Ohio State minus the points over Illinois at 3:30 ET is the play. Troy Smith has been the best player in college football this season (22 TD/2 INT) and against a marginal Illinois team, he’ll have a field day. The Buckeyes have a ballhawking defense that is going to make young, mistake-prone QB Juice Williams life difficult. OSU is 7-1 ATS with their only loss coming when they were favored by 37 and won by only 28. The Buckeyes have been dominant on both sides of the ball and will slap Illininois around today. I say take OSU MINUS THE POINTS.

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Few would have predicted the participants November’s first weekend showdown game in the ACC would be BC and Wake Forrest! Both are 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the Atlantic Division. BC has already beaten Clemson (Wake lost to Clemson) and has earned the easier schedule the rest of the way. Both teams have an excellent defensesive line-up, with BC allowing 14.9 PPG (just 39 total points allowed in its last five games!) and Wake allowing 15.0 PPG. Wake has a better ruuning game but they lost LY’s leading returning rusher Micah Andrews after the third game and now TY’s leading rusher (Harris) is scheduled to miss this one. Ryan (59.8% / 237.3 YPG) is expected to be back at QB, giving BC a solid advantage in that aspect. Wake lost its starting QB (Ben Mauck) in its season opener but Riley Skinner has done a solid job filling in. He has completed 69.2% of his passes while not throwing for many yards, he’s been intercepted just once in 117 attempts. That’s a key for Wake, as they have just 11 give-aways in 8 games. BC is the better team but not by far and while BC is already 0-2 ATS this year as a road favorite, Wake is a perfect 4-0 this year as the underdog. HC Jim Grobe has not had much success vs ranked opponents (just 1-13 SU) but I say TAKE THE POINTS!!

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