PICKIN’ ON THE BIG TEN, 9/13 EDITION

Last week PotB10 went 9-2 but got lucky, thanks to tOSU not falling
*completely* flat against SDSU. I suppose they can always blame
Maurice Clarett . . . seems to be SOP in Columbus these days. The
guy’s gone from Heisman candidate to _persona au gratin_ faster than
anybody whose first name isn’t “Orenthal.”

If you recall, last week featured a bunch of real nailbiter games. I
really didn’t know if Illinois would be able to hold off their
cross-state, Division I-AA rivals Illinois State. And I was concerned
Buffalo might be lying in ambush for the Hawkeyes. Plus Minnesota was
playing some school nobody’d ever heard of. (But, that’s not exactly
news, now, is it?)

So what’s happening this week? We find out whose coaching insulin
can’t suppress the effects of an all-pastry diet. Mostly. There’s
still a couple homers-only snorefests on tap. So, on to the picks!
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