Hlastradamus: Crystal ball sees covers for Hawkeyes, Cyclones

Hlastradamus loves holidays.

The prophet was celebrating the Fourth of July hundreds of years before America was discovered (with people already living here). He celebrated Lincoln's birthday the day Lincoln was born, because Abe was such a cute baby.

And he especially loves Thanksgiving, because mystics cannot live on cheeseburgers and pizza alone. He wants you to get fatter this weekend sin your wallets as well as your midsections, so here are his picks for Week 13 in college football.

Iowa -1.5 at Nebraska

Nebraska lost at home by two points to Wisconsin and Northwestern. The West champ can match that.

Iowa State -14

at West Virginia

The Cyclones won't phone it in for Paul Rhoads' finale.

Ohio State -1 at Michigan

Hlastradamus has never seen Urban Meyer smile. He did see Jim Harbaugh grin, once. So he's taking the team with the more-serious approach to this game.

Michigan State -11 vs. Penn State

Sparty will party. With Ohio State and Michigan desperately wanting Michigan State to foul things up, the Spartans will savor this chance to close things out with a romp.

Illinois +3.5 vs. Northwestern in Chicago

Soldier Field has seen worse games than this. Several times a season, in fact.

Rutgers -1 vs. Maryland

This great Big Ten rivalry only gets better.