Pat Harty

Iowa 37, Indiana 21: ESPN’s David Pollack still gives Indiana the edge over Iowa based mostly on the success of the Indiana men’s basketball program under former coach Bob Knight.

Northwestern 20, Penn State 17: In its latest move to soften sanctions against Penn State, the NCAA gives the Nittany Lions three points at the start of the game.

Purdue 34, Illinois 33: After seeing Purdue win back-to-back games, the decision makers at NASA are convinced that we can land a person on Pluto by next Tuesday.

TCU 73, Oklahoma State 71: Former Iowa men’s basketball coach Todd Lickliter is offended by this score, but he thinks it’s from a basketball game.

Alabama 21, LSU 14: Nick Saban celebrates the win by smiling for a total of two seconds and by not yelling at one of his players or coaches for 10 seconds.

Last week: 3-2
Overall: 25-15

Rob Howe

Iowa 38, Indiana 31: I don’t care if there were a Beef Haus every 50 miles between here and Bloomington, this trip sucks.

Northwestern 24, Penn State 20: These teams are a combined 13-4 overall and 6-3 Big Ten. What’s that say about the B1G?

Illinois 20, Purdue 17: Is anybody outside these two fan bases watching this game? Are they even interested with basketball season tipping off this week?

TCU 45, Oklahoma State 42: The over-under on this game is 66-67 total points. It should be 6667. Take the over.

Alabama 31, LSU 30: The de facto national title game, right? Whatever. It’s an elimination game.

Week 9: 3-2

Overall: 29-11