Welcome back to Betting the Big Ten. We’re happy to bring this feature back for the 2019 season. These will be a bit lengthy until conference play rolls around, and there are a lot of big spreads in Week 1, but we will do our best to pick them and keep track anyways.
Thursday, Aug. 29
South Dakota State at Minnesota (-14), O/U: 56
Year three is where we should really get a sense of what Minnesota can be under PJ Fleck. The Jackrabbits are one of the best teams in the FCS and have a dangerous running attack, but replace their starting quarterback and much of their secondary.