztecs desperately looked and played against Hawaii like a team that needed a week off. It got it, and now the running game that got stuffed by Boise State and struggled against the Rainbow Warriors should be rejuvenated against the miserable Nevada run D.

It’s going to be like crawling across the finish line tied to an anchor, but you should get there.

9. Indiana at Rutgers

POINT TOTAL 47.5
PICK UNDER

No one likes unders, and no one likes people who go with unders. Even unders’ moms don’t like unders.

This is an early game, go low, go quietly, and ease into the rest of your college football Saturday.

It’s not like the Indiana defense can do much of anything, but it also went against a slew of great offenses over the last month. Out of the last six, every game but the 31-10 loss to Michigan went past 48. But again, that was because of the other side.

And then there’s Rutgers.

Only one of the five FBS games it played so far went over 48, and that was the 49-10 loss to Ohio State. Rutgers doesn’t score.

It didn’t score against Nebraska, and everyone scores against Nebraska.

That was 14-13, and it wasn’t any more fun than the 16-14 win over Temple. Bad offense, good defense, and two teams that play at about the same level.

Think about Indiana getting 3.5, and assume both teams hang around in the mid-to-low 20s. You’ll sweat, but if Rutgers goes off, it’ll be an anomaly.

8. FIU at Charlotte

POINT TOTAL 63.5
PICK UNDER

FIU has only scored more than 12 points once against an FBS team, and that was in a 21-7 win over New Mexico State.

In every conceivable way it’s one of the worst offenses in college football, but in every conceivable way Charlotte has one of the worst defenses in college football.

I know how the 49ers do business, but I’ve seen too much FIU football. I can’t shake that team’s inability to score.

Granted, Charlotte couldn’t hold up at home against UTEP in a 41-35 loss. William & Mary is actually pretty good, but it’s an FCSer and it cranked up almost 560 yards and 41 points. The 34 put up by UAB last week were the fewest points allowed all year by the 49ers.

You could be on crutches and averaged 5.5 yards per carry on this D.

I still can’t buy that the FIU offense can do enough to help the total get to 64.

(With that said, this REALLY falls into the fade category if you came into this thinking the other way … Charlotte’s defense is just that bad.)

7. Duke at Miami

LINE Duke +9
ATS PICK Duke

You owe me, Miami.

The Hurricanes were a lock. They had everything well in hand against Virginia Tech last week with a nice and comfy 20-0 lead until the Hokies threw up 14 points in the fourth quarter to screw it all up.

It’s irresponsible to suggest a money line pick – which is why I’m going ATS here – but the Canes struggled against the mediocre Hokies, lost to Middle Tennessee, and only rocked Bethune-Cookman and a Southern Miss team without an offense.

Duke might be fighting a bit, but the losses to Georgia Tech and North Carolina were by three each, and it gave a fully functional Kansas a fight in Lawrence in a 35-27 loss.

Until Miami beats a Power Five team by double-digits …

6. Mississippi State at Alabama

LINE Alabama -21.5
ATS PICK Mississippi State

I never, ever feel right picking against Alabama.

I didn’t feel right picking Tennessee ATS last week, but I actually liked Texas A&M getting more than three touchdowns.

Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Arkansas for three quarters – what has Alabama shown you to suggest it can roll a solid team with ease?

The problem – besides being Alabama at home in a bad mood – is that Mississippi State has been road kill for the Tide for most of the Nick Saban era from Year Two on.

However, Bama has a struggling secondary – to be nice about it. Now it has to go against one of the best precision passing games in the country that’s going to spread out these defensive backs and attack, attack, attack.

There’s a chance the O doesn’t click. It had a hard time last week in the 27-17 loss at Kentucky, and it stalled in the 31-16 loss at LSU. It beat Arizona in Tucson, but going on the road is an issue.

Again, though, you can throw on the Tide, and Mississippi State will.

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