On Saturday in Early Action the BIG 12 Power Play is on West Virginia. Game 328 at 12 noon eastern. The Mountaineers are rested and ready with 35 point loss revenge on their minds. They are 15-2 ats as conference dogs of more than 2 and have played a tough schedule so far. They will look to rebound off their worst loss of the year last out a 30 point loss to Baylor where they still managed to put up 40+ points. They played solid in a loss at Oklahoma and upset the 1 loss Ok. St Cowboys here. They are 9-3 ats off a loss of 21 or more and have covered 4 of 5 as a home dog.. They have won 21 of 24 here and have lost just 3 of the last 56 home games by more than 5 points. Texas Tech is undefeated but has failed to cover 6 of the last 7 off a win and cover vs a rested opponent with revenge. Take the points with West Virginia.




On Saturday the dog with bite is on Minnesota. Game 329 at 12 noon eastern. Minnesota fits a powerful system that plays on game 7 road dog taking less than 15 points vs a conference team that did not win by 10 or more points and is taking on a winning team for a 2nd straight week and has 4 wins exact. Northwestern has failed to cover 9 of 12 times as a home favorite from -10.5 to -14 and 9 of 11 as a conference favorite or more than 7 points. The Golden Gophers have home loss revenge and have covered 8 straight here in the series and 6 of 7 on the conference road if they lost by 3+ touchdowns in their last game. Make it Minnesota plus the points.