BTN.com staff, November 20, 2013
Every week during the 2013 football season, BTN.com's Tom Dienhart, Brent Yarina, Sean Merriman and hoops analyst Stephen Bardo, a huge football fan, make their Big Ten picks. We also provide polls for Big Ten fans to select their winners.
Twelve weeks down, Bardo and Merriman sit atop the season standings, at 70-14. Big Ten fans are one game off the pace.
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Sean Merriman (@BTNSean)
Season record: 70-14
Week 13 picks: Illinois 28, Purdue 24; Iowa, 27, Michigan 24; Michigan State 38, Northwestern 10; Ohio State 56; Indiana 31; Nebraska 31, Penn State 28; Wisconsin 35, Minnesota 17
Stephen Bardo (@stephenbardo)
Season record: 70-14
Week 13 picks: Illinois 31, Purdue 28; Iowa 28, Michigan 24; Michigan State 35, Northwestern 10; Ohio State 63, Indiana 41; Nebraska 24, Penn State 21; Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 30
Big Ten fans
Season record: 69-15
Week 13 picks: See polls below
Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart)
Season record: 68-16
Week 13 picks: Illinois 41, Purdue 24; Iowa 24, Michigan 21; Michigan State 37, Northwestern 20; Ohio State 61, Indiana 14; Penn State 29, Nebraska 28; Wisconsin 35, Minnesota 24
Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina)
Season record: 68-16
Week 13 picks: Illinois 30, Purdue 20; Iowa 27, Michigan 23; Michigan State 38, Northwestern 13; Ohio State 66, Indiana 28; Nebraska 31, Penn State 24; Wisconsin 34, Minnesota 17
WEEK 13 GAMES
Illinois (3-7, 0-6) at Purdue (1-9, 0-6) – noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go
Listen to Coach Tim Beckman:
Listen to Coach Darrell Hazell:
Michigan (7-3, 3-3) at Iowa (6-4, 3-3) – noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go
Listen to Coach Brady Hoke:
Listen to Coach Kirk Ferentz:
Michigan State (9-1, 6-0) at Northwestern (4-6, 0-6) – noon ET, ESPN
Listen to Coach Mark Dantonio:
Listen to Coach Pat Fitzgerald:
Indiana (4-6, 2-4) at Ohio State (10-0, 6-0) – 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Listen to Coach Kevin Wilson:
Listen to Coach Urban Meyer:
Nebraska (7-3, 4-2) at Penn State (6-4, 3-3) – 3:30 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go
Listen to Coach Bo Pelini:
Listen to Coach Bill O'Brien:
Wisconsin (8-2, 5-1) at Minnesota (8-2, 4-2) – 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Listen to Coach Gary Andersen:
Listen to Coach Jerry Kill: