Sunday, November 30, 2008

ACC/Big Ten Challenge - Will the Big Ten Ever Win This Thing?

This year marks the 10th annual ACC-Big Ten challenge. The Big Ten has never won the challenge, losing four of the challenges by a 5-4 margin; however the Big Ten has lost the last 2 challenges by an 8-3 margin. Can the Big Ten finally break through and top the ACC? It will be tough, as 6 of the games will be hosted by the ACC team, 4 played at the Big Ten venue and one game played at Ford Field in Detroit.

Here are my picks. I think I am being very optimistic, but I believe this could be the year:

UW over VTech
Miami over OSU
Purdue over Duke
Boston College over Iowa
Illinois over Clemson
Minnesota over Virginia
Wake Forest over Indiana
UNC over Michigan State
Penn State over Georgia Tech
Michigan over Maryland
Florida State over Northwestern

Final tally: 6-5