Big Ten Pick'em 2009: Week 8

Zombie Nation picks all of this week's Big Ten games. I just can't seem to pick that one game to push me higher in the BTB standings. It's already week eight, so I might have to start taking shots down the field and hope a few go my way. There are a few of those this week, but you'll have to read on to find out which ones.

(FYI: Each team name links to its respective official football site)

• NO. 21 Wisconsin - BYE

• No. 6 Iowa at Michigan State - The ZN pick: Michigan State

• Indiana at Northwestern - The ZN pick: Northwestern

• Minnesota at No. 19 Ohio State - The ZN pick: Ohio State

• Illinois at Purdue - The ZN pick: Purdue

• No. 13 Penn State at Michigan - The ZN pick: Penn State

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Standings, compiled by Gopher Nation:

Standings Pts
1 Gopher Nation 79
2 Nittany White Out 76
3 Michigan Sports Center 74
3 Black Shoes Diaries (RUTS) 74
5 Bucky's 5th Qtr 73
5 Happy Hour Valley 73
7 OSU Silver Bullet 71
8 Gopher Football Blog 68
8 Buck Bravo 68
10 Boiled Sports 67
11 Crimson Quary 66
12 Maize and Blue Nation 65
13 The Only Colors 64
13 Hammer and Rails 64
15 Maize N Brew 63
15 Zombie Nation 63
17 Buckeye Battle Cry 62
17 Lake the Posts 62
19 The Buckeye Blog 60
20 Eleven Warriors 58
21 The Nittany Line 55
21 Sparty MSU 55