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Iowa Football: Why Texas and Clemson need to win plus all B1G picks

By Matt Opad

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - JANUARY 01: Safety Grant Delpit #9 of the LSU Tigers walks off the field after being ejected for targeting during the first half of the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl between LSU and Central Florida at State Farm Stadium on January 01, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - JANUARY 01: Safety Grant Delpit #9 of the LSU Tigers walks off the field after being ejected for targeting during the first half of the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl between LSU and Central Florida at State Farm Stadium on January 01, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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CHAMPAIGN, IL – NOVEMBER 17: Toren Young #28 of the Iowa Hawkeyes runs the ball as Austin Roberts #36 of the Illinois Fighting Illini makes the tackle from behind at Memorial Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
CHAMPAIGN, IL – NOVEMBER 17: Toren Young #28 of the Iowa Hawkeyes runs the ball as Austin Roberts #36 of the Illinois Fighting Illini makes the tackle from behind at Memorial Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /

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Illinois at UConn

Point Spread (per ESPN app): Illinois -20

Rooting Interest: I guess Illinois. Someone needs to make the rest of the West look deeper and losing to UConn would be pretty terrible.

Point Spread Pick: Illinois. UConn is a different level of bad.

Central Michigan at #17 Wisconsin

Point Spread (per ESPN app): Wisconsin -35

Rooting Interest: Wisconsin. Having a least one decent team in the West outside of Iowa helps us in the long run.

Point Spread Pick: Wisconsin completely and unexpectedly dismantles a presumably decent South Florida team in Florida. This week, they play a 1-win MAC team in 2018. I think you know where this is going. Taylor is going to run for a mile in this game, and Wisconsin may be scoring touchdowns until Tuesday.

Buffalo at #15 Penn State

Point Spread (per ESPN app): Penn State -30

Rooting Interest: Penn State. If nothing else, Penn State winning until October 12 makes Iowa’s home game against them that much more fun and meaningful.

Point Spread Pick: Fun fact – Buffalo is picked by the MAC media to finish third in their division, right behind Iowa’s Week 1 opponent, Miami of Ohio. I’m going to go ahead and take a wild guess that Penn State can do to Buffalo what Iowa did to Miami of Ohio. Take Penn State in a rout.

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