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Jim Delany paid a visit to Minnesota in 2015 when he served as Big Ten commissioner, and he used the occasion to attend a Gophers football game. Delany met with reporters in the pressbox and when asked about the disparity in competition between the league's East and West divisions, Delany dismissed that line of thinking by suggesting that success tends to be "cyclical." Sorry, commish. It ...
Michigan has yet to be tested this season and might not find a tough game for another month. The Wolverines are focused on their own excellence — and having a fun time doing it. Will Johnson returned an interception 36 yards for a score on Minnesota's second snap, a spark the second-ranked Wolverines kept from start to finish in a 52-10 win over the Gophers on Saturday night.
Line: Michigan by 18 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The Wolverines, who received 10 first-place votes in the latest AP poll, are on a smooth track to what would be a third straight College Football Playoff appearance. Michigan has allowed only 30 points in five games and no more than a touchdown in any of them.
Line: Minnesota by 11½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The Gophers badly need to bounce back in their homecoming game after blowing a 21-point fourth-quarter lead last week and losing 37-34 in overtime at Northwestern. Minnesota lost its 2021 homecoming game to a non-power conference team, Bowling Green.
Drake Maye threw for a season-high 414 yards to go with two touchdowns as No. 20 North Carolina pushed past Minnesota on Saturday.