Northwestern -14 @ Illinois
 

My weekly pick on the Illini comes early; take Northwestern -14 @ Illinois

No real explanation needed. Illinois sucks really bad. Northwestern is building bowl credentials. The Illini D will not stop the Wildcats at all. NW will hang at least 40 on the Illini.

An interesting battle on the other side of the ball. NW's D is pretty porous. The Illini cannot score with a drunk sorarity girl right now. Illinois has scored 14, 7, 13, 10, 24, 2, and 3 points verse their Big10 opponents this year. Best case is 24 points IMO, even against the Wildcats.

I see a 48-20 game. I cannot believe the line is this small. Illinois has lost their last 8 games by 15, 47, 28, 23, 53, 17, 38, and 34. How can they get within 14 of a bowl team?

Repeat: Take Northwestern -14 @ Illinois

FYI-I'm 18-7 NCAA ytd on my recommendations to 2+2
I'm 6-4 ytd on the Illini my alma mater
I will be riding Ohio State -2 1/2 @ Michigan also

Bball starts Friday

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As a fellow U of I grad, I say thank God.

Re: Northwestern -14 @ Illinois
 

Sweet man, how many units would you advise? Maximum for comfort? I really like your prediction as well.

Re: Northwestern -14 @ Illinois
 

I'm going 5, which is the most I ever do. I'm running ggood this year though, so my pockets might be looser than normal.

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bump for Saturday

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I jumped on NW-14 right when the line came out but is it making anyone else nervous that 90% of the public is also on NW?

Re: Northwestern -14 @ Illinois
 

They made it hard on everyone who picked them, but NW finally covered late. I went for three units on this one. Thanks, MT2R.

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ever get nervous?

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They were scary games but they were winners. Nicely done.

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ever get nervous?

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when Northwestern lost the ball on downs inside the Illinois 10 in the 4th, I was starting to sweat. That last Illini drive was a little too far as well.

Anyway, looks like I'm living right [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]