October 26, 2025
Friends, fans, and followers, good morning! Well, as far as shocks and surprises are concerned, week nine didn’t disappoint, that’s for sure. I felt Iowa had an advantage in this game, but a 41-3 victory was well beyond my expectations. Man, Iowa is playing good football right now.
I also thought Northwestern would overcome Nebraska, and I did not expect Washington to beat Illinois by seventeen points. All in all, at the end of the day, I guess you could say all of the big dogs kept their seat at the table. Washington, Indiana, Oregon, and Michigan won. Let’s take a look at the week nine scores below and see how we did with our picks.
BIG TEN WEEK 9
Minnesota (5-2) @ Iowa (5-2)
Minnesota 3 Iowa 41
Rutgers (3-4) @ Purdue (2-5)
Rutgers 27 Purdue 24
UCLA (3-4) @ 2 Indiana (7-0)
UCLA 6 Indiana 56
25 Michigan (5-2) @ Michigan State (3-4)
Michigan 31 Michigan State 20
Wisconsin (2-5) @ 6 Oregon (6-1)
Wisconsin 7 Oregon 21
Northwestern (5-2) @ Nebraska (5-2)
Northwestern 21 Nebraska 28
Illinois (5-2) @ Washington (5-2)
Illinois 25 Washington 42
Week 8 Pick Results (Straight Up)
Iowa, Rutgers, Northwestern, Indiana, Oregon, Michigan, Illinois
Win: 5
Loss: 2
Week 8 Pick Results (Versus the Point Spread)
UCLA +26.5, Northwestern +7.5, Rutgers -1.5, Minnesota +8.5, Illinois +3.5, Wisconsin +31.5, Michigan -14
Win: 3
Loss: 4
Overall Records (Since Week 3)
Straight Up: 45-13
Versus the Point Spread: 29-22-2
Nooz Buffet 