Free Pick: Illinois-3

Record: 25-34, +1.24


Hi there, today's free pick will be on the Fighting Illini playing against the Indiana Hoosiers.

Illinois faced high expectations before the season returning a lot of talent around QB Juice Williams. They couldn't hold on to it, and now stand at 1-4. They are also 0-3 in the Big10 but look at their opponents: Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan State, by far the three best Big10 teams from last year.

Today they face a much lesser opponent in Indiana. The Hoosiers started 3-0 in an easy non conference schedule, but since then they have gone 0-3 and are 0-2 in the Big10. They lost against good Ohio State and below average Michigan. Last week the got crushed by Virginia 7-47.

So as we know Illinois is much better than where they stand now, Indiana first has to show it has improved from last year when they had a desaster season. I will go with the experienced crew that has really been tested so far. I will play the spread of -3 at 1.96 or -104 with 2 units. Good Luck

DG