You’d be better off betting on Minnesota as a 30-point favorite than taking some Big Ten football coaches’ words from mid-week media availabilities at face value.
They’re not lying — but they’re also not giving much away, which is how we get Michigan football’s Jim Harbaugh pontificating on “Energy. Energy just finds the ball, whether you’re on defense or you’re on offense. The ball finds you.”
Or Ohio State’s Ryan Day on his squad’s confidence against Akron, which last beat a Big Ten team in the last cent… er, never mind.