USC vs. Wisconsin Big Ten Betting Preview: Take Badgers +3

Let's jump over to some of this Big Ten action here, including USC-Wisconsin. This is a really, really big football game for USC, who, by the way, are kind of defying logic, you would think, or not. I don't know. They're in the Big Ten, and somehow their strength of schedule is so low, you would think, for a 6-1 Big Ten team. Well, it's going to pick up, I would say. Not only are they going to travel here to Wisconsin, but then they're going to host Ohio State, and eventually then they have to go back to the East Coast, play Indiana. There's a date with UCLA still on the schedule, so there's a lot, lot, lot here for USC. We have talked about their struggles when making these trips outside of LA, and it's one of the reasons that I think they played Week Zero. They've given themselves multiple bye weeks to try and make this a little bit easier. A pool, great. I don't think it's going to work. I don't think it's going to work. I agree with you. I think getting a full three here on Wisconsin is great, Dave. I like it as well because USC has not proven they can go on the road and win. Sure, they're 6-1, 2-5 against the spread. They can't win when they travel east, and they probably should have thought about that when they joined the Big Ten Conference. It's not that I'm a big fan of Wisconsin. I think USC is the better team. I think USC has more talent. I just think the Wisconsin defense poses a tremendous challenge for Mavia, and there's a reason why the Badgers are 10th in defense in the country and 19th against the pass. USC has to show me something on the road, and they just have not done it and I'd be comfortable with taking Wisconsin here and no it's not my top five in my card but I do like them plus the points and I'm probably gonna sprinkle a little bit of money line juice on them in a parlay or two yeah I think that the one of the things that helped me make this bet I understand they won the game but you know USC at points were like a slight dog to Penn State I think they closed as a small favorite I think Wisconsin might be better than Penn State they played Wisconsin won that game I think that the Badgers not being able to beat UCLA last week probably turned a lot of people off because a lot of people were rolling with Wisconsin. That number closed super short, right? So I think this is a spot here where Wisconsin, through the ground, win this football game. I'm going to take the three here against USC.