BTB Weekly Pick'Em: Week 10

Standings as of Week 9:

1	Gopher Nation	95
2	Ground Zero East Lansing	91
3	Happy Hour Valley	88
4	Eleven Warriors	87
4	Lake the Posts	87
4	Black Shoes Diary	87
4	Paint the Town Orange	87
8	Maize'n Brew	86
8	Michigan SportsCenter	86
10	Zombie Nation	84
11	Enlightened Spartan	83
11	Off the Tracks ™	83
13	Hoosier Report	82
13	Varsity Blue	82
15	The Buckeye Blog	80
16	Maize & Blue Nation	78
17	Boiled Sports	76
18	Buckeye Battle Cry	75
19	The Only Game That Matters	74
20	Sparty MSU	73
21	Hawkeye Sports News	72
22	BHGP (HS)	61
23	The Nittany Line	60
24	Nittany White Out	35

We got a boost from a missed week (week 5) that was finally counted last week, giving us 12 more points to get us up to 78. While it helps, we're still way out of it. So for the rest of the season, we must go for broke.

Northwestern @ Minnesota, 12:00PM, ESPN2
Well, the Wildcats let me downs last week after 8 weeks straight of being right on the money. Let's get back on the horse with a big loss at Minnesota. Minnesota is all of the sudden, a good team, and I think they get the win against Northwestern here. NW is coming off of a 2 point loss in Bloomington last week, and I think will still be down.

Wisconsin @ Michigan State, 12:00PM, ESPN
If I were leading the BTB race this year, I'd go with MSU in this one, but I'm not...so I must pick against my intuition (which may be a good thing) and go with Bielema and the Badgers. While I really think Michigan State will win this game, this is purely a risky points pick.

Central Michigan @ Indiana, 12:00PM, BTN
Although only worst 1 point (B10 games are worth 3), I am going with Indiana...but, like the game above, my gut is telling me C. Mich is going to knock off the Hoosiers, I think I can steal a point if Indiana shows up. They're riding high from their upset of NW last week. And since everyone else is going with the Chips, I'll go the other way.

Iowa @ Illinois, 3:30PM, ABC
But even I have to draw the line somewhere...and here it is. I simply can't pick Iowa to win in Champagne this weekend. Illinois has the potential to be a good team...it's just usually about every other week they actually show it. Last week they lost to Wisconsin by 10, so hopefully they can get it together and play like they did two weeks ago at Indiana when they won 55-13. We'll see.